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Bank Phishing Attacks Tally Major Damage Kelly Jackson Higgins - Dark Reading If you've ever wondered just how lucrative a phishing campaign against your bank can really be, then consider this: Phishers actually land a tiny percentage of victims, but the end result is big bucks -- to the tune of $2.4 million to $9.4 million a year, according to a new study that measured real phishing attacks on banks.
Calls for Cybersecurity Overhaul news.yahoo.com The government and private businesses need to overhaul the way they look at cybersecurity the Internet Security Alliance said. The alliance also called for permanent international cybersecurity collaboration centers, new security for VoIP communications and programs to educate corporate leaders about the benefits of enhanced cybersecurity.
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Theft of Navy Laptops Serves As Reminder Monday, December 07, 2009 DarkReading.com The incident serves as a reminder that external storage drives are a security risk.
Top 10 Most Famous Hackers Tuesday, December 01, 2009 expressbuzz.com The Daily Telegraph presents the ten most famous hackers.
Do and Don’ts For Passwords Tuesday, December 01, 2009 blogs.technet.com A top 10 list with the most common user names used in automated attacks.
Exploit Masquerades As Flash Player Tuesday, December 01, 2009 Tim Wilson - DarkReading.com A new phishing attack promises to enhance the security of the user's email.
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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.
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