Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Identity 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 ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
LifeLock has partnered with Relativity Media on behalf of its upcoming action thriller "Act of Valor." The movie is about a group of active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs, and showcases the training and tenacity of this elite branch of the military.
"Navy SEALs are an elite group of individuals, unyielding in ...
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Online 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 ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
The 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 ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
What 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 ...
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
If 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 ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
It 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 ...
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
Think of any topic, business, or idea. You can bet there are critics out there. People who disagree, and are eager to point out why they are right and you are wrong.
It's the same for identity theft protection. There are people who believe that there is no need to sign ...
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
It'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 ...
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Friday, December 30th, 2011
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