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Identity Theft: How To Protect Yourself

Identity theft is the fastest growing crime North America. The majority of cases involve unauthorized credit card purchases and debit card skimming. read more »
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Check Your Credit Card Statements

Identity theft can strike anyone, but that's not the only reason to keep detailed tabs on your finances before paying your bills. You never know wha[...] read more »
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Protecting Your Identity

The Internet is a fabulous place to find entertainment galore, shop, search for answers, and pay bills with everything so accessible and convenient, [...] read more »
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Affluent are more often victims of identity theft, report shows

Wealthy U.S. consumers who enjoy leisure activities such as tennis, skiing and international vacations are top targets for identity thieves, accordin[...] read more »
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Data Theft: Another Hit to Shareholder Value

Lapses in Information and Data Security caused by budget cuts and layoffs- these are as real a threat to National Security as the attacks of 9/11...[...] read more »
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How to set a good password for online transacting

With Internet fraud on the rise, it is even important to protect your online identity and information... read more »
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Take Action to Prevent Your Identity Theft

Hackers regularly break security codes that protect corporate databases to gather personal information they use to take over identities. This isn’t t[...] read more »
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Preventing Identity Theft Online-5 Must Follow Tips

Preventing identity theft online is vital, and with good reason. In 2008, nearly 10 million people had some type of identity theft crime committed ag[...] read more »
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The #1 Way Criminals Steal Your Identity

Identity fraud increased substantially in 2008, reversing a four-year trend of decreasing incidents. Researchers say identity fraud increased by 22 p[...] read more »
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ISR News: Terrorists Take Aim for Online 9/11

“Other than a nuclear device or some other type of destructive weapon, the threat to our infrastructure, the threat to our intelligence, the threat t[...] read more »
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Bad Economy Spurs Increase In Cyber-Scams

The boom in cyberthreats that occurred during the last three months of 2008 could accelerate, especially if the economy continues to falter, security specialists say. Organized cybercrime groups have become increasingly efficient at assembling... read more »
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Parking Ticket Leads to Blended Hack Attack

The would-be tickets read: “PARKING VIOLATION: This vehicle is in violation of standard parking regulations.” The card then instructs the ticket recipient to visit a specified Web Site. From this point, hackers count on law-abiding users to go home. read more »
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How to Detect If You Are Victim of Identity Theft

Ways to detect if your identity is being stolen read more »
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What to Do When You Find Undesirable Information About You on the Internet - Associated Content

Protecting against bad comments, images, and more online that can hurt your rep. read more »
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2009 a Year of Records: World's Biggest Data Breach

Heartland Payment Systems, a credit card payment processing firm, may have been the victim of the largest data breach to date. The Princeton, N.J.-b[...] read more »
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