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Tip of the Week: If You Don’t Want the Advice, Don’t Ask (or Pay) for It
The Wall Street Journal recently ran a very interesting article about Kevin Mitnick. Do you remember Kevin Mitnick? He’s a famous engineer. Not the sort your likely thinking of.
He’s a social engineer.
And no, that doesn’t mean he’s a really savvy developer for Facebook.
Mitnick caused an estimated $300 million in damage through the better part of [...]
Hack Case Study: You Talk Too Much
The Wall Street Journal gives very interesting look at a rather clever attack vector for cyber criminals. M.P. McQueen reports on a giant international cyber-theft ring bent on raiding bank and brokerage accounts. That’s nothing new. How they did it, however, is fodder for the latest discussion at the water cooler (for those types who [...]
WSJ: When The Going Gets Tough…The Worried Buy Credit-Monitoring Services
An article in the Wall Street Journal highlights the growing cottage industry of identity theft monitoring services. The article notes that though the services help prevent or catch identity theft, they will not prevent a thief from using your stolen credit card number to make fraudulent purchases.
Given the recent Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. breach, such [...]
Nevada Encryption Law Protects Against Identity Theft
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University related in their September study that breach-notification laws have only reduced identity theft by about 2%. This is a pretty alarming statistic, considering more than 40 states have adopted the law. Now, Nevada legislation is working to nudge that statistic up a bit with its newly enforced data encryption law.
According [...]
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