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• Handwritten Signature is Stupid Authorization

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Ever forge your husband’s signature? Wife’s? Parent’s? Client’s? 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. ...
  1 day ago

• How I Accidentally Agreed to Pay $300 a Year to a Company I’d Never Heard of, for a Service I Didn’t Want

  
  Technologizer — Authority: 629
  On Tuesday, I mentioned that I’d recently purchased a background check from Intelius and found that I’d unwittingly become a member of something called SavingsAce, a shopping club that costs $24.95 a month. I said that the Intelius customer service rep I’d spoken with had denied that the company had given my ...
  4 days ago

• MIT Says Handing Over Your Identity Data Protects You

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 635
  Robert Siciliano Identity Theft ExpertIdentity is a simple idea that has become a complex problem. It has become complex due to fraud. Fraud, motivated by money, easy credit, and the ease of account takeover. Because identity has yet to be effectively established, anyone can be you.Currently identity is generally ...
  4 days ago

• The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt IV of IV

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 635
  Robert Siciliano identity theft expertCybercriminals Take Advantage of the Holiday Season, Aiming to Steal Consumers’ Money, Identities and Financial Information As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the twelve most dangerous ...
  5 days ago

• The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt III of IV

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano identity theft expert Cybercriminals Take Advantage of the Holiday Season, Aiming to Steal Consumers’ Money, Identities and Financial Information As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the ...
  5 days ago

• The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt III of IV

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 635
  Robert Siciliano identity theft expertCybercriminals Take Advantage of the Holiday Season, Aiming to Steal Consumers’ Money, Identities and Financial InformationAs cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the twelve most dangerous ...
  6 days ago

• Vertrue, the World’s Most Saintly Company

  
  Technologizer — Authority: 629
  As I mentioned earlier today , I recently discovered that I was a newly-inducted member of something called SavingsAce, a discount club that had begun charging me $25 a month. I called it, canceled, and got my twenty-five bucks back. I also asked how I came to be a member, and the rep told me that I’d agreed to ...
  6 days ago

• The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt II of IV

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 635
  Robert Siciliano identity theft expertCybercriminals Take Advantage of the Holiday Season, Aiming to Steal Consumers’ Money, Identities and Financial Information As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the twelve most dangerous ...
  1 week ago

• The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt I of IV

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 635
  Robert Siciliano identity theft expertCybercriminals Take Advantage of the Holiday Season, Aiming to Steal Consumers’ Money, Identities and Financial InformationAs cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the twelve most dangerous ...
  1 week ago

• SWATting, Using Technology To Hurt

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 635
  Robert Siciliano Identity Theft ExpertSwatting is making prank calls to emergency services. In the field of information security, swatting is an attempt to trick an emergency service (such as a 911 operator) to dispatch an emergency response team, generally a SWAT team. SWAT is (Special Weapons and Tactics).Caller ID ...
  1 week ago

• SWATting, Using Technology To Hurt

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Swatting is making prank calls to emergency services. In the field of information security, swatting is an attempt to trick an emergency service (such as a 911 operator ) to dispatch an emergency response team, generally a SWAT team. SWAT is ( Special Weapons and Tactics ...
  1 week ago

• Hackers Indicted for Jacking Comcast

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano identity theft expert One hacked email address led to the defacement of Comcasts homepage. When the hackers called Comcasts technical contact to let him know all 200 Comcast domain names and Comcast homepage were vulnerable, he hung up on them. It has not been disclosed how the email was ...
  1 week ago

• SWATting, Using Technology To Hurt

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Swatting is making prank calls to emergency services. In the field of information security, swatting is an attempt to trick an emergency service (such as a 911 operator ) to dispatch an emergency response team, generally a SWAT team. SWAT is ( Special Weapons and Tactics ...
  1 week ago

• Hackers Indicted for Jacking Comcast

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 635
  Robert Siciliano identity theft expertOne hacked email address led to the defacement of Comcasts homepage. When the hackers called Comcasts technical contact to let him know all 200 Comcast domain names and Comcast homepage were vulnerable, he hung up on them.It has not been disclosed how the email was compromised, ...
  1 week ago

• Handwritten Signature is Stupid Authorization

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 635
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Money Mules Facilitate Identity Theft and Fraud

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  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 criminals use in ...
  1 week ago

• I Bought an ATM off Craigslist for $750 w/1000 CC#s on it. Yup.

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano  Identity Theft Expert After the Vegas DEFCON ATM debacle where hackers hacked hackers by setting up a fake ATM in front of the facilities security office, I needed to see how stupid easy it was to buy and ATM and just set it up anywhere. So my search began. I started looking on e-bay and found ...
  2 weeks ago

• Money Mules Facilitate Identity Theft and Fraud

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 635
  Robert Siciliano Identity Theft ExpertMules 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 criminals use in which ...
  2 weeks ago

• ZoomAtlas—Helping You Reconnect With Friends from The Old Neighborhood

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 701
  IT , social media , mapping Wade Roush wrote: Say you’d like to look up an old friend from high school. You have no idea what happened to him after college, and you can’t find him on Facebook. But you do remember the address of his house down the street from your childhood home. What if there was a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Twitter Phish Identity Theft Scam

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano  Identity Theft Expert I’ve been getting the same “direct message” from several of my Twitter followers. Apparently, their accounts have been hacked, because it’s a phishing message that says, “ROFL this you?” and contains a shortened URL. The link leads to a page that resembles ...
  2 weeks ago

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