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Well, it’s that time of year again. Lots of folks have gotten into the Christmas spirit and started looking for great deals on gift items.
Unfortunately, the scammers of the world are also getting into the Christmas spirit, and they’re hoping to take advantage of yours by scamming you out of a few bucks (or in this case some merchandise).
Unfortunately, the insidious “Secret Sisters Gift Exchange” scam is once again making the rounds on Facebook. [Read more…]
It used to be that hackers targeted online retailers a lot more often than local “brick-and-mortar” establishments, but that’s no longer the case.
In fact there are actually fewer successful online breaches nowadays than “local” hacks.
The latest “brick-and-mortar” company to fall victim to a successful hack is Krystal, the ultra-popular “mini-burger” restaurant chain.
If you’ve been using the Internet for a while you’re probably aware of the fantastic Amazon Associates affiliate program that allows bloggers to earn money by helping folks find great deals on items at the Amazon website.
In my opinion, there is no better affiliate program in the world because Amazon makes it easy to earn commissions on great products that most buyers end up loving in the end.
That’s why I participate in the program myself.
Unfortunately, any time a company comes up with a great idea for helping people do better in life, there are always scammers waiting in the wings to take advantage of people who just want to make an honest living. [Read more…]
Do you have an account with the giant financial services firm Capital One?
If so, there’s a good chance that some very sensitive information about you was recently compromised in a massive data breach.
Yesterday Capital One published this press release detailing the incident.
You can read it for yourself to get all the details, but here are the most important takeaways from it: [Read more…]
If you use Gmail as your email provider you probably realize how important it is to prevent hackers from accessing your Gmail account.
Once a hacker is logged into your Gmail account he/she can use it to send SPAM and/or malware to other people in your name, via your account. Not good!
What you might not realize is hackers don’t really need to log into your Gmail account directly in order to use it to send SPAM and malware to other people!