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Congress is still considering the Informed P2P User Act, a law that would supposedly make it safer to use peer-to-peer file sharing software, an effort that is similar to banning mosquitoes from sucki...
For the past year, I’ve been screaming about the trouble with social media as it relates to identity theft, brand hijacking, privacy issues, and the opportunity social media creates for criminals to “...
There are so many watch lists maintained across the world. The FATF maintains one, FINCEN, and so does Interpol. Reportedly the FBI keeps getting 1600 new 'suggestions' everyday for its list! See here...
I decided to write this after seeing a summary of Aite Group’s report concerning U.S. cardholders and their experience abroad. It states that “The promise of ubiquitous card payments acceptance falls ...
OMG. Eugene Kaspersky wants an Internet Passport because he says "anonymity causes security headaches and should be outlawed". This is madness. The social repurcussions are surely obviou...
Today newly released Javelin research shows that the 11% of US people who received one of those "throw-away" data breach notification letters really *are* at greater risk of ID fraud. Exper
The National Foundation for Credit Counselors, which sponsors Protect Your Identity Week, has compiled a number of identity theft myths. To support their efforts, the Santa Fe Group Vendor Council Awa...
It was a sunny day in Washington DC, and I headed towards Capitol Hill to speak at the Cyber Security Ecosystem briefing organized by TechAmerica. I almost didn’t make it: the security guards caught ...
This evening (Monday 26th October 2009, at 19:30 UTC), BBC Inside Out will show Saar Drimer and I demonstrating how the use of smart card readers, being issued in the UK to authenticate online bankin...
Finextra recently sat down with Richard Allen, principal consultant at Consullt Hyperion. The firm recently set up a dedicated unit looking at card fraud and all the 'scary things' being perpetrated b...
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