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2011
Apparently Nicolas Cage at one time didn’t believe in home security systems. He recently filmed a movie called “Trespass” about thieves’ who con their way into the opulent mansion where Cage’s character lives with his unhappy wife (played by Nicole Kidman) and their daughter, Reuters reports. The...
09/29/2011
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The burglar apparently sauntered up her driveway and jiggled the door of an unlocked car in the driveway. The door was open and of course the keys were in the ignition along with the garage door opener. This was all the burglar needed to open the door, head inside and make himself a tasty snack ...
09/29/2011
Guns, guns, guns. Americans love their guns. Guns definitely are a layer of security. They can save your life and they can also be used against you and they can also get you in lots and lots of trouble. An elderly man is now facing two counts of armed assault with intent to murder, two counts of ...
09/27/2011
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Online auction and classifieds websites are unwittingly participating in car sale scams. Ads gain credibility by appearing on eBay, Craigslist, and other online automobile sales websites, but some are either completely phony or have been copied and pasted from other websites. The FBI’s Internet ...
09/27/2011
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Whether getting out of high school and entering college, or if you’re a veteran starting another year of college, there are 2 absolutes remain true: 1. You will more than likely get into a situation where your security will be at risk and 2. You aren’t fully prepared to react or respond to the si...
09/27/2011
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Hurricane Irene killed over 40 people, did millions to billions of dollars in damage and left millions without power for over a week. I live on the east coast, right on the coast, and battened down in anticipation of getting whacked. Well that day never came because the storm missed us. The loca...
09/27/2011
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Retailers can temporarily rejoice (for about a minute) now that six cyber villains have been caught in two different international credit card fraud rings. The Register reports, “After investigations that began in 2009, the police executed three search warrants in metropolitan Sydney, retrieving...
09/25/2011
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A quick break here from security and security solutions to include you in on a little secret. People all over the world, in addition to people I know and love spend money (sometimes mine) on “readings” thinking they are getting inside information on something such as an unforeseen life event or ...
09/25/2011
In 2005, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council stated: “The agencies consider single-factor authentication, as the only control mechanism, to be inadequate for high-risk transactions involving access to customer information or the movement of funds to other parties. Account frau...
09/25/2011
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If you use Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo, you know your email is accessible from any computer or smartphone. That’s because your messages are stored “in the cloud.” What is iCloud? Apple puts it like this: “iCloud stores your music, photos, apps, calendars, documents, and more. And wirelessly pushes t...
09/14/2011
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