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'Tis the Season for Safe Holiday Shopping November 07, 2009 
While recent reports don't predict a major recovery for retailers this holiday season, the outlook for e-commerce sites is slightly more optimistic: 2009 will post an 18 percent increase in online holiday shopping over last year. For many consumers, though, the convenience of online shopping comes with a hefty price: their identity.
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Keeping Your Secrets Safe in a World Gone Social October 28, 2009 
Social networking platforms allow both anonymous and open communications with the world, giving us a voice and a forum to share our thoughts publicly and privately. However, with the growing threat of identity theft and other cybercrimes, social networks also present a new set of risks.
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Judge: Customers in Ameritrade Class Action Deserve Better Deal October 27, 2009 
A federal judge has refused to approve a class-action settlement over contact information stolen from online brokerage TD Ameritrade. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco says the deal offers little significant benefit to the more than 6 million current and former customers affected.
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Ridding the Web of the XSS Scourge October 19, 2009 
Cross-site scripting/SQL injection attacks have been blamed for numerous data breaches, perhaps most notably the nightmare of the Heartland Payment Systems data breach. This type of attack has been around for at least a decade. However, the tendency for programmers to continue with old, insecure code writing techniques make XSS one of the most deadly methods for hackers.
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Protecting Your Identity From Social Networking Shysters October 12, 2009 
Social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have entered the mainstream -- and fraudsters are taking notice. In recent months, Fox News Network, CNN Anchor Rick Sanchez, and even President Obama have suffered high-profile hacks of their Twitter accounts.
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Certified Ethical Hacker: Not Your Everyday Job October 07, 2009 
Computer infrastructure has become the foundation of businesses, governments, and militaries across the globe. Unfortunately, the onset of computer dependence has only opened a myriad of opportunities for cybercrime and potentially devastating consequences.
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Navigating the New Cybercrime Threatscape, Part 1 September 09, 2009 
Cybercrime is pervasive, pandemic and increasingly connected with other parts of the criminal ecosystem. It ranges from the theft of an individual's identity to the complete disruption of a country's Internet connectivity due to a massive attack against its networking and computing resources.
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Social Security: Guarding Your Identity in Online Networks August 26, 2009 
Without a doubt, the growth of social networking has exploded in recent years and has added value to the Internet by providing yet another exciting way for citizens all over the world to connect and interact. In fact, social networks like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn and many smaller sites have become the preferred way many people communicate today as well as a growing business development tool.
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Ex-Informant Charged With Largest Credit Card Heist in US August 18, 2009 
Albert Gonzalez, 28, a hacker already in jail awaiting trial for what was deemed the largest identity theft in the U.S., has apparently topped himself. Along with two unnamed coconspirators, Gonzalez has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New Jersey for an identity theft that trumps the previous recor-setter.
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Digital Certificates - Don't Do Business Online Without Them August 07, 2009 
When you conduct business online -- whether it's selling merchandise through a Web site or simply using email for company communication, there is some level of digital risk. The Web has enabled instant global access to conduct business remotely like never before in history. The downside of remote commerce is the inability to conduct business face to face.
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Where Are the Cybercops? July 13, 2009 
The month of June saw a host of Web-based attacks compromising legitimate Web sites.
One, dubbed "Nine Ball," compromised more than 40,000 Web sites. Another attack injected a malicious script into large numbers of legitimate sites. What can be done about these attacks, and who's policing the Web anyhow?
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Phishers Cast Lures Into Facebook's Social Stream May 15, 2009 
A new wave of phishing and spamming attacks is hitting Facebook users as scammers attempt to get hold of their passwords, the social networking site has acknowledged. Similar phishing and spamming scams -- in which messages supposedly from their friends lure victims to a malicious Web site -- have been occurring with greater
intensity since the end of April.
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Public Ransom Demand Distinguishes Va. Breach in a Data-at-Risk World May 09, 2009 
A hacker -- or a group of hackers -- is attempting to hold hostage some 8 million records purportedly acquired from the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program, according to ransom note posted to the program's Web site on April 30. Few statements have been released by Virginia state authorities, other than ID theft warnings.
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Scammers Swarm: Tax Time Is Open Season for Phishers April 08, 2009 
It's tax time again, and the online scammers are crawling out of the woodwork. Their goals are to intercept personal information about taxpayers nationwide, and in some ways, they may be benefiting from the IRS' push for people to electronically file their returns. Some scammers are "phishing" taxpayers by sending emails that claim to be from the IRS.
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With Great Amounts of Data Comes Great Responsibility February 10, 2009 
Data loss prevention: It's come to be one of the terms that we have become unusually familiar with. Data loss prevention isn't about the outright cessation of the loss of personal records; it's about reducing the risk to an acceptable level. There isn't a quadrant in health, finance, construction or any other sector that doesn't have some measure of risk.
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Heartland Bleeds Data, Potential Victims Could Number Millions January 21, 2009 
Massive credit card payment processor Heartland Payment Systems disclosed Tuesday that a security breach within its processing system some time in 2008 resulted in the potential exposure of millions of credit card and debit card numbers. No cardholder Social Security numbers, addresses or telephone numbers have been compromised, and the intrusion is believed to have been contained, according to the company.
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