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Phishing
412 published works
Data Counsel
Reading This Might Just Preserve Your Identity and Reputation
Authorship Credit: Dave Taylor, Director, Information Technology, Baker & Hostetler LLP We are seeing a dramatic increase in spam and email phishing schemes once again. These schemes have become very…
The Legal Whiteboard
New Internet Scam – Fake Amazon Shipping Notice
I provide this as a public service.I just got an e-mail that looked just like the usual notice from Amazon that an item has shipped. The shipping address was not…
Data Counsel
Hi-Tech & Low-Tech Social Engineering Used for Corporate Bank Account Takeovers
Hi-Tech Corporate bank accounts continue to be targeted by criminals who use various forms of malware to gain access to the account and then wire money out of the account. …
Data Counsel
Beware an Email Scam That Appears to be From a Friend in Need
Authorship credit: Richard M. Lehrer The following reveals the importance of (i) selecting a strong password (one with at least a combination of numbers and letters) for association with your…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Attempted Scams Continue to Fill Lawyers’ In-Boxes
As the ABA Journal reports of new scams hitting Texas law firms, I continue to receive emails that look like scams. Without exception, the scam emails are generic, like this email received today: Dear…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Canada Adopts Stringent Anti-Spam Legislation
Adam Kardash from Heenan Blaikie LLP in Canada reports that the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam bill received Royal Assent on December 16, 2010. The new Canadian law includes a…
Don't Mess With Taxes
Beware the Dirty Dozen tax scams Monday, March 22, 2010
Beware the Dirty Dozen tax scams Monday, March 22, 2010 Criminals work 365 days a year, but the the annual U.S. income tax filing season is prime scam time. For…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SIPC Warns About Bogus Website Aimed at Madoff Victims
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), which maintains a special reserve fund mandated by Congress to protect the customers of insolvent brokerage firms, said today that it is alerting international…
DuetsBlog
iPad, the Latest Brand Bait?
By Steve Baird®
Putting aside, for now, the unsettled question of who currently owns the iPad trademark, and Dan's perspective on Apple's trademark clearance strategies, from last week, look at what our finely-tuned e-mail spam filter just snagged: It is…
Securities Law Prof Blog
FINRA Warns of ARS Phishing Scam
FINRA today issued an Investor Alert called Beware of Auction Rate Securities Settlement "Phishing" Scam, which warns the public about a scam using fake FINRA emails that promise compensation from…