Faceless Crime: How to Protect Yourself
by AJ McCreary, PICurrent Assistant Producer **Editors Note** Today we continue our look at internet scams and identity theft ... in making you vulnerable to credit fraud. Identity theft or Credit Fraud occurs when someone uses your personal information; name Social Security number bank information or credit card number without [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 14:22:14
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Are you protecting your customer's identity?
Do you have protective measures in place to guard your customer’s information? ... they have ever prosecuted – 40 million credit card numbers were stolen from nine major U.S. retailers ... and credit card balances regularly. Shred documents you no longer need. Thieves will go through your trash [more...]
Date: 2008-08-20 11:00:00
MS Office Passwords and Password Recovery Programs
By Albert McZeallyAll of us want to protect ourselves. At home we have fire alarms, sprinklers and burglar alarms to keep our families safe ... for something untoward. Anyone who keeps financial information such as credit card or bank account numbers ... that you forgot the password. Although writing down your passwords seem like a bad idea, if you are [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 22:04:00
US Fails to Protect Against the Living Dead & Other Dangers
The week of August 7th, 2008 the amount of malicious spam a single computer user received finally overtook health and product spam. Meant to exploit holes in your operating system, get credit card information from you, or simply ... for American Progress and the Center for Democracy and Technology have released a report which shows [more...]
Date: 2008-08-13 18:56:59
D. Other Publishers
A number of publications from non-Nolo publishers have a wealth of information beyond what is in this book. The Ultimate Credit Handbook, by Gerri Detweiler (Plume Books), covers everything you’d want to know about credit ratings, credit cards, completing credit applications, protecting your credit privacy and many other topics. Surviving Debt: A Guide for Consumers, by National Consumer Law Center. NCLC is a nonprofit organization that normally publishes books to assist lawyers. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-24 02:03:01
CLLB Information Security Newsletter
Volume 1 Issue 5 Personal Privacy – How to Protect Your Information From the Desk of David Badertscher As we continue to conduct more ... (such as name, credit card account, address, etc) is increasingly utilized. Personal information has become ... purchases and pay bills with credit cards, you leave a data trail consisting of purchase amount, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 18:42:35
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