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• Massive TSA Security Breach Revealed

  
  CIO - Blogs and Discussion - — Authority: 147
  In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) inadvertently posted online its entire airport screening procedures manual, including some of the most closely guarded secrets re read more
  3 hours ago

• Phishing Pharming Spoofing Smishing: New Ways to Steal Identities

  
  Personal Money Store — Authority: 595
  The many new faces of online identity theft Phishing, pharming, spoofing, smishing —what do all these words mean? Each one has to do with online hackers and your personal information. Almost everyone today who does anything online has had some experience with unscrupulous companies or people. Phishing for example ...
  6 hours ago

• Evil ID theft elves

  
  LifeLock — Authority: 110
  Contrary to popular belief, not all of Santa’s elves are jovial, industrious toymakers; there are also evil elves that take temporary holiday retail jobs to commit ID theft and credit fraud. And, they’ll steal your identity in less time than it takes Santa to slip down the chimney. Big retail stores hire as many ...
  6 hours ago

• Aleratec Releases DVD/CD Shredder

  
  CyberTheater — Authority: 517
  Aleratec has been known to deliver CD/DVD duplicators but apparently they are now unveiling one that also destroys them. This is obviously aimed at fighting of identity theft or leaving any room for threats which are normally stored on optical media discs nowadays. The Aleratec DVD/CD Shredder is a new product that ...
  6 hours ago

• ID Protection Companies – Affordable Help Against Identity Theft

  
  World News — Authority: 169
  Identity Theft is a very real problem and it is getting worse every day. Desperate people do desperate things and that is why utilizing identity theft protection companies is a great decision. They can help you to feel secure and you will know that you are covered in the event that the wrong person has access to your ...
  7 hours ago

• Accepting Friend Requests from People You Dont Know Is a Recipe for ID Theft [Security]

  
  Lifehacker — Authority: 811
  According to a study conducted by computer security company Sophos, anywhere from 41 to 49 percent of users (by age group) they test-requested friendship with on Facebook accepted their invitation. The problem, as they see it: After they became friends with people they dont know, theyve got access to dates of birth, ...
  8 hours ago

• Stolen laptop had Social Security numbers of Flagstar bank customers

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 461
  It was a phone call that you don’t want to get. Someone from Flagstar bank called the other day to notify my wife that there was, ahem, a “possible” security problem she should know about. Seems a laptop was stolen that contained a bunch of Social Security numbers. One of the numbers on the stolen laptop was ...
  9 hours ago

• Whois Follow-Up To Yesterday’s Posting

  
  DotWeekly.com Domain Name Blog — Authority: 125
  Yesterday I had wrote about the whois system being broken and I agree there is really no easy fix to the problem. I wish I had the perfect answer that would keep all domain owners happy but I do not. I will be making some suggestions to ICANN but I am also only one person. [...]
  9 hours ago

• Cyber Liability Insurance Mitigates Exposure

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 518
  By Laton McCartney , Editor at CIOZone Four or five years ago, insurance carriers selling cyber-liability insurance had difficulty giving the product away. “CIOs weren’t interested,” Drew Bartkiewicz, vice president of cyber and new media risk at The Hartford ( HIG ), tells CIOZone. “They’d ...
  19 hours ago

• Vietnam Tops November Spam Report

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 518
  By Simon Heron , CISSP Internet Security Analyst Today’s news that a New Zealand national has been ordered to pay $15.5 million US dollars in fines due to his participation in an international spam network , highlights the seriousness with which authorities are starting to take malware production. But it ...
  19 hours ago

• Podcast 33: Identity Theft and Identity Fraud With Terri Cullen …

  
  Top-Dollar-Website.com — Authority: 104
  Terri Cullen is the author of The Complete Identity Theft Guidebook: How to Protect Yourself from the Most Pervasive Crime in America and is a former columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Tom Dziubek and Terri Cullen discuss identity ... Originally posted here: Podcast 33: Identity Theft and Identity Fraud With ...
  20 hours ago

• Consumers Should Be Aware That Identity Theft is Low-Tech Too …

  
  Top-Dollar-Website.com — Authority: 104
  Identity theft is no laughing matter. In 2008, almost 10 million Americans were victims of identity theft crimes, which was 22 percent higher than in 2007. What may be even more alarming is the fact that identity theft is usually not ... View post: Consumers Should Be Aware That Identity Theft is Low-Tech Too ...
  20 hours ago

• Online theft not the main cause of identity fraud

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 694
  Filed under: Shopping , Technology , Identity Theft For most of us, the terms identity theft or fraud bring to mind fraudulent Web sites that try to phish for our personal information or viruses that send our sensitive data to a criminal. Surprisingly, a new study by Travelers Insurance revealed that the ...
  1 day ago

• The Complete Guide to Avoiding Online Scams (for Your Less Savvy Friends and Relatives) [Security]

  
  Lifehacker — Authority: 811
  Our readers are a savvy bunch who arent likely to be taken in by an online scam—but weve all got those friends and relatives we worry about. Heres our definitive guide to helping them stay safe online. Photo from Futurama . When training your loved ones how to keep themselves safe online, you should remind ...
  1 day ago

• GenApple Boasts First Information Brokerage

  
  CIO - Blogs and Discussion - — Authority: 147
  The Internet is filled with free information, from search engines, to answer portals, to e-learning portals. However, something is missing. read more
  1 day ago

• Consumers Should Be Aware That Identity Theft is Low-Tech Too

  
  Credit Identity Safe — Authority: 107
  Identity theft is no laughing matter. In 2008, almost 10 million Americans were victims of identity theft crimes, which was 22 percent higher than in 2007. What may be even more alarming is the fact that identity theft is usually not the work of a computer genius with expert hacking skills. Approximately 43 percent ...
  1 day ago

• GenApple Boasts First Information Brokerage

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 518
  By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP After the first article was posted at GenApple - which promotes itself as the first information brokerage, Shortinfosec secured an interview with the founder of GenApple - Mr. Mark Hanson. In a summary, the service will need polishing, and GenApple will need ...
  1 day ago

• Holiday Temps Increase Identity Theft Risks

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 518
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert This is the absolute best time of the year to be a dishonest temporary worker. Holiday hustle and bustle overwhelms managers and supervisors and they can’t possibly see everything their employees are doing. It has been said that only 10 percent of ...
  1 day ago

• Podcast 33: Identity Theft and Identity Fraud With Terri Cullen

  
  Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog Since 2003 — Authority: 637
  On today’s Consumerism Commentary Podcast , Tom Dziubek speaks with author and columnist, Terri Cullen. Terri Cullen is the author of The Complete Identity Theft Guidebook: How to Protect Yourself from the Most Pervasive Crime in America and is a former columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Tom Dziubek and ...
  2 days ago

• Buying Protection Against Identity Theft: What’s Good, What’s Not

  
  www.IT-Everyday.com — Authority: 153
  Several years ago, the identity of my brother was stolen. In less than five days, his bank account was hit with four $300 charges and the bank didn’t help much beyond cancelling those items from his balance. This go around wasn’t too bad, as the bank did side with him eventually, canned those fraudulent charges ...
  2 days ago

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