January 2012 Archives

With the Super Bowl just around the corner, both Giants fans and Patriots fans are looking for some way to enjoy the event and support their teams.  Unfortunately, as with most major events there are scammers lying in wait to...
Criminals use the phone to commit many different types of fraud. They often use publicly available data, phone directories or data they obtained in a data breach --so they might know your name and other personal information when they call...
Now that the New Year is here, it's time to start thinking about W-2's and 1099's to get ready for tax season.  Though many people don't start thinking about their taxes until closer to April, the IRS actually begins processing...
Have you ever wondered how identity thieves use the Internet to buy and sell your stolen information? When most people think of identity theft they imagine people stealing credit card applications from their trash or stealing their credit card numbers...
You might think that the holiday shopping season concludes once the mad dashes for last-minute presents have been run and the carefully wrapped paper has been torn away and discarded, but that's certainly not true in the modern gift card...
A major identity theft ring bust thought to be centered in Apopka FL --appears to stretch far beyond the state of Florida ---and the United States. According to law enforcement authorities, the Florida arrests are part of a massive conspiracy...
A sophisticated new computer virus could completely clean out your bank account and you might not notice it for days...or even weeks --depending upon the amount of activity within the account. The virus was identified by Trusteer, a computer security...
Social media sites are a great place to hang out, share photos, and chat with friends old and new.  Unfortunately, they are also the place where many of us list our birthdates, post personal photos, and chat about where and...
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of victims of the 2007 Hannaford data breach. Some of you, especially those living in Maine, may remember news breaking of a data breach that reported; malware installed on Hannaford Brothers servers...
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