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Robert Siciliano

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mCrime Perfectly Positioned to Pounce in 2011

The number of households in the United States that rely solely on wireless telephones continues increasing. More than one in four households had cell phones and no landlines in the first half of 2010, which is an increase of 2.1% since the second half of 2009. And almost one in six households uses cell phones exclusively or almost exclusively desp...

24 February 2011 /security /regulation

Criminal Hackers Responsible For Most Data Breaches

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were at least 662 data breaches in 2010, which exposed more than 16 million records. Nearly two-thirds of breaches exposed Social Security numbers, and 26% involved credit or debit card data. The ITRC elaborated, “Other than breaches reported by the media and a few progressive state websites, ...

22 February 2011 /security /regulation

Shoring Up National Cyber Security Infrastructure

The wild, wild web is the most exciting, alluring, and all-around awesome thing available to us today. It’s also something we have come to rely on to a fault. And that’s a little scary. The Internet is a decentralized wilderness, used by billions of devices worldwide. Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Commit...

16 February 2011 /security /regulation

Survey Shows Account Takeover Fraud Drops

Account takeover happens when your existing bank or credit card accounts are infiltrated and money is siphoned out. A hacked account or stolen credit card is often to blame. The drop in account takeover may be due in part to a few different things. Less breaches. There was a drop in data breaches from 221 million records in 604 breaches during 2009...

15 February 2011 /security /regulation

What is New Account Fraud?

As long as identity thieves continue to breach databases and steal Social Security numbers, new account fraud will plague the public. New account fraud refers to financial identity theft in which the victim’s personal identifying information and good credit standing are used to create new accounts, which are then used to obtain products and service...

12 February 2011 /security /regulation

Be Aware Online Daters Romance Scams

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, many single people return to thoughts of finding love online. But while your head is in the online clouds, you should know – and sorry to sound like a parent – that cyberscammers may be there with you looking to take advantage of your vulnerable heart. To help you stay safe on Valentine’s Day and year-round...

12 February 2011 /security /regulation

School Officials Warn of Identity Theft

In a small Maine town, local school officials buck state requirements and tell parents not to give out their child’s Social Security number. The Bangor Daily reports “School departments across the state are required by a new state law to collect students’ Social Security numbers for all enrolled this fall. Parents, however, should know that they c...

09 February 2011 /security /regulation

Front Row Seats When Internet Doomsday Hits Egypt

Most of us would have no idea Egypt had pulled the plug on the Internet unless it was splashed all over the news. However one company called iovation knew right away. Basically “just like that” the up to 1000 fraud checks they receive every hour out of Egypt dropped to zero. At first glance one would think there was some type of meltdown or maybe E...

02 February 2011 /security /regulation

Britain Scrapping National Identification Card

The Telegraph reports that UK National Identity Cards containing biometric details, including fingerprints, “were championed by the previous Labour government as a way of preventing terrorism and identity theft.” But the new administration immediately scrapped the initiative, introducing the Identity Documents Bill to Parliament in May, which pr...

29 January 2011 /security /regulation

Managing A Digital Life: Teachers Friending Kids

Teachers in numerous Massachusetts cities and towns are not allowed to “friend’’ students on Facebook or other social networking sites, and a number of other school districts south of Boston are considering a similar ban. The Boston Globe reports that many communities are working on policies governing school staff’s use of Facebook, “inspired in p...

27 January 2011 /security /regulation