EpicTide Announces (Identity Theft) Leading Database Expert to Join Company’s

EpicTide Announces (Identity Theft) Leading Database Expert to Join Company’s

EpicTide Announces Leading Database Expert to Join Company’s
dBusinessNews.com - Orlando -- Dr. Joachim Hammer of the University of Florida to Assist EpicTide with Streamlined Privacy Auditing and Monitoring for Medical Identity Theft EpicTide, Inc., a leading provider of information security solutions for the healthcare industry

Tips for a safe holiday
Eureka Times-Standard - My wish for the citizens of this community is to have a happy, loving and safe holiday season. Unfortunately, this time of year tends to lend itself to opportunities for thefts, burglaries and identity theft. Here is a common scenario the Eureka

House considers identity theft protection bill
Detroit News - Here's how Metro Detroit members of the Michigan Senate voted Tuesday on SB 1501, which would set a 48-month lifetime limit on welfare benefits for most recipients. The measure, passed on a 22-16 vote, moves to the House. Voting "yes" were: Michael

Dean Addison of D&R Granite reported a theft.
Elberton Star - Mildred Vaughn of 2944 Highway 172 East in Bowman reported identity theft. Dec. 2 Jody Cureton, 35, of 1019 Campbell St. Extension Lot M in Elberton was arrested on warrants. Shelby Harris of 2709 Cherokee Road in Elberton reported that someone stole

EU to fund Symantec phishing studies (ID Theft)

EU to fund Symantec phishing studies (ID Theft)

EU to fund Symantec phishing studies
Virus Bulletin, UK - Dec 5, 2006Symantec announced yesterday an award of funding from the European Commission to pay for research into securing email infrastructures from spam and phishing. ...

Scammers phishing over phone lines
Montgomery Advertiser, AL - Nov 27, 2006Now comes a new batch of phishing scams that rely on an old tool -- the phone -- to trick people into giving away their personal information. ...

Beware of Social Security 'phishing' e-mail
MarketWatch - Nov 8, 2006... This practice, known as "phishing," has become increasingly common -- the Anti-Phishing Working Group identified more than 10,000 phishing Web sites in the ...

Phishing attacks hotting up
ZDNet UK, UK - Nov 29, 2006Phishing attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication while shifting from larger to smaller financial institutions, according to security vendor RSA. ...

Phishing worm rips through MySpace
iT News, Australia - Dec 5, 2006By Iain Thomson, 6 December 2006 08:57 AEST Security. MySpace users are being warned to be on their guard after security experts ...

Vista cracked, anti-phishing and smishing
Houston Chronicle, United States - Nov 15, 2006... On another note, Brian Krebs reports that Firefox 2.0 definitely has the upper hand over IE 7 when it comes to anti-phishing functionality. ...

Privacy on parade (Identity Theft)

Privacy on parade (Identity Theft)

Privacy on parade
Asia Media - Of particular concern was theft of identity cards, which contained information including contact details and could be used to access bank accounts. "This is a big problem and there have been a number of cases where people have become victims of

Beware Your Social Security Number
Forbes - Now, after thousands of Americans have suffered from the Kafkaesque nightmare known as theft of identity, there are signs of change . In 2005 more than 40 states enacted laws restricting in primitive ways state agencies uses of and dissemination of

The Winchester Sun
Winchester Sun - Baylous, 39, of Lexington Saturday with alcohol intoxication, indecent exposure and theft of identity. John Tipton, 28, of 190 Tuggle Branch Road, Ravenna, was charged Friday by Winchester Police with careless driving, failure to maintain insurance

Man makes plea deal in identity theft case
Deming Headlight - A plea agreement has been reached involving one of four people arrested this summer in a theft of identity case. Sixth Judicial District Court Judge Gary Jeffreys, Thursday, order a presentencing report following a guilty plea entered by Pedro

Credit Card Protection - N.Y. Sen. Schumer says no-swipe credit cards are security risk

Credit Card Protection - N.Y. Sen. Schumer says no-swipe credit cards are security risk 

N.Y. Sen. Schumer says no-swipe credit cards are security risk 
NEW YORK Senator Charles Schumer says new credit cards that don't have to be swiped in reading machines put consumers at increased risk of identity theft.

Governor, Others Welcome Auto Lubricant Maker To Childersburg 
CHILDERSBURG, Ala. -- Alabama's newest plant opened Tuesday in the Childersburg Industrial Park. Gov. Bob Riley joined company executives and local leaders in welcoming Nippon Oil to the state. The company will manufacture lubricants for the automotive industry.

In safe hands? 
After the names and Social Security numbers of 100,000 former U employees were hacked last year, administrators say they are making significant progress in securing student and personnel data. While no cases of identity theft were linked to the incident, specialists said the system breach was a "wake-up call" for the university.

NEW: Files with personal information found buried in Converse park 
In 1998, it was perfectly legal to bury that kind of paperwork.

Crime log: Man held on identity theft 
An 18-year-old arrested for identity theft was held at the Durham County Jail on a $40,000 secured bond Saturday, according to warrants. Terrance Wayne Proctor, of 3835 Horton Road, allegedly used another man's name, warrants stated.

Schumer says no-swipe credit cards are security risk 
NEW YORK - Credit cards that don't have to be swiped in reading machines because their data are relayed by radio waves put consumers at increased risk of identity theft, Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday.

Identity Theft - Don't Let Cyber Cons Steal Your Christmas Spirit

Identity Theft - Don't Let Cyber Cons Steal Your Christmas Spirit 

Don't Let Cyber Cons Steal Your Christmas Spirit 
As the Holiday shopping is in full swing, many Americans are trying to avoid the long lines in the check out counters to buy the last minute gifts for their loved ones. More and more people are now shopping online thus online shopping and gift giving has reached a new height offering the convenience to 'shop till you drop' without ever leaving home.

Identities bought and sold in online underground 
The internet has become the home shopping network of identity theft. With the help of an expert, NBC2 infiltrated the hacker havens to show you just what's up for grabs, what's at stake and what local law enforcement is doing about it.

Concern over identity theft is changing consumer behaviour - Capital One Canada survey finds Canadians want and need to  
Heightened awareness and concerns about identity theft are making Canadian consumers more cautious, but most say they still lack the information they need to protect themselves from the crime.

ID Theft Expert Learned Privacy the Hard Way 
After leaving the L.A. FBI with a $1 million bounty on her head, R.M. Tracy founded The Privacy Trust Group to help businesses and individuals prevent--or recover from--one of the fastest-growing crime risks in America: identity theft. (PRWeb Nov 19, 2006)

Tempe ID theft firm gets $6 million venture boost 
LifeLock Inc., a Tempe company that provides services to prevent identity theft, has received $6 million in venture capital from Bessemer Venture Partners.

Phishing attack targets SBI customers

Phishing attack targets SBI customers

Phishing attack targets SBI customers
CIOL, India - Nov 16, 2006NEW DELHI: Websense Security Labs today said it has received reports of a phishing attack that targets customers of State Bank of India. ...

Flimsy filters won�t cut phishing lines
What PC?, UK - Nov 27, 2006According to a test commissioned by Mozilla and carried out by SmartWare, Firefox 2.0 blocks around 80 percent of known phishing URLs and Internet Explorer 7 ...

Microsoft Swoops Down on Phishing
Techtree.com, India - Nov 23, 2006According to reports, as part of its "Global Phishing Enforcement Program" Microsoft has filed nearly 129 lawsuits across Europe and the Middle East against ...

Mozilla's take on phishing filters - Firefox better than IE
heise Security, UK - Nov 15, 2006A study initiated by Mozilla of the integrated phishing filters in Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 has concluded that the Firefox filter is superior. ...

Malaysian government portal used in PayPal phishing scam
Help Net Security, Croatia - Nov 20, 2006An antispam researcher has uncovered a phishing scam that uses computers belonging to a medical transcription outsourcing company and the government of ...

Phishing and pharming and fraud, oh my! Sleuthing the cyber ...
Indiana University, IN - Nov 29, 2006That's the focus of Phishing and Countermeasures: Understanding the Increasing Problem of Electronic Identity Theft (John Wiley & Sons Inc.), a new book ...