Did you know that your smartphone could be putting you at greater risk of identity theft? It’s true. Javelin Strategy & Research has found that smartphone users are 33% more likely to experience identity theft than the general public. You might accidentally leave your smartphone out on a table at a restaurant, or get hacked…
If you’re wondering how to tell if your identity is stolen, you aren’t alone. According to Javelin Strategy & Research Inc.’s 2011 Identity Fraud Survey Report, the average time it takes for an individual to discover that their identity has been stolen is 68 days, or just over two months. This is plenty of time for an…
Most of us take steps to protect our identity in the physical world. We shred our mail, keep our Social Security cards in a safe place, and treat unsolicited phone calls as suspicious until proven otherwise. However, this caution isn’t as widespread in our social media lives as it should be, which is why identity…
The Issues I Faced and What I Learned There is a drop in your stomach the first time you get a letter that starts with “we regret to inform you” and it is worse when the information is that your identity was stolen. Anything from your name and address to your credit card number and…
According to zdnet.com identity theft is up more than 200% since 2010. On top of that hackers have traded more than 12 million pieces of information in the first quarter of 2012. This is astounding and remains to be said that identity theft is only getting worse, but the real question is who are the…
If you’ve been listening to the news lately you may have been hearing about all sorts of different websites getting hacked from Linked In, and eHarmoney to the latest round involving Yahoo. However one of the major reasons so many people were hacked was because of a human error of not creating a strong enough…
In a recent article I talked about a terrible malware program going around plaguing peoples computers and sending people to fake websites were scammers would phish unknowing prospects for their private financial information. In that article I gave some brief information on how to check and remove that malware. However today I thought I would…
According to the Federal Trade Commission, as many as 140,000 cases of child identity theft may be occurring in the U.S. every year. The true number could be even higher; not all victims report the crime to the FTC, and many child victims are still unaware that their identity is being misused. In fact, AllClear…
Phishing is a deception criminals use to obtain your personal information by posing as a legitimate company or service through e-mail or internet sites. Most phishing attacks start with an e-mail asking you to either respond to the e-mail with personal information or visit a website that looks “right” but is actually controlled by the…
If you haven’t heard yet a new malware trojan virus has been going around doing some pretty nasty things to peoples computers called a DNS Changer. So what is this DNS Changer, how does it work, how do you know if you have it, and how can you remove it? These are the questions I…