Carding sites exist by the hundreds online

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

When it comes to identity theft, most people have no clue as to how big a problem it has become. Some may understand that there are thieves out there who can hack into our computers or a business' computer, and steal our personal information or that of others. But thieves ...

Cop Becomes a Victim of Identity Theft – LifeLock Reviews

Friday, April 17th, 2009

We depend on police officers to do the right thing and protect us from thieves that want to break in and steal. So it’s surprising to find cases where police officers are stealing from each other. You would think that the people designated to uphold the law wouldn’t be the ...

Judge Halts ID Theft Investigation of Colorado tax preparer – LifeLock

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

In late November I wrote a story about immigration identity theft and the effect it’s having. I mentioned one case out of Colorado that involved the tax preparer, Amalia Cerrillo, the owner of Amalia’s Translation and Tax Services. Well it seems that a judge has ordered a halt to the ...

“PIN Cashing” a New Threat to Banks – LifeLock

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

With all the hype going around about the Conficker computer worm I thought it might be interesting to talk about technologies and people that can brake into systems and steal. For those who don’t know what Conflicker is here is a short description from wikipedia.

LifeLock “Celebrity Apprentice” Sweepstakes Promotion

Monday, April 6th, 2009

LifeLock is having another sweepstakes where one lucky winner and a guest will get a trip to New York City for four days and three nights. Along with $1,000 cash prize the lucky prizewinner will also get to experience the season finale of “The Celebrity Apprentice” that’s being filmed on ...

Uncle and Nephew Identity Theft Combo

Monday, March 30th, 2009

I’m sure that people are tired of hearing about identity theft. Identity theft horror stories are everywhere and are hard to ignore. This story isn’t necessarily a horror story, but it’s a good example of a business that you should be able to trust with your information but probably shouldn’t.

But Wait, I’m not the Identity Thief!

Friday, March 27th, 2009

What can make identity theft worse than just loosing some money and gaining some bad credit? When the identity thieves make you the criminal instead of them. I have read a couple identity theft stories, similar to the one, and in my opinion they are the worst kinds of identity ...

Binghamton University Data Breach

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Most data breach stories are rather boring and includes talk about how companies fail to protect their data. Most companies and organizations have a least one data breach at one time or another. Binghamton University has had many and can’t seem to get their act together. One would assume they ...

1% of all PCs are Infected by ID Theft Malware

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

1% of all PCs are Infected my ID Theft malware According to Panda Security, an online virus and malware scanner service, one out of every 100 computers are infected with malware designed to steal your personal information. These malware programs steal information like your bank account login and investment information and ...