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Tag Archives: identity theft risk
Understanding your risk is the first step to ID theft protection
November 18, 2010 – 9:29 am
Identity theft is a real problem. It’s one we’re all aware of. But how well do people actually understand their own risks?
When surveyed, most people have some understanding of what identity theft is. But their understanding of just what kinds of behavior puts them at risk is extremely limited. There are five common misconceptions.
• Avoiding shopping [...]
Want to fool ID thieves? Lie, according to a Scottish doc
November 2, 2010 – 7:31 am
A cyber crime expert at a Scottish university has come up with an easy solution to protect consumers from falling prey to online identity thieves: Lie.
Dr. Ian Ferguson, a cyber crime expert at the University of Abertay, warns Web users about revealing information about themselves, which can make them potential targets for cyber crooks.
Ferguson says [...]
Critics calling Apple out on new app flaw
October 22, 2010 – 6:58 am
An Apple feature, FaceTime, first made popular on the iPhone 4, has a dangerous security flaw that may put consumers at risk for identity theft.
Apple announced this week that the application lets Mac users video call iPhone 4 and iPod touch users, as well as other Macs. FaceTime for Mac automatically uses the consumer’s address [...]
Survey says…too many still just don’t get it
October 18, 2010 – 7:14 am
A web poll conducted by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling regarding identity theft revealed that 66 percent of those surveyed said they feel at risk.
And rightly so. Identity theft has claimed more than 10 million victims in the past few years, and the crime has been the No. 1 complaint to the Federal Trade [...]
97,000 Starbucks employees victims of another company data breach
November 25, 2008 – 10:42 am
Starbucks announced yesterday that a laptop containing the personal information of 97,000 employees was stolen October 29. Employees’ names, addresses and Social Security numbers were part of the stolen data.
That’s more than half of Starbucks’ 172,000 employees left jittery over the threat of identity theft.
