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Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 26/08/2011 | 2360 views

Bill Would Remove Social Security Numbers

The most basic advice for protecting your own identity is to protect your Social Security number. The obvious solution is simply never to disclose your number, but this is silly, since, depending on your age, you have probably provided it to hundreds of people, on hundreds of forms. It now sits in hundreds of databases, accessible to thousands, and... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 26/08/2011 | 2662 views

Researchers Say Identity Theft Has Lasting

Identity theft victims don’t need Jessica Van Vliet, an assistant professor in counseling psychology at the University of Alberta, to tell them that they no longer feel safe when conducting everyday financial transactions, which most of us take for granted. But she did a study highlighting a fact that many of us in the industry have already k... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 20/08/2011 | 1548 views

Cybercriminals Target Senior Citizens

Cyber scams happen to the young and the old, the rich and the poor. It doesn’t matter how good or bad your credit is, or whether or not you have a credit card. Cybercriminals target everyone, regardless of how much or how little you rely on a computer. The lowest of the lowlifes, however, tend to prey upon the weak and uninformed. And all to... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 17/08/2011 | 1923 views

Online Gamers Risk Credit Card Fraud

The Sony Corporation has been providing consumers with stellar electronics since before the introduction of the Walkman. The past six months have been harsher for Sony, with attacks by hacktivists and numerous breaches of clients’ data. Many recent breaches involved usernames, passwords, email addresses, and in some cases, credit card number... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 09/08/2011 | 2266 views

Medical Temp Arrested For Identity Theft

You’ve probably heard the phrase “a fox watching the henhouse.” Today, that applies to people on the inside of organizations who work in trusted positions, and who use those positions to steal client or employee information for their own personal gain. As much as 70% of all identity theft is committed by individuals with inside a... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation