All About Identity Theft

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Saturday, August 19, 2006

Credit Card Protection - Bristol man charged with ID theft


Bristol man charged with ID theft
Bristol Press,  United States - 9 hours agoPLAINVILLE - Police arrested a Bristol man Friday on charges of identity theft and larceny after he allegedly obtained credit card numbers and personal ...

PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM IDENTITY THEFT
Kansas.com, KS - 22 hours agoWesley Medical Center employees or patients who fear their personal information may be compromised can call TransUnion for identity theft protection at 1-800 ...

Identity Theft on the Rise in St. Tammany Parish
StTammany.com, Louisianna - Aug 3, 2006Convictions for identity theft and using someone else�s ATM card have increased by nearly 20% since Katrina in the 22nd Judicial District that includes St. ...

Edentify's Tom Harkins to Confront 'ID Theft - Crime of the ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - Aug 16, 2006... their customers.". Edentify develops and deploys technology solutions utilized in preventing identity theft and fraud. The forerunner ...

Embezzlement, identity theft charges filed
Norman Transcript, OK - Aug 11, 2006... according to court documents. Also Friday, a charge of identity theft was filed against Alicia Dawn Daggs, 29. Police said the victim ...

STATE MUST PASS IDENTITY THEFT LAW
Cape Cod Today, MA - 19 hours agoIn March, the Committee on Consumer Protection approved "Identity Theft" legislation, but the end of the legislative sessions came without any real action ...

Friday, August 18, 2006

Identity Theft - Google buys photo company 


Google buys photo company 
( InfoWorld ) - Google Inc. plans to strengthen its Picasa photo management software and service with the acquisition of Neven Vision, a Santa Monica, California, company specializing on mobile photo search. Adrian Graham, Picasa product manager, announced the deal in an official Google blog posting Tuesday, saying that Neven Vision brings expertise on automatically obtaining

Software determines website vulnerabilities. 
Available in enterprise or consultant versions, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner v4.0 secures web applications against SQL injection, Cross Site Scripting (XSS), and other vulnerabilities by automatically auditing security of websites. After crawling entire website, software launches several web attacks, identifies vulnerabilities that need to be fixed, and proposes recommendations. It includes

Revised - Cloudmark Messaging Security Solution Helps Cox Communications Protect Customers From Email Abuse 
Cloudmark announced today that Cox Communications has deployed the Cloudmark Authority platform to combat spam and phishing for its broadband subscribers. Deployed within the messaging infrastructure offered by Openwave Systems, Cloudmark increases the protection to end users by blocking abusive traffic and significantly reduces downstream processing power and network storage requirements.

Symantec Helps First Horizon Bank Thwart Online Threats to Financial Data 
Symantec Corp. today announced that First Horizon National Corporation is using the Symantec Online Fraud Management Solution to help prevent e-mail fraud by combating phishing attacks that may lead to identity theft. Using Symantec's system to detect and block fraudulent e-mail, First Horizon is protecting the integrity of its customers' online transactions and securing their sensitive

Users pay $7.8B in computer repairs 
Consumers paid as much as $7.8 billion over two years to repair or replace computers that got infected with viruses and spyware, a Consumer Reports survey found.

Consumer reports recommends best anti-virus, anti-spyware products 
According to Consumer Reports' third annual State of the Internet survey, it found over the last two years Americans have lost approximately $8 billion at the hands of computer viruses, spyware and phishing scams.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Prevent theft: Stop use of (Identity Theft Prevention) Social Security numbers 


Prevent theft: Stop use of Social Security numbers 
USA TODAY deplores the breakdown in security in recent months via stolen laptops and desktops involving a multitude of military and civilian agencies, as well as civilian contractors. You take note of the many privacy violations involving identity theft, especially those involving stolen Social Security numbers. And there is the rub ("Can't anyone keep a secret?" Editorial, Friday).

Firefighters Make Progress On Dobbins Fire 
Firefighters now have the upper hand on a wildfire burning northwest of Nevada City, near the town of Dobbins.

Can Authentication Restore Trust in E-Mail? 
Is identity theft on the rise, or is it a problem that has been vastly overhyped? Recent incidents of lost or stolen laptops have focused public attention on the huge amount of personal information that can very easily make its way outside the control of corporate IT.

What If My Identity Is Stolen? 
Tells what to do when your personal information has been stolen, and where to report identity theft.

Man Sentenced For Death Of 64-Year-Old Woman 
A man was sentenced on Thursday in the death of a 64-year-old woman in 2003.

Redmond Police raid business for ID theft 
After a string of identity theft complaints, Redmond Police pieced together that the victims all had one common thread: They shopped at the same business. Now they fear there might be more victims out there.

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

ID Theft - Credit Card Theft


Credit Card Theft
WTVM, GA - Jul 26, 2006Lee County Crime Stoppers need your help, finding a credit card thief that's already targeted several victims and stores. "Just ...

Police Log
Melrose Free Press, MA - Jul 26, 2006... 10:15 pm Dangerous chemical reaction on Mount Vernon Street. 10:54 pm Victim of credit card theft on Main Street located jewelry missing from the robbery. ...

County employee takes plea bargain in credit card theft
Waco Tribune Herald, TX - Aug 3, 2006By Noelene Clark. A former McLennan County employee charged with using county credit cards to buy thousands of dollars worth of gas ...

One Week: Three Murder Cases
Burke Connection, VA - Jul 20, 2006... On Thursday, July 20, the jury recommended Moro serve 30 years in prison for second-degree murder and three years for credit card theft. ...

Man held in car theft, crash
Connecticut Post, CT - Jul 22, 2006... police. -CREDIT CARD THEFT: A woman accused of stealing a credit card from her sister in Fairfield was arrested Wednesday. Sarah ...

PIN NUMBERS WARNING AFTER CARD THEFT
Isle of Wight County Press, UK - Aug 7, 2006A WARNING not to divulge PINs has been issued by Island police after a credit card theft victim was conned by a man claiming to be a detective. ...

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Identity Theft - Panda Software Features Great Prizes With 'Get Your Game On' Contest


Panda Software Features Great Prizes With 'Get Your Game On' Contest
KRNV - Panda Software (www.pandasoftware.com) is a leading developer and provider of integrated security solutions combating viruses, hackers, trojans, spyware, phishing, spam and other Internet threats. With Panda Software's revolutionary TruPrevent(TM

Study Says Hackers Becoming Advanced
WHIR - The report adds that profit-motivated attackers usually operate by hacking a victim's PC and installing a keystroke logger or by getting their victims to fall for phishing scams. Mandia says these attacks are tough to stop because the attackers tend

I Spy with Muni Wi-Fi
Red Herring - In contrast, muni Wi-Fi attacks will likely be more like phishing, where users are tricked into believing they are using legitimate access points when in fact a fraudulent access point has been created, the company said. A strict No Muni Wi-Fi policy

Advise and consent
Lowell Sun - A yellow exclamation point warns you that the site might have pop-ups or phishing schemes. Let your cursor hover

Monday, August 14, 2006

Phishing - Falls Church City Crime Report 


Falls Church City Crime Report 
Larceny from Vehicle, 100 blk. Hillwood Ave. , August 1, 10:43 a.m. , an unknown person(s) stole the passenger side rear tire off a blue 1993 Ford.

POLICE BRIEFS 
LACEY: A 43-year-old Bronx man was charged with burglary, theft, credit card thefts and fraudulent use of credit cards after an investigation by township police.

Bigger, dafter, creepier - Gordon Brown's ID scheme rescue plan 
Get the shops to pay for it, and catch villains for us... Analysis 'Sources' close to Chancellor Gordon Brown are floating plans to finish off ID cards entirely in the UK - although that isn't quite how they're putting it. Instead, the advance men for the Prime Minister in waiting are offering a nightmare pitch that harnesses the private sector to implement a total surveillance system

How Much Is Your Customer's Trust Worth? 
Who knew the crime of the century would be attacking the very same data companies have been working for years to collect, organize and use? Data thieves, that's who. In fact, the theft of the very information that is the lifeline of contact centers and CRM operations is now more profitable than illegal drug trafficking, according to U.S. Treasury Adviser Valerie McNiven.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

ID Theft on Campus: That's Not My Student Loan! (Credit Card Protection)


ID Theft on Campus: That's Not My Student Loan!
Market Wire (press release) - Aug 8, 2006... health and identity theft resolution services, is cautioning students and institutions to protect themselves against a rising trend of ID theft-related student ...

Treat ID theft with caution
Pasadena Star-News, CA - Aug 2, 2006IDENTITY theft is a tricky crime to stop when there's so much personal information readily available to a crafty criminal. That ...

Salt in wound for ID theft victims
This is Money, UK - Jul 13, 2006... fraud squad officers. The National Consumer Council wants big businesses to set up a national ID-theft support centre. It also wants ...

ID theft law expanding in Maine State agencies will be required to ...
Bangor Daily News, ME - Aug 3, 2006AUGUSTA - After weeks of mind-boggling attempts, a brilliant hacker cracks the firewall of the state's computer child support database and within minutes ...

1st District candidates concerned about ID theft, port security
Boston Globe, United States - Aug 1, 2006By Beverley Wang, Associated Press Writer | August 1, 2006. CONCORD, NH --Forcing people to show passports or national ID cards at ...

540,000 New Yorkers at Risk of ID Theft
MSN Money - Jul 24, 2006ALBANY, NY (AP) - The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of as many as 540,000 injured workers have been lost, and the state and a contracted company ...