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Archive for: August, 2010

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 30/08/2010 | 2521 views

Officials are reporting a wave of credit and debit card attacks targeting point of sale swapping, skimming of card data, and hacking into payment processors. Reports say the U.S. Secret Service, among others, are in the process of investigating a multistate crime spree. The Oklahoma Bankers Association commented, “It is beyond apparent our b... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 28/08/2010 | 2794 views

mCrime Higher on Hackers Radar

This year’s Defcon convention of hackers in August brought to light a fact that many in the security industry have known: mobile phones are becoming a bigger target for criminals. Recent news of applications on the iPhone and Android that are vulnerable to attack and possibly designed to send your data offshore have reinforced the security c... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 28/08/2010 | 2381 views

Make Personal Safety a Priority

We often hear people (including myself) drone on at how the system is broken and how good guys end up in jail and bad guys are released on good behavior. The criminal justice system is far from fair. Too often bad people are let out only to re-offend and sometimes do worse the second or third time around. Securing your home is crucial way of prote... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 26/08/2010 | 3079 views

What is Social Registration

Social media has evolved into the fifth major form of media: print, radio, television, Internet, social. While social media functions on the Internet, there’s no denying that it is its own platform. It encompasses most forms of media in one tight and neat package. Some social networking sites have more users than number of residents in some c... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 25/08/2010 | 3634 views

Celebrity Identity Theft Issues

The only difference between a so-called celebrity and you and I is exposure. Their lives are subjected to much more attention than most people and for that they pay a price. Ours is a celebrity obsessed culture that has multiple TV programs every day of the week that focus solely on the lives of the popular people. With that attention often comes b... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation