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Identity Theft Archive

September 22, 2009

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:33 AM/CST

Social Networking Hack Hides Attack

An online service that promises to help people hack others' Facebook accounts is just a mere scam in its own right, researchers report.

September 16, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:04 PM/CST

Database Security Truths: Orgs Still Struggling to Herd Info

Database security experts maintain that companies are still struggling mightily to understand where all of their critical data resides, and who has access to it.

August 12, 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 7:48 AM/CST

Criminal Prescription: Fake Pharmacies Haunt Bing

Ads for illegal pharmacy sites dominate the results for related keyword searches on Microsoft's new Bing.com engine.

August 3, 2009

Monday, August 03, 2009 10:54 AM/CST

DEFCON Attendees Uncover ATM Scams

Attendees of the DEFCON 17 conference uncovered two malicious ATMs at Las Vegas casinos. It is unclear how long the machines had been there or how many people had been victimized.

July 8, 2009

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 10:44 AM/CST

Social Security Numbers Not as Safe as We Thought?

The Social Security Administration says people shouldn't panic - recent research from Carnegie Mellon University does not mean identity thieves have a foolproof way of guessing your social security information.

July 1, 2009

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:02 AM/CST

ATM Attack Talk Canned at Black Hat

Juniper Networks has agreed to pull a talk on ATM security slated for the upcoming Black Hat and DefCon security conferences.

June 23, 2009

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:12 AM/CST

Microsoft and the Power of Free

Microsoft's move to launch its' new Morro endpoint AV beta as freeware could have a significant impact on the overall state of PC security, especially among consumers.

June 22, 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009 7:52 PM/CST

Facebook Hack Beats Privacy Settings

After waiting more than two weeks, bloggers went public June 22 with a report of a vulnerability on Facebook that can be exploited to reveal personal information. Facebook has reportedly fixed the flaw.

June 16, 2009

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:20 AM/CST

Blank Messages Drive Spam Spike

Spammers are enlisting an interesting new technique in forwarding their unwanted e-mails, blank messages.

June 13, 2009

Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:56 AM/CST

More Banks As Anti-Malware Brokers

Providers of technologies used by banks and other financial services companies to protect their online customers maintain that emerging solutions will foster improved security.

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