4 charged in robbery scheme (Identity Theft Prevention)

4 charged in robbery scheme  (Identity Theft Prevention)

4 charged in robbery scheme 
CINNAMINSON -- Police say they have charged four people in an alleged scheme to lure men to a local motel for sex and then rob them.

Wednesday, February 7, 2007 
Court OKs mental health expert to aid Jephsons defense A mental health expert has been appointed in the case of a man accused in the murders of four members of a Frederick County family.

Police sniff out credit card theft 
A Davenport couple is accused of using stolen credit card numbers to order flowers and gift cards from Iowa Quad-Cities Hy-Vee Food Stores.

For Chinese hackers, it's a game 
Money is by far the primary motivation for most of today's virus writing and spamming in the world of computers except when it comes to China. For Chinese hackers, gaming prestige outweighs financial gain, according to a new report on Internet security.

Woman arrested on ID theft charges 
Florence police arrested a 54-year-old Vineland woman and charged her with writing a bad check and stealing a credit card slip at a restaurant Tuesday, police said.

Cupid, a high-ranking NJ official, suspended after arrest (Identity Theft Prevention)

Cupid, a high-ranking NJ official, suspended after arrest (Identity Theft Prevention)

Cupid, a high-ranking NJ official, suspended after arrest
journalnews.com - Cupid spent his 31st birthday yesterday in White Plains City Court, where he was arraigned on charges of fourth-degree grand larceny, eavesdropping and two counts of second-degree identity theft, all felonies, Westchester District Attorney Janet

Only On KFOX: Bank Suspends Western Union Transactions Due To Fraud
KFOX 14 - One Wells Fargo customer fell victim to identity theft and came close to having her bank account cleared after she said, someone stole her bank card information. Maria Vasquez, who said she pays all her bills over the phone fears that's how someone

Fraser has feds' number
Montreal Gazette - management of the social insurance number program and how Canadians' personal information is used, auditor-general Sheila Fraser charges in her annual report. And these long-standing problems have serious implications in an age of identity theft and

COUNTRY Insurance & Financial Services Launches Identity Theft
Forbes - Responding to the demand from their customers, COUNTRY Insurance & Financial Services today announced the launch of identity theft coverage as an endorsement on all home and farm policies. One of the foremost insurers in the US, with more than 1

Pair sentenced in identity theft ring
KESQ News - FRESNO, Calif. An identity thief who lied while testifying at his trial was sentenced to more than 21 years in state prison and his girlfriend was sentenced to ten years behind bars for being his partner in crime. Santiago Cardenas, of Orosi, was

Police charge Darlington woman for identity theft
Morning News - Police have charged an Atlanta woman with identity theft and forgery as she wore a wig to impersonate a Rock Hill woman at several local banks, Darlington Police Sgt. Michael August said. Rebekah Sue Arnold, 31, of 535 Connall St. faces three counts

Phishing - How Does The Hacker Economy Work?

Phishing - How Does The Hacker Economy Work?

How Does The Hacker Economy Work?
Information Week - How Does The Hacker Economy Work? It's a murky world of chat rooms, malware factories, and sophisticated phishing schemes. Here's a look inside. By Larry Greenemeier J. Nicholas

Assurix Named UK "VAR of the Year" for 2006 by Finjan
PR Inside - Assurix recognises that the web has now become the undisputed payload vector for attacks such as Spyware, Phishing, viruses, Trojans and other malicious code, and consequently poses one of the greatest challenges to businesses and organisations today

Security Step 2: Prevention
eWeek - Anti-virus software is undoubtedly deployed already as a reactive solution; admins must also decide whether anti-spyware, anti-phishing, anti-spam, rootkit detection or host IPSes (intrusion prevention systems) will help shore up desktop defenses

NCAC's New Blacklist Targets Pirate Firms
ChinaTechNews.com - Local media report that the National Copyright Administration of China will join hands with other concerned government departments to carry out a special campaign to beat online piracy. Because many phishing, spamming, and pirate software websites

Data leakage: Good intentions can go bad
ZDNet - that have not been traditionally thought of as "at risk" for personal data breaches including; publicly released court documents, Internet Web search research data and a URL database in a security tool intended to reduce the risk of phishing. The

Identity Theft Prevention - Microsoft's OpenID embrace reflects new approach

Identity Theft Prevention - Microsoft's OpenID embrace reflects new approach 

Microsoft's OpenID embrace reflects new approach 
Microsoft surprised the industry this week with plans to support OpenID, a grass-roots alternative to its Passport system, in Windows Vista. But the company says the move reflects an evolution in its thinking.

Review: Microsoft Office Standard 2007 a worthy upgrade 
The ambitious, ground-up rebuild of Microsoft Office Standard 2007 presents drastically different interfaces and new file formats.

Phishers slip through Firefox' security net 
Security researchers claim to have discovered a flaw in the open source Firefox browser that allows attackers to disable the browser's anti-phishing filter through a simple change in a site's URL syntax.

BrandProtect to Provide Data for Anti-Phishing Service in Windows Internet Explorer 7 
BrandProtect, an industry leader in online brand protection, today announced it is working with Microsoft Corp. to provide anti-phishing data for the Microsoft Phishing Filter service in all supported platforms of Internet Explorer 7.

CyberDefender's Aqua Teen Hunger Force Raffle Winner Announced 
Aqua Teen Hunger Force neon sign raffled off by security software developer CyberDefender Corporation (www.cyberdefender.com) at the RSA Conference in San Francisco today.