84% of Consumers Will Not Buy a Car from a Breached Dealership
84% of Consumers Will Not Buy a Car from a Breached Dealership
Author Archive for: Robert Siciliano
Entries by Robert Siciliano
Facebook in the Spotlight Once Again for a Massive Data Breach
It’s a new day, so you should expect news about another data breach—again, with Facebook. According to research, tons of Facebook user data was recently exposed on cloud computing servers owned by Amazon. According to UpGuard, a cybersecurity firm, it is believed that Facebook app developers store the data on the servers, but they did…
How to Phish Google and Facebook and Make Millions
Evaldas Rimasauskas, a Lithuanian man, became very rich. How? He is a criminal who used his lying skills to get more than $100 million from companies such as Facebook and Google between 2013 and 2015. He’s now in jail, but during his trial, Rimasauskas admitted that he was guilty of several crimes including money laundering,…
What it Means to be CSI Protection Certified
“A CSI Protection Certified Agent can help you decrease susceptibility to crime and ensure you are working with a trained, concerned professional. If your real estate professional holds the CSI Protection designation, you can trust that they will provide the skills necessary for a safe and secure transaction.” If YOU know someone who should get…
How Criminals Prey on the Art World and Real Estate
Any industry involving wiring transfers of large sums of money is vulnerable to this new type of hack. Purchasing a car, home or piece of art are large transactions and are not usually done in cash. In well-established industries like real estate, there are some checks and balances, but while one would think it would…
How Smart Speakers Are Exposing Cheaters!
Did you know your home’s smart speaker can land you a divorce? And quickly. The nation’s top security consultants, including myself, agree that smart devices now contain enough of your personal information to know if you’re participating in a secret relationship. Americans are becoming more concerned with the lack of privacy associated with “smart” devices…
The Top Cyber Security Threats to Real Estate Companies
Gone are the days when hackers would only target retailers. These days, the bad guys an target businesses in any industry, especially those that aren’t quite up on cyber security. The real estate industry is one such group, and according to a recent survey, about half of businesses in the real estate industry are not…
How To Determine a Fake Website
There are a lot of scammers out there, and one of the things they do is create fake websites to try to trick you into giving them personal information. Here are some ways that you can determine if a website is fake or not: How Did I Get Here? Ask yourself how you got to…
How to Protect Fortnite Accounts
If you have tweens or teens, you are probably aware of the popular game Fortnite. Though it might say that it’s free, playing Fortnite can actually be quite expensive, and it could put player’s accounts at risk due to a security flaw. A bug was recently discovered that allows hackers to obtain the login credentials…
The Master List of 2018 Breaches
The Master List of 2018 Breaches 2017 was a record setting year for data breaches, but we might have to call 2018 “The Year of the Breach.” According to Verizon, there have been more than 2200 data breaches across the globe, and about 68 percent of these breaches were not detected for months. This is…
