What are the Biggest Warning Signs of Emails that May Want to Steal Your Identity? Internet phishing is a growing threat for billions of email users daily. It seems like there is always a web scammer trying to access your information every time you read an email. The reality is that it’s incredibly simple [...]
Identity Theft Victim’s Rights Are you a victim of ID theft? If you are, then you know that you are guilty until proven innocent. Every case of ID theft is different and, at times, everyone questions your honesty and integrity. In some cases, all it takes is a few phone calls, a police report and [...]
Active Duty Alerts Every single day, members of the armed forces risk their lives to protect our liberties and freedom. But they are not just risking their lives, they are the prime targets for identity theft. The fact that the military personnel might be deployed for extended periods of time, allowing identity theft to go [...]
Guest Post by Jason Knapfel You may have heard rumors of data security breaches. However, some of them were very real. That’s why you stay on top of your own digital security. You’re vigilant when it comes to how you store and share your documents. You make sure you take your sensitive documents to a shredding [...]
A few weeks ago, my friend told me that her debit card was used on Macys.com without her authorizaton. My friend is probably one of the most responsible people I know. She checks her online bank account almost every single day and this is why she was able to notice this unauthorized charge while it [...]
While I was browsing the web for the latest Identity Theft news, I came across an article titled Credit Card Fraud Really Isn’t Identity Theft by Robert Siciliano. I would like to say that Robert Siciliano is a very respectable professional. He definitely has my respect and my attention. However, even people who are called experts, [...]
2013 is here! Happy New Year to you and your loved ones! 2012 was a challenging year for me and, I am sure, I am not the only one. But I am very optimistic about this coming year and see 2013 as a new chapter in my life with a lot of possibilities, opportunities and [...]
My version of a classic “Santa Baby”. I had fun writing “Hacker Baby”, recording it and then making a “music video”. Trivia: I recorded the audio in my car near the park where it was quiet, because my household was extremely loud.
Identity theft is a major problem. And if you live in South Carolina, the chances are very good – 75% in fact – that you may be at risk. In October, 2012, 3.6 million social security numbers of South Carolina residents were hacked, along with 16,000 credit card numbers. That means this cyber-disaster effects three-fourths [...]
Can you imagine getting pulled over for speeding and finding yourself put in jail for three days because of a case of mistaken identity? That’s exactly what happened to Stancy Nesbit . She got pulled over for speeding, and was arrested for possession of cocaine. Some other woman had been arrested for possession of cocaine, [...]
Identity theft tax fraud – using someone else’s tax ID or social security number to file a fake tax return and get a refund – has overtaken credit card fraud as the leading form of identity theft. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued a report on identity theft tax fraud in July, 2012. [...]
What is Keylogger? A Keylogger is a software program or a hardware device created to capture every keystroke that the user makes. A Keylogger is a malware, which belongs in the spyware family. A Keylogger logs every single website you visit, every email you send and receive, every document you create, etc. Basically, a Keylogger [...]
