Identity Theft
Identity theft scams, trends and information for mitigating risk
A recent Federal Trade Commission discussion, "Stolen Futures: A Forum on Child Identity Theft,” presented a valuable opportunity to galvanize industry experts and public...
Cloud services that handle enormous amount of data amongst consumers and corporate clients are a big target of...
When considering your company’s full breach prevention strategy, consider encryption a strong bodyguard that can play a big role in protecting data while also...
According to a Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, in 2009, the average company lost nearly 5% of its revenue to...
In this daunting time of high-wire cyber attacks, when even the most trusted brands are falling prey to tireless hackers, there’s no such thing...
With the recent rash of highly newsworthy data breaches, headlined by the Sony PlayStation Network breach that impacted 77+ million subscribers, there’s been much...
In an effort to make data breaches even more unpalatable and motivate companies to strengthen their security practices, the Federal Trade Commission is beginning...
These days, the fraud economy has matured to a point where it is run like a global marketplace, with specialists for every aspect of...
With numerous different breaches affecting so many people as of late, millions of consumers are receiving emails from trusted brands noting that customer emails...
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were 54 banking-related data breaches in 2010, down from the 62 breaches reported in 2009 but...
According to Ponemon Institute’s Second Annual Survey on Medical Identity Theft, we estimate that more than 1.49 million Americans have been targeted by this...
More than 1500 tax scams reportedly target consumers and businesses through hundreds of thousands of scam emails; many use phishing to fool anxious taxpayers...