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• Online Money Mules Aide Theft and Fraud

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Mules are relatively unaware people who get hooked into a “small business” or employment that is a function of a criminal enterprise. The mules often respond to “help wanted” ads from online job placement sites. Shipping scams are a common tactic ...
  7 hours ago

• Identity Theft is a Terrible Crime

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 549
  Image via Wikipedia Another day has come, but what it brought with it was the terrible incident of being victimized of identity theft!Bank statements of credit cards that I did not open and a business license that I’d not apply for were two things that I found out about my valuable social security number and name ...
  7 hours ago

• Lemon Law

  
  Identity Theft Protection — Authority: 116
  Many consumers have heard of the lemon law but aren’t familiar with how it works. Old cars that have faulty electrical work, broken air conditioners, an annoying rattle or rust do not qualify as “lemons.” However, if the brakes, the gears, the starter or the acceleration appear faulty and the manufacturer ...
  7 hours ago

• RFID Shielding Flipside Wallet

  
  techviva — Authority: 493
  The RFID Shielding Flipside Wallet will protect you even if the law does not protect you from identity theft. The REAL ID act of 2005 has made it pretty easy for criminals to scan your driver’s license and other identifiable cards in your wallet, thus giving them all the ammo they need to steal your [...]
  8 hours ago

• Employees’ SSNs stolen — is company responsible?

  
  HRMorning.com — Authority: 140
  Starbucks was recently sued after a laptop containing private info about employees was stolen. Did the court hold the company responsible for the theft? The swiped computer contained the names, addresses and social security numbers of about 97,000 Starbucks employees. A group of workers sued the company for ...
  12 hours ago

• Sprint Gives Stranger Full Access To Customers Account, Shrugs [Security Breaches]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 777
  When Campbell changed his phone number with Sprint earlier this year, the company immediately assigned his old number to a new customer. They also gave that customer full access to Campbells account. Campbell found out about it months later and confronted Sprint, but all he got in response was some standard customer ...
  14 hours ago

• Weekend Giveaway: Featured Yearly Link Submission – 113Dir

  
  113 Tidbits - Social Feeds And Daring Commentary — Authority: 134
  113Dir is giving away free yearly listings as a Featured link submission. Just subscribe to our newsletter here . After doing so, post your site submission details as a comment here to keep the process seamless. You will receive link confirmation after posting details here in the comments thread. Use the format ...
  15 hours ago

• Get 1 yr Free license of Online Armor Firewall Software

  
  Tech Mania — Authority: 137
  Online Armor Firewall are giving away their premium version of software with license key valid for a year for chip reader.If your one of them you can get this shareware for free.What is Online Armor ? If you into online banking or you shop online then that means that you are vulnerable to serious threats.To support ...
  17 hours ago

• Insurance Company Mails Out Postcards With SSNs [Identity Theft Risk]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 777
  Its always nice when an insurance company mails your Social Security Number out on bare naked postcards for anyone to ogle, right? Universal American Action Network, a subsidiary of Universal American Insurance, mailed out 80,000 such postcards to Medicare recipients around the country, WGAL of Pennsylvania ...
  17 hours ago

• Effective Security Policy Messaging Important

  
  CIO - Blogs and Discussion - — Authority: 149
  Clearly communicate that, in fact, there are secrets. read more
  18 hours ago

• 113Tidbits: Why Protect Your WHOIS

  
  113 Tidbits - Social Feeds And Daring Commentary — Authority: 134
  Below is an example of a before and after shot of domain "whois" info. Protecting your information can mean the difference between becoming the victim of identity theft. Other malcontents can use your info to spam and of course fraudulently expose your online assets to those that really should not have access to them. ...
  18 hours ago

• Windows Security Logs and MS Log Parser

  
  CIO - Blogs and Discussion - — Authority: 149
  Reading through a Windows security log or any other log can be very difficult and time consuming, so a lot of companies have created their own tools to analyze windows event logs. read more
  18 hours ago

• Hackers steal information from Climate Research Unit

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 696
  The UK-based Hadley Climate Research Unit (CRU) , at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, is reported to have sufferered a security breach which has resulted in many confidential emails and files being uploaded to the internet. A 61MB zip file containing information stolen from one of the worlds leading climate ...
  20 hours ago

• Handwritten Signature is Stupid Authorization

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 636
  Robert Siciliano Identity Theft ExpertEver forge your husbands signature? Wife’s? Parents? Clients? Do you think the clerk behind the counter at Walmart is skilled in handwriting analysis? I’ve always viewed a signature as a totally ridiculous form of authentication and a total waste of my time when I sign my ...
  21 hours ago

• Process Of Pledge Communication

  
  Identity Theft Protection — Authority: 116
  Process of pledge communication existed in England from the beginning of 17 centuries. For this reason execution pledge is considered as one of the most ancient trades in the history. Pledge Bond is issued about clearing of the person imprisonment. Various kinds of bonds prison include federal bonds, bonds on the ...
  1 day ago

• Beware of Identity Theft

  
  ImIdea [is] My Personal View — Authority: 146
  Taking the right steps immediately after you discover that you have been the victim of an identity theft is extremely important. Some of the steps which you should immediately be considering are.1.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  1 day ago

• Effective Security Policy Messaging Important

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Christopher Burgess , Senior Security Adviser End users tuning you out? Here’s a three-step process for taking human factors into account in your security program (and even using them to your advantage). Let us begin with the premise that security policies exist to protect an entity’s assets as it ...
  1 day ago

• Windows Security Logs and MS Log Parser

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 533
  By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP When investigating an intrusion in a Windows system, one of the first places to start is the Windows security log. Security event log is also very useful for analysis when searching for anomalies and possible intrusions. Reading through a Windows security log ...
  1 day ago

• Child Abuse Prevention

  
  Identity Theft Protection — Authority: 116
  The number of child abuse reports drops quite a bit during the summer months. During the school year teachers and other professionals who see children every day must file a child abuse report if it is suspected. But it isn’t just caring professionals who must watch out for the kids, as child abuse prevention is ...
  1 day ago

• Operation Felony Lane Results In Arrest Of South Florida Identity Theft Ring Members

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 528
  Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Editor Miami, FL (AHN) - During a tri-county South Florida crackdown on identity theft authorities arrested a bank teller and five others involved in an identity theft ring.
  1 day ago

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