Tag: criminal hackers
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November 29, 2009 01:59 PM EST --
Cybercriminals Take Advantage of the Holiday Season, Aiming to Steal Consumers’ Money, Identities and Financial Information
As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday . . .
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November 17, 2009 11:47 PM EST --
After the Vegas DEFCON ATM debacle where hackers hacked hackers by setting up a fake ATM in front of the facilities security office, I needed to see how stupid easy it was to buy and ATM and just . . .
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November 14, 2009 01:15 PM EST --
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Anti-virus protection, critical security patches and a secure wireless connection have always been essential processes on my networks. My main concern . . .
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November 26, 2009 12:16 AM EST --
Cybercriminals Take Advantage of the Holiday Season, Aiming to Steal Consumers’ Money, Identities and Financial Information
As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday . . .
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September 19, 2009 07:38 PM EDT --
I’m particularly irate about this. There’s criminal hackers, then there’s complete lowlife scumbag criminal hackers that hack children. InternetNews reports hackers took over sections . . .
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September 25, 2009 04:00 PM EDT --
Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano
Twitter phishing is a growing problem and is spreading through a virus. Twitter accounts that have been hacked are spreading a link with a request to click . . .
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October 20, 2009 11:37 PM EDT --
During National Protect Your Identity Week we will be taking a fundamental approach to the issues. In the next 3 posts we’ll look at myths, compiled by the National Foundation for Credit . . .
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November 12, 2009 09:39 AM EST --
Years ago (like 20) a friend was graduating from college and moving away and a bunch of friends were throwing a party for this person. Collectively they asked me if I’d write a small speech as . . .
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November 23, 2009 11:28 PM EST --
Swatting is making prank calls to emergency services. In the field of information security, swatting is an attempt to trick an emergency service (such as a 911 operator ) to dispatch an emergency . . .
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August 06, 2009 11:02 PM EDT --
Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano
Sun Sentential reports that Congressman Robert Wexler, of Florida, was targeted by an extortionist who threatened to turn his Social Security number over . . .
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August 22, 2009 07:41 PM EDT --
If there was ever a week to get high, totally drunk, on information security and identity theft scammers and hackers, then this is it! Media outlets everywhere have been pumping out story after story . . .
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September 17, 2009 09:01 PM EDT --
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
We talk about criminal hackers, scammers and bold face conmen like they are mysterious creatures from the twilight zone. While they are certainly interesting . . .
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September 18, 2009 11:56 PM EDT --
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Albert Gonzalez and his gang of criminal hackers, were responsible for data breaches in retailers and payment processors with some estimates saying they . . .
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September 29, 2009 03:30 PM EDT --
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Social media identity theft, Facebook jacking, mCrime with mobile phone hacking and harassing, cyber bullying, and the list goes on. I did a spot on the . . .
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October 05, 2009 06:58 PM EDT --
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Computerworld reports the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the Informed P2P User Act, a law that supposedly makes it safer to use peer-to-peer, . . .
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October 14, 2009 11:19 PM EDT --
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
I make a portion of my living talking about identity theft. Admittedly, I profit from the crime. I don’t steal identities of course, but I get paid because . . .
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October 19, 2009 11:09 PM EDT --
Imagine if someone used your name and image, or the name and logo of a business you own, to create a profile on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social networking website. Then they start posting blogs . . .
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November 19, 2009 08:54 AM EST --
Mules are relatively unaware people who get hooked into a “small business” or employment that is a function of a criminal enterprise. The mules often respond to “help wanted” . . .
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August 10, 2009 11:03 PM EDT --
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Government officials are posting our Social Security numbers on the web, but corporations are required to keep them under lock and key.
Congressman Robert . . .
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August 13, 2009 02:52 PM EDT --
Why? Because they don’t care! September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month, and I’m teaming up with Uni-Ball pens to urge college students to protect their personal safety and security. . . .
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