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 [...]
In one of the most bizarre and creative identity thefts I’ve come across recently, a Florida car salesman was recently arrested and charged with a multi-million dollar identity theft scheme that helped fund his car business. The alleged thief had somehow managed to steal the identities of hundreds and perhaps thousands of victims. According to [...]
My mom often looks at my struggles as a 21st century mom, shakes her head, and says, “You have a lot more to deal with than I did when I was raising you.” I was a child of the 1970s. We didn’t wear seatbelts. We played on rickety swing sets that were plopped right down [...]
Think identity theft only haunts the living? I recently read a troubling story in Forbes magazine about how the IRS paid out more than $12 million in tax refunds to the deceased. According to the story, the crime is actually quite easy to get away with, for two simple reasons. First, there’s a publicly available [...]
Tax season is a time of year when thieves and scam artists are very active. The risk for identity theft and identity fraud runs high. This episode features Steve Schwartz, Executive Vice President, Consumer Services for Intersections Inc. Steve talks about some of the latest scams that are circulating this year, and also gives us [...]
Administrators’ Note: Just last month, we ran this article concerning tax preparation and the scams found cropping up around this time. With deadlines fast approaching, we present a re-post of our March 8 posting, complete with tips that will keep you safe before and after the 2010 tax season. Tax season involves the exchange of [...]
Administrators’ Note: With 2011′s Income Tax deadline closing in fast, we asked Cybersecurity expert Neal O’Farrell to return to his earlier posting concerning tax scams. Please comment and syndicate this 2011 edition of tax tips that will keep you safe before and after the April deadline. Is it just me or does it feel like [...]
Do you ever wonder why the third month of the year is called March? It could be due to the fact that everyone is on their feet and marching into some sort of high-focused, all-encompassing activity where the outside world disappears. For some, it is Spring Break, that magic week within the academic year that [...]
It’s March, and you know what that means! MARCH MADNESS! No, not that college basketball spectacle, but the preparation and completion of your 2010 income tax report. It all starts now, if it hasn’t already. So you’re probably aware that scams are more prevalent coming up to tax time, and as scammers get more sophisticated, [...]
It is not quite the end of January and I have already received more than five phishing emails from the IRS and my bank concerning last year’s tax returns and this year’s payments or refunds, whichever is applicable. The emails are variants of the same scam. Essentially what they are asking me to do is [...]
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