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In the US we are approaching tax time. Scammers are ramped up and looking for your money. Learn these tips and watch your back. Protect and prevent Identity Theft. 1. Text messaging scams or Phextin
What many are beginning to realize, and few have known for a long time, there is a battle going on 24/7/365 between the good guys and the bad guys. Now, President Obama has chimed in with a directive ...
There's a certain nostalgia about connecting with old Friends. It brings us back to a simpler, simple minded way. We forget for a moment our daily tasks and deadlines. We flirt with a time that was ab...
The problem of identity theft continues to grow. The victims face an incredible amount of resistance when restoring their good name. Most spend an overwhelming amount of time fighting credit reportin...
Willie Sutton, when asked, "Why do you rob banks" he said "Thats where the money is!" Why hack your online bank account? Because thats where the money is! White Hat Hackers (go
Here we go. 2009 is the year of the processor breach. We will see the biggest of the biggest data breaches disclosed. They hacked'em in 2008, we find out about'em in 2009. This one is a bit of a mys
If I had a choice to give up my car or my mobile phone, I'd keep the phone. My mobile is a weapon of success. When the media or a client needs me (or someone like me) I'm right there trumping the comp...
Robert Siciliano Stupid people get hooked by phishers. You have to be a complete idiot to get sucked into a scam email that has typos making requests that are geared toward naïve simple minded pea
Robert Siciliano What happens when you have an unlocked door at the home of and employee at the top U.S. nuclear weapons laboratory? How about 3 stolen computers with yet to be disclosed data, that
Robert Siciliano Often I’m called to provide perspective on breaking news as it relates to personal security, violence and fraud. Tonight it was bank robbery. In Boston a white male suspect in his 20
by Robert Siciliano In a Microsoft press release a global bounty has been offered for the arrest and prosecution of whoever has created and released the “conficker” virus. Conficker was released in
Robert Siciliano Are you familiar with a “Logic Bomb”? This is a brilliant piece of code, a virus, designed for destruction. The goal of a logic bomb is to disable existing systems that may monitor d...