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Watch out for fake Microsoft phone phishing scam
Posted on February 11th, 2011 No commentsThe Better Business Bureau is warning people of a recent phishing scam in which the victim receives a phone call from someone impersonating a Microsoft representative.
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Banks commit security breaches
Posted on February 11th, 2011 No commentsSome of the incidents involved criminal activity that exposed small numbers of people — or even only one person — to identity theft. Other incidents were on a bigger scale, exposing thousands of records that contained names, Social Security numbers, financial account data and more.
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Oracle Releases Security Alert for Java Runtime Environment
Posted on February 11th, 2011 No comments(added February 10, 2011) A full-content feed is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.atom
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Credit Report Resellers Exposed Consumers to Identity Theft: FTC
Posted on February 10th, 2011 No commentsThree credit report resellers whose lax security procedures allowed hackers to steal the credit reports of nearly 2,000 consumers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to take reasonable steps to protect consumers' personal information against identity theft.
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Google Releases Chrome 9.0.597.95
Posted on February 10th, 2011 No comments(added February 10, 2011) A full-content feed is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.atom
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Identity-theft statistics look better, but you still don't want to be one
Posted on February 10th, 2011 No commentsThere's some good news and some bad news about identity theft. Shadowing the good news in the Javelin report were two not-so-good details. The average out-of-pocket expense for victims increased 63 percent from, $387 per incident in 2009 to $631 in 2010.
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ID Fraud: New Accounts Most at Risk
Posted on February 10th, 2011 No commentsAnnual Study Says Fraud Incidents More Expensive, ElusiveIn its annual Identity Fraud Survey, Javelin finds that losses from new account fraud far exceed those associated with other types of ID fraud.
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Identity Theft Down 28% In 2010
Posted on February 10th, 2011 No commentsWhile overall rates are down, incidents involving friendly fraud as well as costs for consumers are on the rise, according to Javelin Strategy & Research.
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Breach Hits 2,400 MediCal Beneficiaries
Posted on February 10th, 2011 No commentsThe San Francisco Human Services Agency has notified approximately 2,400 MediCal beneficiaries and the federal government about a breach of protected health information, including Social Security numbers.
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Is A Network Printer Increasing Your PCI Vulnerability?
Posted on February 10th, 2011 No commentsFrom a purely PCI perspective, network printers pose a network risk if they connect to any in-scope systems. At the least, your PCI penetration testing should identify any multi-function printers or scanners and make sure any usernames and passwords are protected.
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