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Breaches Increase Odds of ID Theft Tim Wilson - DarkReading.com Individuals whose personal information has been compromised in a corporate breach are four times more likely to suffer identity theft or fraud. This result runs contrary to the common mantra among breached companies, which often say that they have no indication that the compromised data has been used by criminals.
FTC: Fourth Red Flags Rule Extension searchfinancialsecurity.techtarget.com Under pressure from Congress, the FTC has again delayed its enforcement of the Red Flags Rule. Financial institutions and creditors, which includes state-charted credit unions, mortgage brokers and auto dealers that offer financing, will have until June 1, 2010 to comply with the rule.
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Botnet Authors Crash WordPress Sites Friday, November 06, 2009 networkworld.com Thousands of Web sites running the WordPress blogging software have been broken.
FDIC: 'Money Mule' Bank Customers Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Kelly Jackson Higgins - Dark Reading FDIC warns about "money mules" moving money stolen via online banking.
Gumblar Attacks Spread Wednesday, November 04, 2009 threatpost.com Gumblar is continuing to spread, compromising hundreds of new sites.
PhoneSnoop App Bugs BlackBerrys Monday, November 02, 2009 Brian Krebs - The Washington Post Can turn a handset into a microphone that can be accessed remotely.
Conficker Infects 7M Computers Monday, November 02, 2009 Robert McMillan - ComputerWorld.com Conficker has infected over 7 million computers, security experts estimate.
When Hackers Get the Blues Monday, November 02, 2009 itwire.com Hacking is a lonely profession: the wee hours are the most productive.
N. Korea Behind Cyberattacks on U.S. Monday, November 02, 2009 The Associated Press The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks.
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Our staff (under the guidance of Rob Douglas) follows and presents ID theft related legislation, identity theft services, scams, credit card fraud and security breaches / data breaches. We additionally offer ways to protect yourself and your family from becoming victims of identity theft.
We take identity protection seriously, as a theft of identity can result in not only great financial loss and loss of time in order to repair the damage done, but could end in permanent medical damage or death (see our medical identity theft section).
We are proponents of the credit freeze / security freeze option available to consumers at the three major credit bureaus as a way to prevent identity theft. Although the credit freeze is not a total identity theft prevention method it does prevent many types of ID theft and our identity theft experts believe it is the best option available to consumers at this time.
If you are already a victim of ID theft our identity theft experts provide tips on how and where to report identity theft as well as important other steps you should consider taking.
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