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Having worked around financial crimes for a number of years, I noticed they seemed to be on the rise. One reason for this is technology, which grows more rapidly than laws designed to protect us from it. Although the blog is a resource to educate people on identity theft, it also strives to educate the common person on the rapidly growing problem of crimes enabled (made too easy) by technology and the Internet.
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Twitter has been the target of a phishing attack and Barack Obama's Twitter account was hacked over the weekend.
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Richardson Steps Aside Because of a Scandal — What Else is New?
Richardson stepping down because of an alleged scandal isn't news. In fact, it is a sad testament to the way things have become.
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Fraudulent Checks Too Profitable for Criminals
With all the emphasis on more electronic types of fraud, bad checks are not going away. In fact, technology is helping fuel a new check fraud boom!
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Who Hacked the Halls of Congress?
The CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency calls for more oversight on the threat hacking has become to our financial and national security.
Most identity theft protection services require you give them all your personal information and even power of attorney. One alternative to this is catching on.
With the holidays upon us, spammers will use a variety of means to steal from anyone who falls for the lures they send into inboxes.
In a world of outsourcing financial and personal information to third-party providers — will more and more people become victims of identity theft?
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How to Legally Buy Hot Merchandise
If you want to buy some hot merchandise at almost too good to be true prices without putting yourself in jeopardy, read on!
Was it too easy for a multi-national gang to steal millions in home equity?
You are protected from this type of attack if you use a major anti-virus vendor like Websense or Symantec, but the best thing is to not download the malware in the first place.
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