Creative Success Depends on Long View
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North Carolinians Scammed For Millions Dating Online
This year, 17 such victims have reported a dating scam that has cost them a combined $700,000, says the North Carolina Attorney General’s office.
The typical victim is a woman in her early 60s. One victim sent her online Casanova nearly $1.3 [...]
House Keys For The Kids…When Your Children Are Ready
Going home to an empty house.
Education.com reports that according to the U.S. census, one-third of all school-age children in the United States are, for some part of the week, latchkey kids—that is, they go home to an empty house or [...]
10 Holiday Security Tips
Christmas trees, mistletoe, candy canes, turkey and stuffing bring out scammers, phishers, burglars and identity thieves.
I’m not purposefully trying to be a Grinch here, but I’m just reminding you that good times, unfortunately, bring out [...]
What Is Business/Commercial Identity Theft?
Business or commercial identity theft happens when thieves use an existing business’ name to get credit, or they may bill a business’ clients for products and services.
Sometimes the Social Security number of a company’s officer or another [...]
5 Ways Your Identity is Stolen
Chances are good that in the coming year, you will be asked to provide your or a family member’s Social Security number (SSN) at least a few times.
And because of all you’ve heard about identity theft and all the advice like “never give [...]
Does Identity Theft Protection Really Work?
Do identity protection services really work?
How effective are their scanning/monitoring methods? Can they truly protect consumers?
The answers may vary. Identity theft protection is designed to protect you from new lines of credit being opened [...]
Location-Based GPS Services Are Risky
It’s pretty simple.
Your mobile’s global positioning system (GPS) functionality allows location-based services to locate and publish information about your whereabouts on various applications and within the code of photos posted online.
Various [...]
How The Government (And Bad Guys) Intercept Electronic Data
The news of the NSA spying using PRISM should not come as a surprise to anyone in the intelligence community.
Electronic spying is as normal as breathing. And when a 27-year-old American traitor with little life experience (he was 15 when 9/11 [...]
What Are My Risks With My Mobile Device?
If you understand what mobile criminals are trying to do, you can fight back.
The primary risks you should worry about are:
Financial fraud: Someone takes over your bank account, extracts money, or sets up a premium SMS scam where you pay for [...]
Wanna Be A Hacker? Uncle Sam Wants You!
There are many different kinds of hackers; not all are bad.
For example, so-called white hat hackers are the good guys, computer security experts who specialize in penetration testing and other methodologies to ensure that a company’s information [...]
Why Are Criminals Moving From PCs To Mobile Devices?
The number of households in the United States that rely solely on mobile phones continues to increase.
As of July 2011, 31 percent of households had mobile phones and no landlines. Additionally, almost one in six households used mobile phones [...]
The Right To Be Forgotten
Web tracking is all the rage with advertisers.
Social media sites are continually changing their privacy settings and revealing more than we are comfortable with. Privacy advocates aren’t happy…and consumers are annoyed.
In response to [...]
What Should I Know About Mobile Cybercrime?
The internet has dissolved the geographical boundaries and technological limitations that have constrained organized crime in the past.
We now live with crime syndicates based in Russia, espionage sponsored by Asian nation-states, and botnets [...]
Buyer Beware: Is It A Distrustful Or Distasteful App?
Malicious applications.
Categorized as viruses, they are generally developed by criminals with the intention of gathering personal information to commit some form of identity theft.
Currently, there are upwards of approximately 40,000 malicious [...]
Stop, Think And Connect On Public Wi-Fi
OnGuardOnline.gov, co-managed by the Federal Trade Commission, is the federal government’s website to help you be safe, secure and responsible online.
OnGuardOnline.gov is a partner in the Stop Think Connect campaign, led by the Department [...]
13 Digital Security Tips For 2013
The best thing about the “New Year” is committing to new or old resolutions and starting fresh.
Whether you are an individual or a small business, the following applies:
Delete. Go through your files, deleting and organizing as necessary. [...]
12 Tips To Safe Online Shopping
Online shopping is a fun and convenient way to make purchases, locate hard-to-find items, and discover bargains, but it does come with some level of risk.
As long as you take precautions, online shopping can be easy and enjoyable.
Don’t [...]
Top 13 Halloween Safety Tips
Important safety tips for Halloween
The fall is here and Halloween is right around the corner. Fortunately for me I have two kids which means I’m going trick or treating and eating 20lbs of chocolate on November 1st. Don’t worry I’ll [...]
Beware of Facebook Phishes
I got an email from a colleague:
Subject: “My Facebook account got hacked.”
I wonder if you could give me some guidance here –
I received the following email from Facebook:
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From: [...]
Should Teachers Be Friending Kids?
Friend ban
Teachers in numerous Massachusetts cities and towns are not allowed to “friend’’ students on Facebook or other social networking sites, and a number of other school districts south of Boston are considering a similar ban.
For [...]
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