Protect yourself from tax fraud and identity theft with these tips
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012Identity theft affects millions each year and is a crime that continues to grow. It occurs when someone steals your personal information like your name or Social Security number, and uses it to commit fraud, including filing fraudulent tax returns. How do you know if your tax records have been ...
Online threats to watch for in 2012
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Online threats are a real problem when you are trying to protect your identity. Cybercriminals constantly launch attacks that are designed to penetrate your digital defense and steal your personal and financial information. More than 30,000 URLs are infected every day, and 80 percent of those infected are legitimate sites ...
Data breaches remain costly concern for business owners
Monday, January 30th, 2012The Ponemon Institute released a survey earlier this month that showed that data breaches involving third party organizations remain costly to business owners. Data breach incidents cost U.S. companies $204 per compromised customer record in 2009, and the average total cost per incident was $6.75 million that same year. Factored ...
What if my business gets hacked?
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012What do you do if you own a business and your computer system gets hacked? Panic? Hardly. But you do need to take swift action. Cybercriminals are targeting small businesses more and more to steal information like passwords, which can lead to bank account balances and credit lines, customer information and ...
Playing that game on social media sites may cost you
Monday, January 23rd, 2012If you use social media websites, then you are familiar with the applications that are constantly popping up within them. The apps include everything from games to causes, and they all require access to your personal information. If you've ever gotten your official "indian name," then you've granted the owner ...
Nothing new under the sun? Not when it comes to identity theft
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012It seems, at first glance, that there is nothing new when it comes to identity theft. But if you scratch below the surface, you see that criminals are forever looking to find new and innovative ways to fool people into giving up their personal or financial information. These criminals are ...
IRS begins fight against tax fraud
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012More and more people are being duped each year as cybercriminals commit identity theft and tax fraud. But the IRS is fighting back. The IRS has created a special section on its website specifically designed to aid tax fraud victims. The new section includes tips for taxpayers and a special guide ...
Use these four tips to start your new year off right
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012It's a new year, and you better believe that identity thieves are already spending a large chunk of time figuring out new ways to scam consumers out of their personal and financial information and, ultimately, their money. Identity theft cases have decreased somewhat in recent years, but even so, consumers have ...
