by admin | Jul 26, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Hackers and identity thieves use underground Internet forums to buy, sell and trade malware, botnets, and information to commit cybercrimes around the globe. Recently the Justice Department announced the dismantling of perhaps the most prominent of the approximately...
by admin | Jul 25, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Here is a link to my column from today’s edition of USA Today. It deals with the recent data breach at UCLA Health services and the problems of medical identity theft....
by admin | Jul 25, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Earlier this week there was a story in Wired Magazine about two white hat hackers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek who hacked into a Jeep Cherokee through its UConnect entertainment system and were able to remotely take control of the car’s speed, brakes,...
by admin | Jul 23, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Hieu Minh Ngo has pleaded guilty to a number of identity theft related charges in the Federal District Court of New Hampshire and been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Between 2007 and 2013 Ngo obtained access to as many as 200 million consumer records from large...
by admin | Jul 23, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In a recent court filing in the Federal District Court of Arizona, Lifelock, one of the most well known companies offering identity theft protection services has been accused by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of failing to live up to a settlement Lifelock made in...
