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Daddy, What Does Bad Credit Mean?
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● January 6, 2012
Protecting our kids, as parents, is second nature. Whether it is instinctual or a recessed gene that suddenly becomes active once a child is introduced, we strive to keep our children out of harm’s way. Upgrading booster seats, keeping inoculations up-to-date, and checking on the children now and again as they play outside are just [...]
PHISHING EMAIL ALERT: Anatomy of a Phishing Scam
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● January 3, 2012
This morning, my first work day of 2012 started off with a phishing email. As phishing scams go, this one was hardly what I would describe as “impressive” or “inspiring” as it lacked a lot of the polish and panache of detailed, deceptive phishing emails; and perhaps the tech-minded savvy would easily spot this as [...]
The Dirty Dozen – One Security Expert’s Top 12 Security Concerns for 2012
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 2, 2012
A tradition at the beginning of the year is to look ahead and plan. You look at the year behind you, consider the lessons learned, and then you make bold predictions for yourself. In the security world, we hold true to these traditions, predicting what’s in store for us next year from hackers, scammers, and [...]
Parenting for the Digital Native: Part Three — Securing Android Tech
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 26, 2011
In this final installment of Parenting for the Digital Native, we conclude this series by looking at the other popular platform on the market for mobile devices — Android. While Apple has caught a fair amount of criticism over the controls and demands put upon developers, the Android operating system offers an alternative for app [...]
The Last Battlefield: Personal Privacy in Home Gaming
Posted by: Matt Sarrel in: ● December 21, 2011
This holiday, the video game market is hoping for gamers of all ages to be asking for epic adventures and action under the tree, releasing a barrage of high-adrenaline, visually stunning games just in time for Christmas. One such offering from Electronic Arts (EA) is the first-person-shooter (FPS) combat simulator Battlefield 3. Battlefield 3 sold [...]
Parenting for the Digital Native: Part 2 — Securing Data on our Apple Tech
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 19, 2011
In Part One of our Parenting for a Digital Native series, we took a moment to lock down our Apple device of choice —iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch — so that younger Digital Native would not have access to content far from being child-friendly, as well as preventing certain sensitive data to be shared without [...]
A Serious Debate on Anonymity
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 14, 2011
This blog post is submitted by Tim Rohrbaugh, Vice President of Information Security, Intersections Inc., following a panel discussion for the Practical Privacy Series hosted by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. What do you get when you cross a Privacy Professional, Security Professional, and a Government official? Anonymity in your own house after a year of [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Could Your Identity Be Funding Terrorism?
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 13, 2011
If you’re still looking for a reason to get more serious about protecting against identity theft, then do it for your country. In a series of recent hacks on customers of AT&T, attackers were apparently able to steal more than $2 million by making fake calls using premium call services. It now appears that the [...]
Parenting for the Digital Native: Part 1 — Making Apple Tech Kid Friendly
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 12, 2011
My child, the Digital Native. Her grandfather (my dad) is constantly amazed at what she can accomplish on the iPad. He claims it’s because the apple (pardon the pun) isn’t falling far from the tree. “I can’t do what you do,” my Dad tells me often. “You just sit behind a computer and just figure [...]
Top 5 Things You Can Do To Protect Yourself When Shopping For the Holidays
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 6, 2011
Black Friday has come and gone, leaving in its wake record numbers, a hint of optimism on the stock market, and at least one story concerning overenthusiastic shoppers. Just because Black Friday 2011 is done, though, does not mean that holiday shopping has concluded. With a mere eighteen days remaining (and while that sounds like [...]
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