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Tag: Hacks

AOL accounts spoofed / hacked

A client called me about her computer being hacked. Turns out that only her AOL account probably was hacked. People in her address book were getting odd email messages supposedly from her. Her PC was okay otherwise. She’s one of many experiencing the problem. PC World noted the situation in their article “You’ve got spam… Continue reading AOL accounts spoofed / hacked

Published 4/22/2014  1 comment  
Categorized as Computer, News Tagged Hacks, Spoofing

Prof’s Hack Challenge Revealing

PC World summarized the results of a New York University Professor’s challenge to conduct a personal “pen test” on him. And the answer, at least in his case, is that knowing that they were out to get him didn’t stop them. He got hacked. As he wrote, in an account of the project last month,… Continue reading Prof’s Hack Challenge Revealing

Published 12/9/2013
Categorized as Computer, News Tagged Hacks, Phishing, Scams

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