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Twin Reports Suggest We are Losing the Cybercrime War

According to Symantec, malicious activity in 2008 amounted to 60 percent of all the activity they have recorded since they started keeping records. Last year, they recorded 1.6 million new malicious code signatures and blocked 245 million malware ...

From ED DICKSON, Blogcritics.org,  19 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Symantec

Counterfeit Documents Enable Dangerous Criminal Activity

For the past few weeks, the news has focused on all the blood being shed on our southern border. While there is no doubt that this activity is scary and real, these gangs have to be a little more low key when they perform their day-to-day operations. ...

From ED DICKSON, Blogcritics.org,  2 Apr 2009
Related Topics: PBS,  Al-Qaeda

Symantec Indian Call Center Employee Selling Credit Card Details (Shocking)!

A story of an undercover investigation by the BBC shows how dishonest employees at call centers — who collect plastic payment card details on clients — might be making a little extra pocket change by selling them. The focus of the BBC story is centered ...

From ED DICKSON, Blogcritics.org,  23 Mar 2009
Related Topics: BBC,  Symantec

FTC Warns FreeCreditReport.com is Not Free

Identity theft is a serious subject, and according to recent reports, it's a growing problem. Because identity theft is out of control (personal opinion) and has victimized a lot of people, it's spawned a cottage industry that sells protection at a ...

From ED DICKSON, Blogcritics.org,  18 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Federal Trade Commission,  Experian,  Equifax, Inc.

Downadup/Conficker Worm Disables Computer Security

If you were a hacker or a e-scam artist with malicious intent, would it be valuable to disable a machine's security system? Most of them find it relatively easy to take command and control of unprotected machines, but fully patched and protected ...

From ED DICKSON, Blogcritics.org,  15 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Symantec

Don't Bail Out a Scam Artist

Recently, I've noticed all kinds of ads and spam e-mails promising to deliver a bail out of one kind or another. While we're finally going to see a few average people bailed out, most of these ads and spam e-mails have one purpose and one purpose only — ...

From ED DICKSON, Blogcritics.org,  10 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Federal Reserve

FTC Site Teaches Public How to Avoid Bad Deals

March 1st through the 7th is Consumer Awareness Week. This year, the Federal Trade Commission (along with an army of partners) are providing a user-friendly set of free e-tools designed to help the average "Joe or Jolene" safely navigate the murky ...

From ED DICKSON, Blogcritics.org,  1 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Federal Trade Commission,  Jolene (musician)

Crimes Against Businesses Contribute to Job Losses

Organized retail crime costs retailers billions of dollars. In an era, where retailers are closing stores or going completely out of business, it's logical to assume that organized retail crime is a contributing factor to retailers shutting their doors ...

From ED DICKSON, Blogcritics.org,  27 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Richard J Durbin,  Brad Ellsworth,  eBay Inc.

Is the CheckFree Hack a New Information Theft Trend?

It was revealed earlier in the week that hackers had taken command and control of a free e-bill Web site called CheckFree.com. CheckFree offers their customers the ability to collect all their bills and pay them with a few clicks of a mouse. CheckFree ...

From ED DICKSON, Blogcritics.org,  8 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Brian Krebs

How to Legally Buy Hot Merchandise

Auction sites like eBay and Craigslist are frequently criticized for the amount of stolen and counterfeit items being sold on their sites. Even worse, stories about their customers being scammed have become Internet folklore. Now there is a site that ...

From ED DICKSON, Blogcritics.org,  5 Dec 2008
Related Topics: eBay Inc.,  Craigslist.org

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