Optimistic Identity (Phishing) Theft Study Flawed

Optimistic Identity (Phishing) Theft Study Flawed

Optimistic Identity Theft Study Flawed
Tech Dirt - If it doesn't cover credit card theft, then from my perspective the study is worthless, as that's the most common type of "pretending to be someone else". ( reply to this comment ) ( link to this comment ) by |333173|3|_||3 on Feb

Apathy is the word of the day, and week, and month, and year .
Computerworld - I am a security professional. And I am sick of hearing about, writing about, and preaching about data theft, p0wned databases, credit card theft, corporations with breaches that weren't discovered for 2 years, etc., etc., etc. So think about it. When

When credit card fraud hits home
Kansas City Star - My credit card theft report also is in the hands of the FBI. The experience brought home to me loud and clear how identity theft is really getting out of hand. Shortly after my morning wake-up call, a new report on identity theft landed on my desk

Officers who go beyond the call
This is Dorset - Her successes in the last 12 months included tracing a credit card theft, a burglary caught on CCTV and working with the victims of domestic violence. She was praised for communicating effectively 'at all levels and in the widest range of

Credit Card Protection - Lucas found guilty

Credit Card Protection - Lucas found guilty 

Lucas found guilty 
Henry Johnson Lucas was found guilty Wednesday in a case the commonwealth described as one of power, control and desperation on the part of the defendant.

Pair surrenders in credit card theft 
The best thing police had in the investigation was a store surveillance photo of a young couple entering a Manheim Township business, allegedly to use a stolen credit card. The picture of the suspects — a woman carrying a small child, followed closely by a man wearing a baseball cap &mdas...

Police seek couple who stole, used credit cards 
Police have released surveillance photos of a young couple they believe went shopping with a stolen credit card just minutes after stealing a Manheim Township woman's wallet. What the thieves obviously didn't know was that their victim in this case is the wife of a candidate for judge in Lancas...

Gas station clerks recover stolen car 
A woman who smiled and held the door open for Doris Griggs at the South Lakes Sunoco gas station walked straight out of the convenience store, got into Griggs' running car and drove off in a brazen theft Friday, Feb. 9, at 9:55 a.m.

Beware Phishing Scam (Identity Theft) Using IRS Threat

Beware Phishing Scam (Identity Theft) Using IRS Threat

Beware Phishing Scam Using IRS Threat
Fox 19 - "Previous e-card attacks and resulting infections have been slanted more toward denial of service, spam relay and virus propagation -- this one is much more dangerous to users because their financial information is at risk," Minoo Hamilton, senior

Elertz web-based broadcast battles concerns over spam and phishing
Security Park - Latest figures reveal that around 95 per cent of e-mail today is spam or phishing scams and more than 2,500 new phishing sites are created each month. Businesses are finding it increasingly hard to communicate directly with customers as inboxes

Update: Mozilla issues fix for critical flaw
Infoworld - Firefox has also come under criticism from independent researchers, including Polish vulnerability expert Michael Zalewski , regarding several other classes of vulnerabilities, some of which are related to new spoofing and phishing threats aimed

Encrypt Everything and Boost
Computerworld - Thompson says his company’s Windows-only software, LinkScanner Pro, protects people from sophisticated phishing schemes and prevents them from going to Web sites known to be unsavory. It can even determine whether unclassified sites are bad by

Online Voting Clicks in Estonia
Wired News - None of the major risks we identified (including phishing, denial of service, spyware, viruses, Trojan horses and insider attack) have technological solutions these days, which is why so many computer scientists oppose the idea of internet voting in

Shouldn't You Be Online Banking?
WNEP-TV 16 - With some precautions—a good firewall, anti-virus and a spy detection program—and a dose of common sense about phishing and fake e-mails, you’ve probably had completely secure transactions. Online banking is simply the next step from that

Credit Card Protection - West Virginia man faces theft-related charges

Credit Card Protection - West Virginia man faces theft-related charges

West Virginia man faces theft-related charges
TriCities.com - Thomas Eric Striker, 36, of Charleston, W.Va., is charged with grand larceny, vandalism, breaking into an automobile, receiving stolen goods, credit card theft and credit card fraud. He is being held without bond at Southwest Virginia Regional Jail

Apathy is the word of the day, and week, and month, and year .
Computerworld - I am a security professional. And I am sick of hearing about, writing about, and preaching about data theft, p0wned databases, credit card theft, corporations with breaches that weren't discovered for 2 years, etc., etc., etc. So think about it. When

Card Theft Ring Bigger Than Thought
WXIA 11 Alive - Police in Canton said a credit card theft ring is apparently much larger than they originally thought. Earlier this month, investigators arrested two women, but are now looking for three more. It all happened so fast, and so secretively, that for

Pair arrested for credit card theft scheme
Register-Mail - GALESBURG - Two Chicagoans were arrested Thursday after allegedly stealing and using an area woman's credit card. Sarah J. Warfield, 1015 E. Euclid, Monmouth, told police she was approached Thursday in Bergner's by two men claiming they worked in

Man convicted in shotgun killing linked to credit card theft
KOMO-TV - GOLDENDALE, Wash. (AP) - A man has been convicted in a shotgun killing near White Salmon that investigators linked to the theft of credit cards. A Klickitat County Superior Court jury deliberated for two days before convicting Michael D. Lindsey, 23