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Archive for: September, 2010

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 27/09/2010 | 1972 views

Victim Rebuilds Life After Identity Theft

This story is about a victim of criminal identity theft. The victim is a trucker who discovered that his identity had been stolen when his commercial driver’s license was suspended because the thief who stole his identity had been busted for drinking and driving on four different occasions. Imagine. The consequences of identity theft are oft... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 22/09/2010 | 3049 views

Strong Passwords Are Not Enough

I’ve said it before, use upper and lower case, use number and letter combinations and when possible, if the website allows it, use special characters. It has been documented that “Adding just one capital letter and one asterisk would change the processing time for an 8 character password from 2.4 days to 2.1 centuries.” It is gre... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 21/09/2010 | 2765 views

College Students At Risk For Identity Theft

September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month. I helped Uni-Ball conduct a survey of 1,000 college students and 1,000 parents. The survey revealed that while about 74% of parents believe students are at a moderate to high risk for identity theft, and 30% of all identity theft victims are between 18 and 29, only 21% of students are concerned a... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 15/09/2010 | 2244 views

Geolocation Technology; Please Stalk and Rob Me

Technology is meant to make life easier, safer and in some cases fun-er. Geolocation is supposed to make you save a few bucks on discounts when you “check in” at participating retail stores and gather “points”. It is also supposed to tell your friends and followers via geo-tagging that you just snapped a photo somewhere. Ho... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 15/09/2010 | 2146 views

iTunes a Platform for Phish Scammers

iTunes users all over the world are being hooked in a possible phishing scam that siphons cash out of their PayPal accounts. Phishing scams, of course, consist of emails that appear to be coming from a legitimate, trusted business. These emails are often designed to trick the victim into revealing login credentials. Once the phishers have access to... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation