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2009
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Speaker Have a teenager? Share a PC with someone who downloads free music and movies? Ever hear of Limewire, Bearshare, or E-Mule? Your teen has, and they probably installed software on your PC that makes it very easy for an identity thief to steal your data. The H...
04/29/2009
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Identity Theft Expert It wasn’t long ago that most phishing emails were from a supposed Nigerian General Matumbi Mabumboo Watumboo. And you and I were flattered that we were the chosen ones to help the general transfer 35 million out of the country, because the Nigerian government was a bunch of ...
04/28/2009
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert I was on CNN this week and CNN also featured Perez Hilton, who was hired by Donald Trump, to judge a beauty contest and Hilton made hateful remarks about Miss Californias beliefs. Perez is a hateful sardonic celebrity critic, and his actions are parallel to ...
04/24/2009
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Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Like it or not, you will soon be effectively identified. And by “soon,” I mean within the next 10 years. Big Brother, whatever that means, will have your “number.” Governments across the globe have been gearing up and introducing numerous technologies to ide...
04/20/2009
Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano This article may be a little political. However bad guys are trying to win a cyberwar against us and it’s important to understand what’s being done to protect us. The US National Security Agency is probably the most sophisticated group of security hackers in...
04/17/2009
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Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano New reports confirm what we have been seeing in the news; organized criminals have upped the ante. Global web mobs are tearing up financial institutions’ networks. We’ve known for some time that the long-haired, lowly, pot-smoking, havoc-reeking hacker, sitt...
04/16/2009
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Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Speaker At an ATM or cash register, most debit card users are blissfully unaware of what occurs when they swipe their cards and enter their pin numbers. A magical mystery takes place and we get to walk away with our new purchase, simply by swiping a card and tappin...
04/15/2009
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Scammers and even pedophiles are getting hacked by vengeful insidious opportunists. Who doesn’t love vigilante justice? Some readers may remember Charles Bronson, an American actor who starred in the popular series Death Wish. Bronson played Paul Kersey, a m...
04/13/2009
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert They say adversity university and the school of hard knocks makes your stronger, faster and streetsmart. And if it doesn’t kill you it makes you stronger. Lately, I’ve been killing my readers with lots of deadly data so I bet your security muscles are gettin...
04/10/2009
Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano It was just a matter of time. The most publicized virus of its day, Conficker, called home and sent its next set of updates to its global botnet. Conficker’s botnet, which includes anywhere from 3 to 15 million PCs, has a peer to peer (P2P) feature that allo...
04/09/2009
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