Cybercrime Is Getting (Credit Card Protection) Organized

Cybercrime Is Getting (Credit Card Protection) Organized

Cybercrime Is Getting Organized
Wired - Typically these groups engage in ID theft, carding (the illegal use of bank cards) and so-called botnet armies where hundreds sometimes thousands of computers are taken over and used to infect other machines. Precise figures on the global cost of

U.S. urged to keep lid on Social Security numbers
CNET News - Risk of ID theft means the government should limit the use of Social Security numbers in employee records, a panel advises.

BBB, Dell, Microsoft, Others Partner Against Identity Theft
TechWeb - First, it will identify and catalogue existing standards and guidelines related to ID theft. Secondly, it will identify areas where updated or new standards are needed, and push the standards development community toward addressing the shortfalls.

Man charged with ID theft held without bond
Kauai Garden Island News - In another twist in the case of a missing Kaua‘i resident who was last seen four months ago, Honolulu police are investigating a similar incident that occurred more than a decade ago that could involve one of the same suspects. Hank Jacinto, also

Most ID theft not online, but hype scares users
Biloxi Sun Herald - You're sitting at a public WiFi ``hotspot,'' perhaps in a coffee shop or a hotel lobby, and you really want to buy a book from Amazon.com or check your bank balance. You get a queasy feeling in your stomach. What if cybercriminals are lurking, just