Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 2, 2011
Depending on what you hear in the media, you might be confused about smartphone security. Are they safe or not? You have a right to be perplexed, because so too are most security experts– particularly with the discovery of the data stealing and bank robbing Zeus Trojan now targeting smartphones. Security experts in Europe are [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● January 10, 2011
Welcome to the New Year! Around this time resolutions are made (and forgotten) and people are working on mastering their “big gift” from the holidays. If your Wish List included items from the Top Ten Most Wanted of 2010 Christmas Gifts, chances are you found an iPad under your tree, or an iPhone, Droid, or [...]
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smartphone,
technology,
theft,
WaveSecure
Posted by: Matt Sarrel in: ● November 8, 2010
I have some bad news for you: Recent research shows that it has become far easier for thieves to steal your identity than it is for you to protect it. CA Technologies, maker of software used by large companies to manage and secure their networks, issued a report: “State of the Internet 2010: A Report [...]
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Trojans,
Zeus
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● October 12, 2010
Law enforcement in the United Kingdom just announced they have nabbed an identity theft gang that stole millions from British banks. The Brits proudly announced the capture of nineteen members of a cyber gang that had used the now widely available Zeus Trojan to steal nearly $10 million from British banks. And get this – [...]
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 [...]
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photography,
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privacy,
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smartphone,
Social Media,
social networking,
TMI,
Twitter,
Whrrl,
WordPress
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 18, 2010
Can your business have its identity stolen? Identity theft is usually thought of as an individual, personal crime. While businesses often end up picking up the costs, thieves rarely focus on businesses as the target of their cloning. That’s changing. Identity theft is based on impersonation – stealing or otherwise acquiring information about a real [...]
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business,
clickjacking,
Facebook,
internet security,
like,
likejacking,
phishing,
small businesses,
smart-meter,
smartphone,
Sophos
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● March 31, 2010
People blog. That may sound like an obvious statement, but it is worth repeating. From TheFutureBuzz blog, the statistics from the beginning of 2009 were as follows: 133,000,000 blogs were indexed by Technorati (a search engine specific to searching blogs) since 2002 346,000,000 people globally read blogs (from comScore March 2008) An average of 900,000 [...]
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caution,
children,
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identity theft,
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MySpace,
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prevention,
safety,
security,
smartphone,
Social Media,
social networking,
statistics,
technology,
teens,
TMI,
tweens,
Twitter
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● March 22, 2010
Hollywood, as we all know, loves to tap the vein of “trendy” for everything it’s worth. This is nothing new if you look back on the history of cinema. Silent films gave way to Talkies. Black and white eventually yielded to color. Cinemascope gave moviegoers a wider perspective on things. Horror movies like The Tingler [...]
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13th Street,
audience participation,
cinema,
communication,
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identity,
information,
Javelin Strategy & Research,
Javelin study,
Last Call,
mobile phone,
movies,
PII,
safety,
security,
smartphone,
TMI
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● March 3, 2010
If you are like us here at IDGuardian, you may be working on building yourself a Social Media presence. It could be for community outreach, a ways and means of increasing your business, or simply for fun. With any new technology, though, comes understanding; and sadly Social Media is becoming the proverbial “blinking 12:00 a.m.” [...]
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communication,
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information,
Internet Safety,
internet security,
iPhone,
location,
Please Rob Me,
safety,
security,
smartphone,
Social Media,
social networking,
Twitter
Posted by: Matt Sarrel in: ● February 8, 2010
Identity theft is not merely something that happens on the Internet. You can lose your identity in real world cons, scams, and outright theft also, but we tend to think of it as an online crime because that’s what we see most often in the United States. An interesting fact is that the money stolen [...]
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caution,
credit card,
credit protection,
finances,
identity theft,
international,
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prevention,
safety,
security,
smartphone,
travel
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