You probably don’t remember Koobface, but it emerged a few years ago as one of the most prolific worms on Facebook and MySpace. Well apparently it’s back. Just to remind you, Koobface (a play on Facebook) was a very powerful and pervasive worm designed to steal Facebook users’ logins and passwords. It then hijacked those [...]
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University recently shared the results of a chilling new study looking into the usage and privacy dangers of facial recognition technology. At the recent Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas, the researchers revealed the results of several experiments that used a blend of off-the-shelf facial recognition software, cloud computing, and [...]
Whether it is this week or next, a new school year is about to begin. Your child, regardless of the grade, now faces a who new year of challenges, both academic and emotional. While parents tend to focus more on the obstacles at hand — time for homework, time for extra-cxurricular activities, what your child [...]
With identity theft against children a growing issue online and in mainstream media outlets, IDGuardian is reposting some of our previous articles concerning minors and keeping their personal data safe. It may seem that assuring your child’s personally identifying information (PII) is easy to keep secure, but it can be pretty hard to do as [...]
With a new school year about to start and identity theft against children on the rise, we have brought out from our archives a few choice articles concerning minors and keeping their personal data safe. It may seem that assuring your child’s personally identifying information (PII) is easy to keep secure. Perhaps you have their [...]
You never have to look far for crazy and sometimes disturbing stories about how people we live amongst, from neighbors to family members, can use our identities to mess with our lives. Take the case of the editor of a local magazine in Spokane, Washington who was recently charged with identity theft and cyber stalking. [...]
My son, Ace, is 12, and he wants to be on Facebook. I told him “No” because the regulations of Facebook state that you have to be at least 13 years old to have an account. Ace protested that his friends all have Facebook accounts and they aren’t 13. I told him, “The fact these [...]
This morning, IDGuardian posted an alert on the Facebook fan page about this clickjacking scam, but as it has appeared several times in the administrator’s Facebook feed, a blogpost is in order. You may see in your feed a posting similar to this: Confirmed by BloggerClick.com, this is another clickjacking scam.
We’ve been saying for years that hackers and identity thieves follow the crowds, which is why social networking sites such as Facebook have become such a hotbed of criminal activity. So naturally whenever a new social networking site debuts, we expect the bad guys to be waiting in the wings. And they didn’t disappoint. Maybe [...]
Now officially in the throes of summer, families, friends, and individuals all pack their bags for adventures across America and overseas. According to the U.S. Travel Association, 2.1 percent more vacation travel just in the United States is expected this year than in 2010; and many of these travelers will want to share their experiences [...]
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