August 2012 Archives

A scam designed to gain access to your computer, steal your identity, drain your bank accounts and use your credit card information is making the rounds. This one seems to be a take-off from a similar scam highlighted here in...
Many people lump credit card fraud and debit card fraud together, but there are actually critical differences between the two fraud types. One of the biggest differences is that debit card fraud can be much more damaging than credit card...
I've mentioned my friend and fellow advocate Eric Drew a few times in this blog; long-time readers may recall that he is a leukemia survivor who had his identity stolen while undergoing cancer treatment.  For those of you who aren't...
Staying safe online sometimes seems like a full-time job.  It seems like every time you turn around there's some new data breach or malware attack making the news.  Unfortunately, for all of the threats that you hear about there are...
The 30th modern Olympic Games are upon us.  People around the world are following their favorite athletes and trying to find out as much as they can about how their favorite countries are doing, searching the web for updated medal...
Another data breach is in the news, this one from the online gaming site Gamigo. Approximately 8 million email accounts and user passwords have been leaked recently, dwarfing the size of breaches like the recent Yahoo! Voices breach.  This story...
Smaller businesses have become bigger targets for cybercriminals because the bad guys know that they have fewer defense resources than large enterprises. If cybercriminals can breach a small business and steal credentials (banking accounts, email access, etc.) they can use...
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