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Encryption is the science of encoding and decoding secret messages. It began as cryptography—the ancient Greeks used it to protect sensitive information that might fall into the hands of their enemie...
Medical identity theft is the deadliest form of identity theft—and I say this without hyperbole or exaggeration. When financial gain is the general motivation for stealing medical information, insuran...
Grey charges: “Deceptive and unwanted credit and debit card charges that occur as a result of misleading sales and billing practices.” Technically, grey charges aren’t considered fraud because the leg...
Security is one of those topics we’d rather not discuss because it requires us to acknowledge the fact that we are vulnerable to miscreants bent on doing harm. Sorry, but this is Real Life 101 here—wh...
Look, I hear this all the time: “I want to respect my children’s privacy, but I also want to keep tabs on them.” OK, I get it. Kids need their privacy. But at what age does that start? In my mind, the...
Last month saw two separate instances in the UK of attempted or successful bank theft using Keyboard Video Mouse (KVM) remote-access devices, apparently perpetrated by the same gang. Whether or not t...
The US Federal Reserve Banks recently announced a public consultation exercise on improving the future U.S. payment system. In the U.K., the newly formed Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has also ju...
Mobile banking is having its day in the Sun and the FCA has taken notice. The spike in mobile’s popularity is down to convenient banking on the go. One in five adults already makes payments via their ...
“Customers appreciate security” is something I’ve heard time and again. When a big credit card associations wanted to increase user registration to a new eCommerce authentication program some ten year...
Hey merchants, yes you, BillGuard released a report that examined the grey charge problem among US debit and credit cardholders and the service costs impacting card issuers and retailers. The report r...
You’ve been thinking about getting a home security system but haven’t because you want to do it right and not invest in old, outdated technology. Well, you’re in luck, because now’s the time. Home sec...
There are no shortage of ways identity thieves have to scam you out of your credit, cash and identity. Here are 10 more ways criminals pounce on their victims: Mailbox raiding. Moments after the post...