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Don’t give it away on social media sites

March 7, 2011 – 8:42 am

Incidents of identity theft are increasing, and with each passing day, fraudsters get more savvy about how to steal your personal information. One of the most common way to steal information these days is through social media sites.
Identity thieves know that people have become too carefree about their personal information when it comes to posting [...]

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Walgreen, Twitter report data breaches

December 14, 2010 – 8:05 am

Walgreen Co., McDonalds and Twitter reported unrelated security breaches Monday.
Walgreen said hackers who gained access to a list of customer e-mail addresses may have sent spam directing customers to enter personal data into outside Web sites, while McDonald’s said private information that customers supplied when signing up for online promotions or subscriptions was exposed [...]

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Social networking, file-sharing and ID theft risks

August 28, 2009 – 11:52 am

What do social networking users have in common with cigarette smokers? Members of both groups know they’re engaging in risky behaviors but don’t take steps they know will protect them.
The majority of social network users polled by AVG Technologies said they were concerned about becoming victims of online crime such as malware attacks and identity [...]

By admin | Posted in Social network sites | Also tagged AVG Technologies, CMO, data breach, Facebook, file-sharing, id theft, Identity theft, LifeLock promotion code, social networking sites | Comments (0)