Be careful about a new scam where you get a call or text message claiming to be from Amazon security and claiming they are trying to stop a fraudulent sale. There is a recent article that has all of the details. Click Here to Read it. Also, I had a client with the misfortune to [...]
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We have had several clients contact us about this particular scam. Many are very afraid, worried that they had a password or partial password they used… so the moral here is that everyone should set strong passwords. You can CALL KWD to talk about changing to stronger passwords, learn how, why, and what to do! [...]
Google is going to shut down the consumer version of Google+ over the next 10 months, the company writes in a blog post today. The decision follows the revelation of a previously undisclosed security flaw that exposed users’ profile data that was remedied in March 2018. […]
For the past several years, we’ve moved toward a more secure web by strongly advocating that sites adopt HTTPS encryption. And within the last year, Google has helped users understand that HTTP sites are not secure by gradually marking a larger subset of HTTP pages as “not secure”. Beginning in July 2018 with the release [...]
A Google Chrome scam that could infect your computer with malware continues to pose a threat to users, according to cybersecurity experts. […]
Now it should go without saying that my PG&E bill is never overdue. So when I recieved the following email just a few days ago, I knew instantly that something was fishy. Scam emails come in all forms – double check emails that claim to come from PG&E and other utilities How to determine whether [...]
One of the most worrisome things you’ll ever see turn up in your e-mail inbox is a deluge of messages each comprised of a long block of text, usually cut-and-pasted from a work of literature. Messaging security company AppRiver says this means you’re a targeted victim in an unfolding attack — in what it calls [...]
Convincing spam is the new normal It looks like an email from PayPal, but a closer look reveals it’s a fraud! Who did it really come from? Where does it really lead? What is this emails real purpose? Check out the version I received, and let me explain what this email shows me. This [...]
Major LinkedIn Password Breach! 6.5 million accounts compromised – be careful of phishing attempts… In a blog post, LinkedIn says that it will email all the users whose accounts were affected by the hack and give them instructions as to what to do next. The company warns that you should not click on [...]
This is a clever one I just received, that really gives me a good example to show you what I mean when I talk about these email scams and how they work. Below is the text copy of the email I just received. I have deactivated the links because I don’t want anyone to misinterpret [...]
Beware of a new email scam. The subject line says, “Action Required: Download New Acrobat PDF Reader for Your Windows” First tip off… odd grammar / phrasing in subject line. Second big tip, if you mouse over the links, you will see that is going to link to adobe-acrobat-download6 . com (DO NOT VISIT THAT [...]
Well, here’s another one. I just received an email from a domain registered in Russia, claiming to be an Adobe application update. Don’t be fooled by this one. Just take a look at the “whois” info for the domain name: Domain name: ADOBE-MAILER.COM Registrant ID: TAACTMK-RU Registrant Name: Kenny James [...]
Facebook Privacy Settings The First Critical Setting: Instant Personalization and Public Search These two items enable individuals, companies, organizations, and pretty much the world at large to glean information about you from your Facebook account and activity while on Facebook, and also when you visit websites that are partnered with Facebook. This creates an odd [...]
I just got a really sneaky phishing email today. It looks like a PERFECT copy of the Amazon.com emails promoting products, except it has a hot babe in lingerie, and it says “get ready for erotic monday”. But if you mouseover the link that says “learn more”, it will pop up a “tool tip” of [...]