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

I got a text message from one of my best friends this morning saying that I should warn my friends on Facebook about a virus, and also not to open any emails from her that would prompt me to watch a video.

That didn’t sound right, so I called her later that day.  So last week, before she left for a short Thanksgiving vacation, she got an email from one of her Facebook friends which said “Youur ccute ass is on our new video nowjj” or something like that.  So she, unsuspectingly followed a link, but nothing opened.  She didn’t think twice about it.  While she was on the vacation, she started getting emails from her friends basically yelling at her:  What are you sending us?  You are sending us a virus!  Stop! 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

Do not fall a victim to Identity Theft and scams during this Holiday season.  Stay safe and have a happy Thanksgiving!

Original release date: November 24, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Last revised: November 24, 2009 at 2:42 pm

US-CERT is aware of public reports of malicious code circulating via phishing email messages that appear to come from the Social Security Administration. The messages indicate that the users’ annual Social Security statements may contain errors and instruct users to follow a link to review their Social Security statement. If users click this link, they will be redirected to a seemingly legitimate website that prompts them for their Social Security number. If users enter their Social Security number and continue to the next page, they will be given an option to generate a statement. If users attempt to generate a statement, malicious code may be installed on their systems. This malicious code attempts to collect online banking traffic to gain access to the users’ bank accounts. Read the full story

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

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