Archive for September, 2009

New Identity Theft Virus Steals from Online Banking

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert A new kind of Trojan horse infiltrates your online bank account, and not only steals your log-in information, but also siphons funds directly out of your [...]

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High-Tech Harassment in Social Media

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Technology keeps providing new opportunities for harassment: social media identity theft, cell phone abuse, online bullying, the list goes on. Over a year ago, I appeared [...]

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8 Ways to Prevent Business Social Media Identity Theft

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert There are hundreds, or maybe even thousands of social media sites worldwide such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and YouTube. Social media networks are quickly becoming the bane of the [...]

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New iPhone App Helps Vet a Potential Mate

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Robert Siciliano Personal Security Expert So you’re about to go on a date with a person you met briefly in the frozen food section of the supermarket who says to [...]

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Twitter Phishing Leads to Identity Theft

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano Twitter phishing is a growing problem and is spreading through a virus. Twitter accounts that have been hacked are spreading a link with a request [...]

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National Protect Your Identity Week Facilitates Identity Theft Protection and Education

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert A recent National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) survey conducted by Harris Interactive(R) revealed that 45 percent of all U.S. adults, roughly 101 million people, would [...]

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The Scourge of Medical Identity Theft

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Medical identity theft can make you sick. As I once eloquently explained on CBS’s Early Show, if medical identity theft happens to you, “you’re screwed.” And it’s [...]

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Task Force Surprises Registered Sex Offenders

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Robert Siciliano Personal Security Expert While information security is always top of mind, my first passion has always been personal security. There always has been, is, and always will be predators [...]

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Criminal Hackers Get to Momma and DaDa Via Children

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert I’m particularly irate about this. There’s criminal hackers, then there’s complete lowlife scumbag criminal hackers that hack children. InternetNews reports hackers took over sections of the PBS.org [...]

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Carders, Dumps, and Identity Theft

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Albert Gonzalez and his gang of criminal hackers were responsible for data breaches in retailers and payment processors, with some estimates saying they breached over 230 [...]

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