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The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt IV of IV

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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 season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the twelve most dangerous online scams that computer users should be c

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 29, 2009 at 10:02am — No Comments

The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt III of IV

Robert Siciliano identity theft expert

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 season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the twelve most dangerous online scams that computer users should be c

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 29, 2009 at 9:44am — No Comments

The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt II of IV

Robert Siciliano identity theft expert

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 season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the twelve most dangerous online scams that computer users should be cautious of this h

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 25, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt I of IV

Robert Siciliano identity theft expert

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 season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the twelve most dangerous online scams that computer users should be c

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 24, 2009 at 7:46pm — 1 Comment

SWATting, Using Technology To Hurt

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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 response team, gener

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 23, 2009 at 7:47pm — 2 Comments

Hackers Indicted for Jacking Comcast

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One hacked email address led to the defacement of Comcasts homepage. When the hackers called Comcasts technical contact to let him know all 200 Comcast domain names and Comcast homepage were vulnerable, he hung up on them.

It has not been disclosed how the email was compromised, but there are many ways it could be. Wired/CNN

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 21, 2009 at 5:52pm — No Comments

Money Mules Facilitate Identity Theft and Fraud

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert

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” ads from online job placement sites. Shipping scams are a common tactic criminals use in which they employ mules to receive goods bought with stolen credit card numbers, who then ship to people who buy them in o

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 19, 2009 at 5:44am — No Comments

I Bought an ATM off Craigslist for $750 w/1000 CC#s on it. Yup.

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert

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 set it up anywhere. So my search began.

I started looking on e-bay and found plenty of new and used ATMs ranging from $500-2500 but quick

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 17, 2009 at 8:42pm — 2 Comments

Twitter Phish Identity Theft Scam

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I’ve been getting the same “direct message” from several of my Twitter followers. Apparently, their accounts have been hacked, because it’s a phishing message that says, “ROFL this you?” and contains a shortened URL.

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 15, 2009 at 7:35pm — No Comments

Why is Child Pornography on Your PC?

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 has always been to protect my bank account by keeping the bad guy out.

In my presentations, I’ve always stressed the importance of making su

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 14, 2009 at 10:02am — No Comments

Smarten Up. Increase Your Information Security Vocabulary

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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 a version of “This is your life”. Stymied as to why they would ask me to do it I asked ”Why me?” My girlfriend at the time said, and I quote “Because you gut good words”. Serious. And my writing and speaking b

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 12, 2009 at 6:18am — No Comments

Insider Identity Theft Can Be Most Damaging

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Earlier this week, an IT employee was indicted for stealing the identities of 150 of his coworkers at Bank of New York Mellon, to the tune of 1.1 million bucks. He bilked almost $140,000 a year over an eight year period by compromising the online ba

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 9, 2009 at 12:27pm — 1 Comment

Congress Breached via P2P Filesharing…AGAIN!

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Congress is still considering the Informed P2P User Act, a law that would supposedly make it safer to use peer-to-peer file sharing software, an effort that is similar to banning mosquitoes from sucking blood. It just isn’t happening. The only foolproof way to prevent accidental data leaks via file sharing programs is for IT administrators to lock down networ

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 5, 2009 at 9:02am — No Comments

10 Ways to Prevent Social Media Scams

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert

For the past year, I’ve been screaming about the trouble with social media as it relates to identity theft, brand hijacking, privacy issues, and the opportunity social media creates for criminals to “friend” their potential victims in order to create a false sense of trust and use that against their victims in phishing or other scams. I predicted long ago that the problem will get a lot worse before

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 3, 2009 at 7:27pm — 1 Comment

Once a Predator Always a Predator

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A necessary diversion from my daily IT security/Identity theft rants.

So what happens when a convicted rapist lures a 21-year-old woman to his bedroom in 1989, then spends 15 years in jail and then gets a free pass in 2005? He does it again. Why? Because that

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on November 2, 2009 at 9:01pm — No Comments

Identity Theft Myths Part 3of3 During PYIW

Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano

The National Foundation for Credit Counselors, which sponsors Protect Your Identity Week, has compiled a number of identity theft myths. To support their efforts, the Santa Fe Group Vendor Council Awareness and Education Subcommittee has helped to clarify some common misinformation with regards to this increasingly

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on October 25, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Identity Theft Myths Part 2of3 During PYIW

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on October 21, 2009 at 8:48pm — No Comments

Identity Theft Myths Part 1of3 During PYIW

Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano

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 http://www.

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on October 20, 2009 at 7:57pm — No Comments

12 Awful Reasons Why Impostors Commit Social Media Identity Theft

Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano

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 and sending out links while pretending to be you. They may contact your acquaintances, colleagues, or clients, or they may simply show up when others search for your name. Either way, t

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on October 19, 2009 at 7:35pm — No Comments

Email Addresses Hacked via a Botnet or Phished?

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Recently Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Comcast and Earthlink announced thousands of email addresses and their passwords were phished by identity thieves and posted in an online forum. One report suggests the emails phished could be up to a million victims.

Researchers parsed the hac

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Added by Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano on October 15, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments