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Archive for: May, 2010

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 28/05/2010 | 3533 views

Mortgage Fraud and Identity

You don’t need to own a house to become a victim of mortgage fraud. Heck, you don’t even need to be older than 3 to be a victim. As long as the thief has a Social Security number, they can apply for loans in your name. Lexis-Nexis Mortgage Asset Research Institute in Chicago shows that the incidence of fraud in 2009 increased 7 percent... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 28/05/2010 | 4766 views | 1 comment

Beware of Facebook Dangers

Danger!! How’s that for a blog title that screams fear, uncertainty and doubt!? Fact is Facebook boast 400 million users and is in so many ways seems out of the control of its founder, and is looking dangerous. This is a company that has grown faster than fast and has a (very intelligent) 20 something CEO just out of puberty calling the shots... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 26/05/2010 | 2321 views

Watching Out For Criminal Hacks

We use the web to search out tons of information, to shop online and to connect with friends and family. And in the process criminals are trying to whack us over the head and steal from us. And they’ve become very proficient at their craft while most computer users know enough about protecting themselves today as they did 15 years ago. Whic... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 26/05/2010 | 2203 views

Grand Jury: TSA Employee Stole Identities

A Lynn Massachusetts couple was accused of selling the identities of at least 16 Transportation Security Administration workers at Logan International Airport. Lynn was then and is now known as “Lynn Lynn the City of Sin, you don’t go out the way you come in.” Fox News reports “A federal grand jury accused the couple of ... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 20/05/2010 | 1941 views

Facebooks New and only Security Feature

So maybe you used a public PC to log into your Facebook account and you hit a button that saved your login credentials. Or maybe you received an email from what you thought was Facebook and you plugged in your username and password and got phished. Now someone other than you has your account information and they are logging in to torture you or s... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation