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Friday, January 19, 2007

Identity Theft - Criminal charges mount after immigration raids at Swift 


Criminal charges mount after immigration raids at Swift 
GREELEY, Colo. (AP)--About 220 of the nearly 1,300 Swift & Co. employees detained during immigration raids in six states last month face identity theft or other criminal charges, immigration officials said Jan. 5.

An easier identity solution 
Blog: PayPal announced last week that it will soon support a key fob to provide its customers with two-factor authentication.Costing...

Are You Being Targeted By Phishing Scams? 
I fell for a phisher last week. Embarrassing but true. Until then, the urgent e-mails telling me that an account had been compromised only managed to give me slight shivers before my rational self took over.

Mcafee Reports On Online Identity Theft Trends 
*Auckland, New Zealand January 19, 2007 * McAfee today announced the availability of a paper from McAfee Avert Labs highlighting global identity theft trends, including a dramatic increase in online and computer-based identity theft.

New attorney general to target identity theft, meth 
LITTLE ROCK -- Proposals to thwart identity theft and methamphetamine trafficking are likely to anchor the legislative package newly elected Attorney General-elect Dustin McDaniel will present during the 2007 legislative session.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

123Together.com Provides Free Microsoft Outlook (Identity Theft) 2007 


123Together.com Provides Free Microsoft Outlook 2007 
123Together.com, the leading provider of Hosted Microsoft ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) Exchange, SharePoint and CRM services is now offering a complimentary version of Microsoft Outlook 2007 to every user of the company ' s Exchange Hosting service.

New tool enables sophisticated phishing scams 
Security experts at RSA have come across a new tool that automatically creates sophisticated phishing sites, a sign that cybercrooks are getting increasingly professional.

Azusa Man First To Be Convicted Under Anti-Spam Law 
A 45-year-old Azusa man is the first person nationwide to be convicted under a federal anti-spam law enacted in 2003, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

DIY phishing kit found online 
IT IS GETTING so expensive to Phish websites these days that some bright spark has invented a DIY kit so frausters don't have to call in developers who take a big intake of breath and say, "It will cost you."

FBI warns of twist in extortion phishing scam 
FBI officials are warning users of a new phishing scam that plays off a recent round of bogus extortion threats.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Police Reports Kenton County  (Identity Theft)


Police Reports Kenton County 
Matthew L. Rogers, 31, 7521 Florence Estates, Florence, first degree possession of a controlled substance, November 27.

Police Reports - Campbell County 
Darren B. Mosley, 23, of 205 Washington St., apartment 5, Alexandria, warrant, Dec. 3.

Action briefing: Ridgecrest Police 
A domestic disturbance report was taken at 2:53 a.m. on North Norma Street. A man was arrested at 3:49 a.m. in the 100 block of East Church Avenue on an outstanding warrant.

Grand jury issues identity theft indictment 
Identity theft topped the list of indictments for the first meeting of the Harrison County grand jury in 2007. Sheila A. Noble faces a two-count indictment for theft of identity and fraudulent use of a food stamp identification card.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Phishing Scam Alert: CyberDefender Early Detection Technology Detects Phishing Scams that Put Users at Risk for ...  (Identity Theft Prevention)


Phishing Scam Alert: CyberDefender Early Detection Technology Detects Phishing Scams that Put Users at Risk for ... 
CyberDefender Corporation, the security developer with the Internet's most advanced early detection technology and Internet security tools, has released its latest Phishing Scam Alert, a report highlighting recent phishing and email scams that are plaguing Internet users and exposing them to Internet identity theft.Top risks include new active PayPal, eBay and egg.com phishing scams targeting ...

nForce chief calls for media to provide educator role on security 
Founder and managing director of nForce Security Systems Mark Nakrop Niamnamtham believes that the media should devote more coverage to IT security, particularly Internet threats and he has been doing his bit on both radio and television to try to explain security issues in simple terms.

New tool enables sophisticated phishing scams 
Tool automatically creates dynamic phishing sites that pull in data from the target Web site, RSA says.

Spyware attacks ramped up over Christmas 
"We saw a major increase in cyber-crime in 2006," said Michael Greene, vice president for product strategy at PC Tools. "It was pretty much as expected, but there were major surges in phishing activity, key-logging and direct attempts to steal private information from users.

Critical fixes for Excel, Outlook and Windows 
Microsoft starts the year with security updates for Excel, Outlook and Windows. Three of the fixes are rated critical.

Security Bites Podcast: No plugs for Microsoft Word holes 
Microsoft leaves some zero-day bugs unpatched. Also, Month of Apple Bugs continues, phishing news, and Symantec wants to make Vista security decisions for you.