Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● November 1, 2011
Ever been socially engineered? Whether you know it or not you probably have, because it’s one of the oldest and most successful ways to trick users into falling for scams. Which is why you should always be on your guard for it. Social engineering is really about creating a trick that gets inside the target’s [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● October 28, 2011
There’s one thing worse than being talked about…and it’s falling for a phishing scam on Twitter. By nature, when people tell you that there’s a rumor spreading about you or that someone is trashing your name, you will want to know details. It’s simple, human behavior: if people are trash-talking your name and your reputation, [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● October 20, 2011
This morning, the United States woke to news of escalating situations in Libya. From CNN, the report of Moammar Gadhafi’s death (along with a graphic image of the deposed leader) was finally confirmed at 10:36 ET. Earlier on Facebook and Twitter, while facts and images trickled out of Libya, IDGuardian posted the following: With the [...]
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Osama bin Laden,
scam,
social engineering,
Steve Jobs,
Twitter,
vigilance
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 22, 2011
NBC recently admitted that a group of hackers calling themselves the Script Kiddies managed to hack into NBC’s Twitter account and post false messages claiming that an airliner had just crashed into Ground Zero in New York, the site of the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. And to add insult to injury, the posting [...]
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Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 1, 2011
You probably don’t remember Koobface, but it emerged a few years ago as one of the most prolific worms on Facebook and MySpace. Well apparently it’s back. Just to remind you, Koobface (a play on Facebook) was a very powerful and pervasive worm designed to steal Facebook users’ logins and passwords. It then hijacked those [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 29, 2011
Whether it is this week or next, a new school year is about to begin. Your child, regardless of the grade, now faces a who new year of challenges, both academic and emotional. While parents tend to focus more on the obstacles at hand — time for homework, time for extra-cxurricular activities, what your child [...]
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Twitter,
Tyler Clementi,
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Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 18, 2011
Seems like hackers and scammers are not forgetting about Twitter when it comes to spreading malware, junk, and scams. While it seemed that Facebook had become the favorite child, a recent uptick in Twitter scams proves that as long as it’s a popular way to share and communicate, Twitter will continue to be a target. [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 17, 2011
With identity theft against children a growing issue online and in mainstream media outlets, IDGuardian is reposting some of our previous articles concerning minors and keeping their personal data safe. It may seem that assuring your child’s personally identifying information (PII) is easy to keep secure, but it can be pretty hard to do as [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 15, 2011
With a new school year about to start and identity theft against children on the rise, we have brought out from our archives a few choice articles concerning minors and keeping their personal data safe. It may seem that assuring your child’s personally identifying information (PII) is easy to keep secure. Perhaps you have their [...]
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Technorati,
The Washington Post,
Twitter
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 15, 2011
No sooner had notorious hacker collective Lulz announced that their global campaign of embarrassing cyber assaults would end almost as soon as it began, other hacker groups began launching their own hacking campaigns. But this time it’s not to take over where Lulz left off, but to expose the individuals behind Lulz and help law [...]
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