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After Safely Packing Up Your Life, Safely Pack Up Your Identity

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 1, 2011

As home buying and selling activity increases, and so does the risk of identity theft as personally identifiable information (PII) is shuffled around from one home to the next. During this busy time, buyers and renters become preoccupied with financing their new homes, closing and opening new banking and utility accounts, and packing and moving—all [...]

Have You Been “SCARED” into Compromising Yourself?

Posted by: Jerry Thompson in: ● July 11, 2011

SCAREWARE. Does that word sound familiar? It is yet another variant of cyber threats that get consumers to do something on the Internet that compromises their PC and, more importantly, their identities, bank accounts, brokerage accounts, credit cards and likely all of their online accounts. Here is how it works: You see an email or [...]

IN THE HEADLINES: Snoop on Your Spouse, Go to Jail!

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 7, 2011

Over the holidays I read the story of how a husband who snooped on his wife’s email, only to discover that she was being unfaithful, now faces felony charges that could land him with a multi-year prison sentence. The husband’s story seems simple enough. He suspected that his wife was seeing her ex-husband but needed [...]

IN THE HEADLINES: Signs that Your Computer Is Infected

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 24, 2010

While being a victim of identity theft is likely to change your perspective and habits,the worst time for you to learn about the importance of security is after you’ve become  a victim. Same goes for your computer. One of the most common threats and most popular attacks focuses on planting malicious software on your computer, [...]

The ID Guardian Podcast — Episode #14: Multi-Layered Computer Protection

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 23, 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 [...]


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