Posts Tagged ‘identity theft’
IN THE HEADLINES: 12 Things You Can Do to Avoid Banking Trojans
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 30, 2012
With the recent news of the emergence of new and even more potent forms of banking Trojans, it’s time to start taking this threat seriously. Banking Trojans are a highly sophisticated type of malware capable of attacking and emptying online bank accounts without leaving much of a trace; or much in your account. If you [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Data Breaches Off to a Great Start
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 27, 2012
The New Year is barely a couple of weeks old and already we’re seeing some brazen and possibly huge data breaches. Fans of the Huffington Post were greeted a couple of days ago with a Twitter message from the Post that said simply “Sorry about that, Twitterverse! We know we’ve been hacked and are working [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Gangs Move Into Identity Theft
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 26, 2012
In what’s being widely seen as a very troubling pattern, law enforcement across the country are reporting that street gangs are making a notable shift off the street and into something even more shifty – identity theft. Police in Florida recently raised the alarm about a move by local gang members from traditional gang activities, [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Fake Landlords Can Lead to Fraud and Identity Theft
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 25, 2012
Consumers across the country are reporting a growing number of scams that trick renters into paying upfront fees for apartments that don’t exist or the advertiser of the apartment doesn’t have the right to rent it. Here’s how the scam works. The scammer will copy an ad for an apartment rental from a public site [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Zeus Trojan Strikes Again
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 20, 2012
It’s been a couple of years since I first started writing about Zeus, a very dangerous new type of banking Trojan that was blamed for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from bank accounts across the country. And only last week I wrote about Zeus again, and how a dangerous new variant added a whole [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: New Worm Threatens Bank Accounts
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 19, 2012
Just as a new variety of the Zeus banking Trojan emerged to threaten bank accounts in a creative new way, researchers in Israel report the growth of a close cousin, a computer worm, which may be targeting Facebook accounts as a way to also break into bank accounts. The worm is called Ramnit and was [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Growth of Small Identity Theft Ring Poses National Problem
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 16, 2012
One of the most troubling trends in the seemingly endless growth in identity theft is the emergence of small but professional identity theft rings that are very good at what they do and rarely get caught. These rings can range in size from a single person overseeing every step of the process, to hundreds of [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Insider Identity Theft Continues to Plague Victims
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 28, 2011
We’ve covered the problem of “insider” identity theft – theft committed by people we would otherwise trust including family, friends, co-workers, and employees. Unfortunately, this type of crime is still on the rise and some of the cases can turn into personal tragedies. The recent arrest of a Radio Shack customer service representative is another [...]
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 [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: 8.6 Million Households Impacted by Identity Theft in 2010
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 9, 2011
A new study just released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) found that an estimated 8.6 million households in the U.S. had at least one member fall victim to identity theft in 2010. That’s up from 6.4 million in 2006, an increase of nearly 35%. What’s different about this report is that it focused [...]
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