Ready or not, the Holiday Season is just around the corner and ‘Tis the Season’ of giving and receiving. For some, however, tis simply the final Season of taking your personal information. During the holidays, you may be more susceptible to identity theft for a…
Identity protection has never been a hotter topic, and it seems as if securing your identity is growing more challenging by the day. Hackers, phishers, and identity thieves continue to find new ways to cause security breaches and infiltrate people’s databases, email and financial accounts….
As if coming to terms with our annual obligations to Uncle Sam isn’t stressful enough, tax time is also prime “phishing” season for scammers and identity thieves. Phishing is an attempt to fool someone into revealing sensitive personal or corporate information by “masquerading as a…
Advancements in technology have revolutionized how we live and communicate, with few technologies dominating more of our daily life than email. The convenience and ubiquity of email, however, has a dark side: as more of our personal and financial information finds its way to our email…
In early June, it was reported that more than six million usernames and passwords were stolen from LinkedIn computers and posted to a Russian website. Barely five weeks later, Yahoo reported that 450,000 usernames and passwords were stolen from its computers and posted online by…
Three Types of Identity Theft Medical: Identity thieves will use your personal information to find your medical insurance information. Once they have it, they will go have procedures done under your name and insurance. When this happens your medical record will reflect procedures and conditions…