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Another day, another major hack. This time the victims were folks who shopped at one of the company’s 1,400 brick and mortar retail stores during much of 2014.
If you shopped at a Staples retail store between April and October 2014 and paid for your purchase(s) with a credit or debit card, I recommend that you check this list carefully to see if your store had its Point of Sale System hacked. It very well could have. [Read more…]
As you probably know by now, hackers and scammers just love Facebook, and it seems like a new scam starts making the rounds every day.
Well, the latest scam has been going around for a couple of months now. It arrives in your Facebook Message inbox after being sent via an IM that appears to have been sent from a friend. Read on to learn how the scam works… [Read more…]
Kmart has just announced that malware has been discovered on a large percentage of their stores’ cash registers, and they also confirmed that customer credit card and debit card information has been stolen.
The bank accounts and/or credit card accounts of customers who shopped at any Kmart store during the last 45 days could possibly be at risk.
Bottom line: If you shopped at a brick and mortar Kmart store during the last month and a half and paid for your purchases with a debit or credit card, it is strongly recommended that you contact your bank or card issuer right away.
Well, the hacking of major business websites continues unabated, and the latest breach involves one of the largest financial services firms in the world.
JPMorgan Chase and Company has announced that hackers have stolen the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses from a whopping 83 million customer accounts, making this one of the largest security breaches in history. [Read more…]
Well, the Facebook hackers and scammers are at it again (as if they ever take a break).
The latest scam tries to entice users to click on a fake video of a scantily clad lady who is apparently in the process of taking off her clothes.
But this is no video. It’s actually just a photo that links to a virus-laden web page. If you click the link, your PC can become infected with an insidious piece of malware known as Trojan.Agent.BDYV. [Read more…]