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GAME ON, SHIELDS UP: Avoiding Identity Theft in Online Gaming

Posted by: Matt Sarrel in: ● August 30, 2010

It’s that time of year again when thoughts turn to the less-than-exciting and impending return to the grind of school and homework.  While our bodies are fully engaged in sunshine and playing outside, we’ll soon be engulfed in the busy worlds of academics, sports, and social life.  And video games.  Whether you turn to Wii, [...]

Following Young Indiana Jones: International Travel with Kids (Part II)

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 9, 2010

Last week, we reviewed a checklist of items needed to cover with kids (from toddlers to teens) before traveling internationally. In these blogposts, ID Guardian offers a series of checklists for when your kids fly and travel internationally. So far, we have run down the checklist for how to prepare for the trip. Now comes [...]

IN THE HEADLINES: Security Secrets the Bad Guys Don’t Want You to Know

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 6, 2010

At least that was the headline from a recent PC World article on, of all things, security secrets the bad guys don’t want you to know. I’m not sure if anyone really knows what the bad guys want, other than your money, or someone’s money, but the article does provide a good refresher on some [...]

IN THE HEADLINES: Unemployment Woes Can Be a Boom for Identity Thieves

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 22, 2010

The more desperate job hunters become, the more risks they may be prepared to take. That often means providing potential employers or recruiters with a wealth of personal information, including name, home address, date and place of birth, entire work history and even Social Security numbers. If you’re hunting for a job, providing this kind [...]

IN THE HEADLINES: The Growing Problem of Travel Agents — Identity Theft

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 21, 2010

An acquaintance of mine recently left a message on my FaceBook page offering to help me find my next dream vacation at a fraction of what I might normally expect to pay. When I got over the surprise that this person had actually worked as a travel agent all this time and no-one had bothered [...]

Candid Kids Can Be Safe, Too

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● July 12, 2010

Kids are so darn cute. This cuteness can be completely out of control when a camera — be it video or still — comes into play. Whether it is in their infancy when you catch a magic moment, or a few years later when they ham it up for the photo, kids and cameras can [...]

The IDGuardian Podcast: Episode #012 — iPad Precautions

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 8, 2010

Welcome to the IDGuardian Podcast. These audio and video columns can be listened and or viewed to in a variety of ways: Through the blog via the media player found in this blogpost Through a manual download by clicking on the “Download” link By subscribing through iTunes This episode features Neal O’Farrell, an expert on [...]

 

How Do You Know Your Antivirus Software is Working?

Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● June 28, 2010

How well is your antivirus software (AV) working today? Hopefully better than mine. Of course, I didn’t pay anything for mine, maybe that’s the problem; maybe not. Either way as I first sat down to write this blog on my work-issued (and far more heavily protected) laptop, my home PC – a nice fresh six-month [...]

Welcome to the IDGuardian Podcast. These audio and video columns can be listened and or viewed to in a variety of ways: Through the blog via the media player found in this blogpost Through a manual download by clicking on the “Download” link By subscribing through iTunes This episode features Neal O’Farrell, an expert on [...]

 

Weekly News Wrap-Up for 11 June 2010

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 11, 2010

iPad owners targeted by hackers It was just a few weeks ago that security experts announced the first ever virus targeted at an Apple iPad, only to admit very quickly that it wasn’t really targeted at the iPad but iPad owners. There’s always a time lag between the launch of an exciting new product and [...]


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