Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● April 14, 2010
With graduation season closing in, we have presented commentary on the graduate’s Social Media and Credit Footprints, long-lasting impressions that can make an impact on a person’s reputation particularly in the working world. If you are graduating, or know someone who is about to take that walk to accept academic accolades, extend to them this [...]
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Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● March 1, 2010
Banking and financial services providers may continue to feel the biggest pinch in the wallet based on the continued proliferation of the worldwide electronic identity theft epidemic, but the people who are most commonly seeing their personas and credit histories hijacked are at the other end of the spectrum. When Javelin Strategy & Research releases [...]
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Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 14, 2009
Like most Facebook users, last week as I checked my Facebook page, up popped a message announcing some changes to Facebook’s privacy rules. And like most users I know, I just clicked on the Skip button and moved on to the interesting stuff. But I won’t be able to skip for long. Facebook announced last [...]
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Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● October 5, 2009
One thing I’ve learned from years in security is that if it makes financial sense for hackers to exploit something, eventually they will. And social networking is not immune. According to security firm Panda, since 2008 a malicious virus called Koobface has attacked and hijacked the pages of thousands of Facebook and Twitter users, and [...]
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