More people signing up to use ID protection services

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

There are now more than 50 million Americans using identity theft protection services, meaning more people are thinking proactively when it comes to protecting their most sensitive information. There are many identity theft protection and credit monitoring services out there, and some tout free credit reports while looking for a ...

LifeLock – the cost of one lunch per month

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Although not a physical crime, identity theft can hurt. It saps the victim's time, money and productivity when having to deal with setting things right. Studies have also shown that time directly translates to costs associated with resolving the identity theft. The longer it happens without you knowing about, the ...

3.3 Million Student Loan Records Stolen

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

It's bad enough owing thousands of dollars in student loans in today's sparse economic climate. What's even worse is finding out you're one of 3,300,000 students that has just had their identity information stolen from Educational Credit Management Corp -- a student loan service company. The company, which stores personal information ...

How LifeLock – a proactive identity theft prevention service – can help protect you

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Like it or not your identity is out there. Every time you apply for a credit card, mortgage, loan, buy something online or even go to the doctor's office you're releasing parts of your identity into the ether. And that identity can been scooped up, mishandled or sold to ...

The emotional toll of being an ID theft victim

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

We usually bring you stories with high dollar amounts attached to them. Saying someone stole over $2 million by ID theft has a definable number -- something we can all tally. But what about the emotional damage that ID theft can bring upon its victims? How is that calculated? ...

Why become a LifeLock member? Here are some reasons.

Friday, November 6th, 2009

LifeLock is the industry leader in proactive identity theft protection for a reason. They don't simply monitor your credit or place fraud alerts on your behalf like some services. LifeLock takes charge with a variety of proactive measures and added benefits. When you become a member of LifeLock for only ...

Why choose LifeLock?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

There are plenty of identity theft prevention services out there vying for your hard earned money. Some entice you with offers of free credit reports to lock you into a contracted monthly payment or perform services that you can easily do yourself. It's no secret that we talk about ...

Happy Father’s Day to My Two Dads

Friday, June 19th, 2009

With Father's Day this weekend chances are you've already thought up and bought your father his gift. If your dad is anything like mine, that's an extremely hard process. Fathers are notoriously hard to buy for, so how much more difficult would it be to buy for two, or three ...

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 ...