Friday - May 15, 2009
A new wave of phishing and spamming attacks is hitting Facebook users as scammers attempt to get hold of their passwords, the social networking site has acknowledged. Similar phishing and spamming scams -- in which messages supposedly from their friends lure victims to a malicious Web site -- have been occurring with greater
intensity since the end of April. The sites typically display a fake, though convincing-looking, Facebook page where users are prompted to input their login information.
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Saturday - May 9, 2009
A hacker -- or a group of hackers -- is attempting to hold hostage some 8 million records purportedly acquired from the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program, according to ransom note posted to the program's Web site on April 30. Few statements have been released by Virginia state authorities, other than ID theft warnings.
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Saturday - April 18, 2009
One economy apparently isn't hurting these days -- the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet. Demand and prices remain stable for stolen credit cards, Social Security numbers and other private information, according to a new study by security software maker Symantec.
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Wednesday - April 8, 2009
It's tax time again, and the online scammers are crawling out of the woodwork. Their goals are to intercept personal information about taxpayers nationwide, and in some ways, they may be benefiting from the IRS' push for people to electronically file their returns. Some scammers are "phishing" taxpayers by sending emails that claim to be from the IRS.
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Tuesday - February 10, 2009
Data loss prevention: It's come to be one of the terms that we have become unusually familiar with. Data loss prevention isn't about the outright cessation of the loss of personal records; it's about reducing the risk to an acceptable level. There isn't a quadrant in health, finance, construction or any other sector that doesn't have some measure of risk.
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Wednesday - January 21, 2009
Massive credit card payment processor Heartland Payment Systems disclosed Tuesday that a security breach within its processing system some time in 2008 resulted in the potential exposure of millions of credit card and debit card numbers. No cardholder Social Security numbers, addresses or telephone numbers have been compromised, and the intrusion is believed to have been contained, according to the company.
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Tuesday - December 30, 2008
An international group of independent security researchers announced Tuesday that they have found a significant weakness in the Internet digital certificate infrastructure used by many Internet businesses. The flaw could conceivably allow cybercriminals to create fake certificates that would then be accepted and trusted by many widely used Internet browsers.
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Sunday - December 21, 2008
The current economic environment has consumers tightening their purse strings, carefully scrutinizing each dollar they spend. Scaling back on expenditures, including investments, they're not taking any chances with the money they do have. There is little trust in the economy or the future.
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Thursday - December 18, 2008
Given the financial fallout we've all been treated to this year, online banking and investment transactions may face increasing risks from hackers and sub-par network
security. Buying and selling via the Internet is the most common form of trading stock -- and the most vulnerable. With so much money changing hands through the Internet, bank security risk is critically high.
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Saturday - December 13, 2008
Identity theft has had a crippling effect on more than 9 million Americans, according to the Federal Trade Commission, and businesses that collect or hold identifying information report millions of dollars in annual losses as a result of these crimes. New identity theft regulations for creditors come into effect on May 1, 2009.
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Saturday - December 6, 2008
The holiday season has come to signify not only a time of celebration among family and friends -- it's also usually a period of joy for retailers. This year, however, the lagging economy threatens to dampen everyone's holiday spirit, and retailers who depend on a large holiday season sales boost should prepare for a much smaller increase.
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