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3 Essential Tips to Protect Your Child from Identity Theft
Teen photo courtesy rubbertoe on Flickr Yep, the Internet and connected devices are rotting your child’s brain. It’s a proven fact. But your child’s brain isn’t the only thing in jeopardy. Information...
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New Microsoft Update Patches Big Hole
Microsoft launched an update Tuesday to patch about fifteen holes in Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server and Office. While most of the patches are related to various Word and Excel, or Windows...
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Google Gives You Free Airport Wi-Fi for the Holidays
The spirit of giving has hit Google. They are generously providing free Wi-Fi at 47 airports from November 10, 2009 to January 15, 2010. That’s great, but there are a few precautions you should take...
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Avoid the Grinch When Shopping Online
We know everyone is looking for that best deal online, especially during the Black Friday shopping blitz. Here are some quality online shopping tips from Intersections, Inc. (provider of the Identity...
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The FBI Says You’ve Won the Lottery
A Fight Identity Theft visitor forwarded this email to us today and it was so creative I just had to post it here. The email supposedly comes from Robert Mueller – the current head of the U.S. Federal...
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Digital Pickpockets: The New Threat to Your Identity
No matter how aware you are about safeguarding personal belongings and confidential information, you don’t have complete control. Now you need to worry about digital pickpockets swiping your credit...
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A Parent’s Guide to Safe Holiday Shopping on Cyber Monday
Money is tight for most families during the holiday season. But moms and dads can snatch some fantastic deals on toys, clothes and electronics during Thanksgiving weekend. Cyber Monday, the Monday...
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Protecting Your Mac in 2014
One reason consumers buy Mac computers is they’ve been less vulnerable to viruses and other types of malicious programs in the past. That doesn’t mean they’re completely safe, however, or that they’ll...
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Internet Privacy is a Myth. Duh.
I get tired of figuring out how to keep my information out of the hands of corporations, hackers and miscellaneous data gatherers. I carry a smartphone. Every time I install something or actually use...
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3 Essential Tips to Protect Your Child from Identity Theft
Teen photo courtesy rubbertoe on Flickr Yep, the Internet and connected devices are rotting your child’s brain. It’s a proven fact. But your child’s brain isn’t the only thing in jeopardy. Information...
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Facebook Quizzes: Sharing Your Private Data
Have you ever taken one of those ridiculous and inane quizzes on Facebook that tell you which color you are (“I’m Orange! Now what do I do?”), which Harry Potter character you are (see above), or...
View Article25 Million Brits Exposed to Identity Theft
The BBC is reporting that 25 million Britains were exposed to the threat of identity theft when the HM Revenue & Customs (similar to the IRS in the U.S.) lost a CD containing personal data. Ouch!...
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10 Things Everyone Should Know About Bank Errors
Charles Darrow patented Monopoly in 1935. Since then, millions of people have turned giddy when receiving the “Bank Error in Your Favor” card from Community Chest. Unfortunately, bank errors are...
View ArticleeBay Scammer Blown Up by Judge Judy
This has bounced around the internet the past few months, but I just had to share it. In this clip, an eBay scammer appears on Judge Judy and is absolutely destroyed. Her scam was listing cell phones...
View ArticleTop 10 Identity Theft Tips for 2008
Every one loves a “Top 10” this time of year, so here is a great one from our friends at Kroll Fraud Solutions. It was put together by Brian Lapidus – Kroll Fraud Solution chief operating officer and...
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Airport Wireless Networks – Not As Safe As You Think
Whether you’re a business traveler touching base with the home office or a vacationer catching up on some last-minute Christmas shopping during holiday travel, airport wireless networks are a welcome...
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“Smishing” Scam Audio Sample
Lately I’ve received several “smishing” text messages on my phone and I finally captured the audio of a full phone interaction with their voice response system. Audio of Smishing Call Here is the...
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New Breed of Super Cookie Defies Removal – Almost…
From a recent UC Berkeley report: More than half of the internet’s top web sites use a little known capability of Adobe’s Flash plug-in to track users and store information about them, but only four...
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