Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 6, 2012
I’ve spoken often about the number of data breaches reported to the media – in fact it works out to an average of more than one data breach every single day for the last five years. And those are only the reported ones. When you take into account all the data breaches that are discovered [...]
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 22, 2011
A new report by research firm Javelin Strategy and Research finds that most financial institutions still get a failing grade when it comes to keeping up with the security threats. This is now the seventh year that Javelin has published its report, comparing the security stance of the top 25 banks in America to a [...]
Posted by: Megan Howard in: ● September 21, 2011
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 [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● April 11, 2011
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 [...]
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Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● April 8, 2011
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 [...]
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Posted by: Michael Stanfield in: ● March 28, 2011
The job market is a far different one from the time your parents searched for a job. It has changed even between the classes that graduated when you first entered as a freshman. Four years ago (or five, depending on your undergraduate studies), Facebook and Twitter were gaining momentum, and the unassuming site LinkedIn was [...]
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Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 23, 2011
A whole bunch of people who had the kindness to take some time out of their busy day to donate blood will now each be rewarded with a letter from the blood bank that’s not a thank you. Donors to the Core Blood Registry, the world’s largest stem cell bank – some 300,000 of them [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● March 8, 2011
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 [...]
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Posted by: Jerry Thompson in: ● January 31, 2011
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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Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 19, 2011
As many as one in every 10 cases of identity theft may involve kids, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. And for years we’ve been warning about how a broken system makes it easy to steal the identities of children, and even sell these “clean identities”, legally, on the open market. A lawmaker in [...]
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