My new roommate’s 3 credit cards have been stolen and about $1000 charged.

Read my previous articles on this subject:

How do criminals get your information? and another article posted HERE

Computer viruses and computer worms have one goal in mind:  to affect a computer user one way or another.  They are very similar, but so different at the same time.  There are two major differences between the two:  the ability to be a standalone program and the ability to travel alone. Read the full story

Cybercriminals love holidays especially Christmas! The number of cyber attacks on the unsuspecting Internet users goes up by about 400% during this time.

In my previous video I talked about a computer worm called Koobface and how one of my best friends fell victim to it. Read the full story

The Identity Theft crime is one of the fasted growing.  Many of us associate identity theft with an Internet age.  But is it a correct assumption to make.  What is the history of identity theft?  When did it all start?

No one can really tell when a first case of identity theft happened, but there are many cases have been recorded throughout the history.  Impersonating someone for power or money began way before the Internet and the credit cards. Read the full story

The latest (2008) identity theft statistic speak for themselves.  The total number of identity theft complaints is higher than in 2007 and 2006.  Bad news.  But there is also great news!  The percentages for some types of identity theft or fraud went down compared to 2007 and 2006.  For example, credit card fraud and bank account fraud.  Watch this video to learn more.

Job seekers are targeted by the identity thieves.  Learn how to protect yourself while looking for a job.

Identity Theft definition in my own words.  Learn more about this crime and learn how to differentiate an identity theft and identity fraud.

With the recent economic downturn and a high unemployment rate, the identity theft crimes targeting job seekers is up by 345% or so. Out of all Identity Theft cases filed with the FTC in 2008, 15% of them were employment related.

This is, perhaps, one of the easiest ways to steal someone’s information. People are always looking for jobs or new careers. With so many different job sites and resources available on the Internet to the job seekers, it is sometimes difficult to recognize scams. The scammers hack into major job boards, or they create “dummy” job boards with a sole purpose of collecting information and selling it on the “underground” market, or they post fake job occupancies on the well –known job sites, or they pose as a background check company. Therefore, the job seekers need to take every precaution to avoid getting trapped by the scammers. Read the full story