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Basic Laptop Security Prevents Identity Theft
Information Security Resources | December 22nd 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com In 2003, an estimated 1.5 million laptops were stolen worldwide. Today, that number has climbed to 2.6 million. That’s a 70% increase in just a few years. That’s one st read more
Simplified Analysis: Forging A Biometric ID
Information Security Resources | December 22nd 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Bozidar Spirovski, CISSP, MCSA, MCP But most of those issues are related to encryption, materials and generally anything that requires a lot of technical knowledge. Here is an example of the possibility to create a fake Biometric ID with very litt read more
Top 10 Identity Theft Predictions For 2010
Information Security Resources | December 21st 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com I’ve joined forces with the Identity Theft Resource Center to expand the pool of knowledge about identity theft issues. As nationally recognized experts in this crime, we read more
Facebook Stung By Social Media ID Theft
Information Security Resources | December 20th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com Imagine trying to log into your online accounts one after the other and being locked out. At first you think the site you are visiting screwed up but then it keeps happenin read more
Protect yourself with Identity Theft Insurance
Avoid Identity Theft | December 19th 2009 by taurus
More than 8½ million people have been victims of identity theft, it’s astonishing to know that there are so many. Anyone, regardless of age, background, or creed can become the victim of identity theft. An issue that is on everyone’s mind th read more
A True Hidden Nightmare Story!
Hidden Treasures Online | December 18th 2009 by Miss Tina
What made me decide to bring Hidden Nightmares to light was some of my own Christmas shopping research. While looking through offers on CraigsList.Org I saw many different advertisements for this product that I was hoping to buy my spouse for Christm read more
Cloud Based Vulnerability Management
Information Security Resources | December 17th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Bozidar Spirovski, CISSP, MCSA, MCP Vulnerability and Compliance Management as Software as a Service (SaaS) are springing up like mushrooms. The SaaS model enabled companies which focused on vulnerability management to extend their reach, and offe read more
Forgotten Security: Patching and Updating
Information Security Resources | December 17th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Simon Heron, CISSP Internet Security Analyst The fourth guide in our ‘Forgotten Security’ series, Forgotten Security: Keeping up to date, is targeted at IT teams, encouraging them to take another look at their procedures, ensuring that they c read more
Why There Will Be No Year Of The Cloud
Information Security Resources | December 15th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Dwayne Melancon, Tripwire’s VP of Corporate and Business Development I recently got an email talking about “the year of the cloud.” I call shenanigans. You see, I remember back in the olden days (back in the 1980’s) when magazines read more
Anti-Money Laundering for Crime and Terror
Information Security Resources | December 15th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Michael O’Connor, President of IronClad Consulting Historically, to facilitate money laundering criminals opened a legitimate business as a cover, and then used the business account to deposit and legitimize large sums of money. Large deposits i read more
PCI Council Advice on Threat Management
Information Security Resources | December 15th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com Security professionals intuitively think proactively. Our job is to predict and prevent what the bad guy will do next. My job specifically is to instill this mindset into read more
Report: China Probing Soft Cyber Underbelly
Information Security Resources | December 13th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Tom Groenfeldt, Technology Journalist - Contributor at CIOZone Chinese cyber attacks against the U.S. government and American corporations are increasing sharply, according to a recent study by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commissio read more
Exploring the Social Media Security Quandary
Information Security Resources | December 13th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Mike Meikle, CEO at Hawkthorne Group Social Media (Web 2.0) is on everyone’s lips these days. A million gurus have sprung up nearly overnight to cash in on the phenomena. Social Media has been promoted as the next big trend in produ read more
10 Holiday Tips For Secure Online Shopping
Information Security Resources | December 12th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com UK officials shut down an amazing 1200 online retailers who scammed millions from unsuspecting shoppers. Most of the sites originated from identity thieves in Asia who tric read more
Open Source Software Design Spurs Growth
Information Security Resources | December 11th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Semyon Dukach, Author and Angel Investor You have to be a little nuts to try to start a new business, considering that most attempts fail after consuming the savings of the entrepreneur’s family. But to start a new non-profit you must be downrig read more
TSA Breach is a Nightmare for Holiday Travel
Information Security Resources | December 9th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
Laura Wilson, JD, CISA, Corporate Liability Editor This week’s revelation that the Transportation Safety Administration exposed its rules for airport security screening online is outrageous. As holiday travel ramps up, the possibilities and read more
Shared Threat Monitoring Protects Enterprise
Information Security Resources | December 9th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Michael O’Connor, President of IronClad Consulting Recently, as detailed by Anthony Freed of Information-Security-Resources.com, Larry Clinton of the Internet Security Alliance presented information to Congress regarding security and protecting read more
Signature Authorization is Stupid Security
Information Security Resources | December 9th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com Ever forge your husband’s signature? Wife’s? Parent’s? Client’s? Do you think the clerk behind the counter at Walmart is skilled in handwriting analysis? I’ve a read more
Massive TSA Security Breach Revealed
Information Security Resources | December 8th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By BRIAN ROSS and MATT HOSFORD of ABC News Updates: TSA Breach is a Nightmare for Holiday Travel Online posting reveals a “how to” for terrorists to fool airport security. In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Agency read more
Cyber Liability Insurance Mitigates Exposure
Information Security Resources | December 7th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Laton McCartney, Editor at CIOZone Four or five years ago, insurance carriers selling cyber-liability insurance had difficulty giving the product away. “CIOs weren’t interested,” Drew Bartkiewicz, vice president of cyber a read more
Vietnam Tops November Spam Report
Information Security Resources | December 7th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Simon Heron, CISSP Internet Security Analyst Today’s news that a New Zealand national has been ordered to pay $15.5 million US dollars in fines due to his participation in an international spam network, highlights the seriousness with which au read more
GenApple Boasts First Information Brokerage
Information Security Resources | December 6th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Bozidar Spirovski, CISSP, MCSA, MCP After the first article was posted at GenApple - which promotes itself as the first information brokerage, Shortinfosec secured an interview with the founder of GenApple - Mr. Mark Hanson. In a summary, the ser read more
Holiday Temps Increase Identity Theft Risks
Information Security Resources | December 6th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert This is the absolute best time of the year to be a dishonest temporary worker. Holiday hustle and bustle overwhelms managers and supervisors and they can’t possibly see everything their employees are doi read more
Ten Most Damaging Data Breaches of 2009
Information Security Resources | December 4th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Laton McCartney, Editor at CIOZone Every week for the past four years the San Diego-based Privacy Rights Clearing House (PRCH), an organization dedicated to empowering consumers and protecting privacy, has been chronicling data breaches on a read more
MIT: Reality Mining Protects Your Identity
Information Security Resources | December 4th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Identity is a simple concept that has become a complex problem. It has become complex due to fraud. Fraud, motivated by money and the ease of obtaining credit and taking over an account. Because identity ha read more
Healthcare Data Breaches Slow To Surface
Information Security Resources | December 3rd 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Doug Pollack, Chief Marketing Officer for ID Experts Since the HITECH Act data breach notification provisions became effective this past September 23, 2009, I’d recently become curious about the number and nature of data breaches that would star read more
Consumers could miss out on bargains due to fear
The Money Stop | December 2nd 2009 by Joe Kenny
The fear that many consumers feel about making purchases over the Internet could be causing them to miss out on the many bargains that can be found online. According to one recent report many people are nervous about making purchases online using the read more
Swatting Exploits Use Technology To Harm
Information Security Resources | December 1st 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert 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, generally a SWAT team. SWAT is (Special Weapons and read more
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
Information Security Resources | November 30th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By John Watkins, Attorney with Chorey, Taylor & Feil We have addressed the importance of trade secrets and confidential information previously on this blog and in our series of podcasts. We have discussed huge jury verdicts that have recently com read more
Smart Grid Privacy Standards Proposed
Information Security Resources | November 30th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Rebecca Herold (The Privacy Professor) CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI Sorry to be so tardy in getting a blog post out. As many of you know I’ve been working with the NIST Smart Grid Privacy Subgroup since late June. The work done for this g read more
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