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Cyber Security Trends: A Look at the First Half of 2017
July 31, 2017 — In January, we took a look at some of the cyber security trends we thought would dominate the upcoming year. And guess what? They’re happening. Here’s a look at the current landscape, plus a few things we expect to see in the second half of the year.
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Navigating the Internet of Things – Convenience Versus Risk
June 7, 2017 — If you use a connected device, take the proper steps to ensure that device’s security is as strong as it can be. These steps may take a few extra minutes to complete, but they’re well worth any inconvenience that arises.
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Tax Identity Theft: Tips and Tricks To Stay Secure
April 5, 2017 — Every year, tax-related crimes affect millions of Americans. These crimes usually involve thieves stealing SSNs to file fraudulent tax returns and receive cash refunds. Even if you’re not due a return this tax season, you can still become a victim of tax identity theft.
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The Biggest Threats in Your Inbox
February 26, 2017 — As long as email dominates corporate communications, we’ll continue to see cyber criminals orchestrating email attacks. You'll need to familiarize yourself with the greatest risks if you hope to stay one step ahead of these threats.
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Don't Fall For It: Sweetheart Scams
February 17, 2017 — “Sweetheart scams” happen more often than you’d think, with as many as one out of 10 profiles on some dating sites belonging to a scammer. These fake online daters are referred to as “catfish,” and in many cases, they’re looking to make money. Whether you’re using an app or a dating site, there are steps that you should take to differentiate a potential match from a fraud.
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Security Actions for the C-Suite: Act Now to Avoid Trouble Later
February 8, 2017 — We’re seeing an increase in data breaches affecting businesses both large and small. And, given the fact that many executives at the C-suite level are removed from the security incident response process, this situation needs to change.
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Highlights from National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)
December 7, 2016 — Every October, businesses, government agencies, universities, associations, nonprofit organizations, and individuals from around the country come together to participate in NCSAM to promote online safety and awareness. Rooted in the belief that cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, NCSAM seeks to create discussions around some of the most pressing security challenges.
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Where Cybercriminals Go To Buy Your Stolen Data
December 3, 2016 — With nothing more than a standard Web browser, cybercriminals can find personal, private information all over the public Internet. It isn't just legitimate services - from genealogy sites to public records and social media - that can be mined and exploited for nefarious purposes.
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8 Public Sources Holding “Private” Information
November 17, 2016 — Personal information used for nefarious purposes can be found all over the web - from genealogy sites to public records and social media. Dark Reading's slide show takes a look at public sources for this valuable information.
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Back to School: Brush Up On Cybersecurity Best Practices
September 30, 2016 — Whether your child is starting kindergarten or their senior year of college, now is an excellent time to start a conversation around safe cyber security habits. In preparation for the new school year, we have organized cyber security tips and best practices for all education levels and ages.
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Experian Bolsters Social Media Monitoring Product to Help Keep Children Safe Online
September 20, 2016 — Experian, a leading provider of white-labeled solutions that help enterprises, small businesses and consumer subscribers monitor their personal information, business information and more, today announced that their Social Media Monitoring product now includes child monitoring services.
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This Is Why Securing Your Business Is More Important Than Ever
September 14, 2016 — When juggling company finances, recruitment and the other inevitable day-to-day demands of the business, cyber security often gets put on the back burner. At our identity protection and fraud detection company Experian, we’ve noticed this trend and for the past few years have conducted an annual survey to take the temperature on small business security in the United States.
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5 Tips To Stay Secure While Traveling
August 3, 2016 — Summer has always been one of the most popular seasons for travel, and this year is no different. With more people on the move than ever, it’s important to acknowledge an unfortunate but important reality: traveling puts individuals at greater risk for identity theft and fraud.
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Keep Your Business Secure During National Internet Safety Month - And Beyond
June 14, 2016 — June is National Internet Safety Month, an initiative introduced back in 2005 to raise awareness around the need for online safety. While cyber security should be top-of-mind for businesses year-round, now is the perfect time to remind employees of their role in protecting company data.
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The State of Small Business Security: A 2016 Survey
May 12, 2016 — To better understand how small businesses are approaching risk mitigation and response, we recently conducted a survey of small business owners in the United States. The key finding: Small businesses are more at risk than they think, and are not taking proactive steps or allocating budget to defend against attacks.
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How small businesses approach risk mitigation and response
May 9, 2016 — Experian released the findings of a survey recently conducted for small businesses (under 10 employees) to determine sentiment and concerns from small business owners around cyber security and how this population is approaching risk mitigation and response.
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Experian Launches Small Business Monitoring Product to Enable This Population to Mitigate Risk of Cyber Attack
May 5, 2016 — Experian today launched Small Business Monitoring, a new white-labeled service that will include full scale protection and restoration for small businesses in the United States and throughout the globe.
Read MoreRead MoreForget about antivirus - cybercrime has industrialised and we need a new approach to combat it
Forget about antivirus - cybercrime has industrialised and we need a new approach to combat it
March 30, 2016 — In the last decade, cybercrime has industrialized. It’s no longer the preserve of a small number of skilled hackers. Tools for carrying out sophisticated cyber-attacks are now cheap, mass-produced, and easily accessible.
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A Five-Minute Guide to Better Security
March 22, 2016 — Despite the rapidly evolving state of cybercrime, it is still true that the average consumer can take small yet high-impact steps to keep their digital identities secure. Here are some tried and true security measures, which won’t take more than five minutes, and can help you up your security.
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CTOs you should know: Kent Bloomstrand, Experian
February 18, 2016 — Kent Bloomstrand started his tech career the old fashioned way: With a computer science degree and a programming job at IBM in 1983. Now, he’s working on cutting edge identity protection software, mining the dark web for the latest criminal techniques and leading teams of engineers to get in and stop them. We talked with Bloomstrand about the technology behind Experian’s fraud protection products and more.
Read MoreRead MoreIn 2016, Think Twice About What You Share On Social Media
In 2016, Think Twice About What You Share On Social Media
February 9, 2016 — Just about everyone today uses some form of social media. U.S. adults alone share nearly 2 trillion gigabytes of data online per year. As we enter the new year, it's a good time to reexamine your social media sharing habits, make sure you or your family members are not falling victim to some of the most common risks, and learn how to take action quickly.
Read MoreRead MoreExperian Launches New Parental Leave Policy to Lure Austin Tech Talent
Experian Launches New Parental Leave Policy to Lure Austin Tech Talent
January 26, 2016 — The United States isn't exactly known for accommodating new parents with paid leave policies that give them time to bond with their newborns. In fact, the U.S. is the only advanced economy that doesn't mandate that companies offer paid leave for parent workers.
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Experian Raises Bar for Parental Leave in Austin
January 26, 2016 — Experian today announced the company is implementing a new parental leave policy for 2016 for its male and female employees that includes 12 weeks of 100% paid time off (PTO) with the flexibility to distribute the leave over a six-month time period as best suits their families and careers.
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How the Internet of Things will supercharge the cloud
January 25, 2016 — By 2020 at least 25 billion devices will be connected, according to Gartner. Welcome to the Internet of Things, the next major wave of computing that will supercharge businesses by taking small data from remote devices and collectively making it big data on the cloud.
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Mobile and IoT to Dominate Cybersecurity Threats for 2016
January 8, 2016 — 2015 brought with it a heightened global focus on cybersecurity, with record-breaking data breaches and concern around national security increasingly seen across the headlines. As we head into 2016, issues in cybersecurity will only continue to gain momentum. Let's hone in on the trends we anticipate to dominate this year.
Read MoreRead MoreUnderstanding the convenience of IoT and the security trade off
Understanding the convenience of IoT and the security trade off
November 28, 2015 — The Internet of Things isn’t a new concept, but it has gained momentum within the last year, as more and more connected devices have come to market. While connecting everything brings convenience to our everyday lives, it’s crucial to understand what we may be compromising from a security perspective.
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What to Do About the Amazon Password Scare
November 25, 2015 — Let’s be real, you’ve probably done this: 61% of people say they’ve reused passwords across multiple web sites, according to identity protection firm Experian. The other 39% just have a hard time admitting they do this too.
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Experian Launches Social Media Monitoring to Combat Identity Theft, Safeguard Digital Reputations
November 11, 2015 — Experian today launched Social Media Monitoring, a new service that alerts social media users of privacy and reputational risks on any of the four major social media networks: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
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Profiles in Power winners: Meet Amanda Nevins of Experian (Video)
August 14, 2015 — Amanda Nevins, CFO at Experian, was recently name one of Austin's Women of Influence at the Austin Business Journal's Profiles in Power event. Learn more about what makes Nevins one of the Austin-area's top women in business.
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Way More Feds Signed Up for Post-Hack Protections Than Anyone Anticipated
July 28, 2015 — The contractor chosen by the Office of Personnel Management to provide protection services to victims of the initial breach of personnel files maintained by the agency took a lot of heat for its perceived customer service, though it may have actually altered the industry standard for performance.
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Facing uproar over its handling of federal employee hack, contractor responds, ‘We took a beating … for doing what … was the right thing to do’
July 20, 2015 — After a bruising initiation into Washington politics with his company’s sluggish response to the massive Chinese hack of federal employee data, Joe Ross seems unfazed.
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Over Half of UK Small Firms Open to Cyber-Attack – Report
July 8, 2015 — The majority of small UK businesses are failing to take steps to protect themselves from data breaches, despite more than half registering concerns that their reputation could be damaged by an attack, according to new research from Experian.
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No Evidence Hackers Are Selling Stolen Government Data, Contractor Says
June 30, 2015 — The contractor responsible for protecting the credit of some of the 4.2 million current and former government employees whose records were believed seized by Chinese hackers said there is no evidence stolen Social Security numbers or other records are being sold online.
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Episode 141: Hacking the hackers
June 3, 2015 — Experian created a fake company, complete with employees who had social media accounts and credit cards, and exposed some of the company’s sensitive information online. What happened next was surprising – not because of what the hackers did, but because of how fast they did it. Experian’s Joel Lang spoke with Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan about the case study.
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Are you guilty of digital oversharing? It could cost you
May 28, 2015 — Consumers frequently surrender their critical passwords to almost every site they visit, a terrible habit. (A report by fraud-detection vendor Experian, released in the fall of 2012, found that 6 in 10 consumers reused passwords at multiple sites.) That means your online bank account is only as safe as the security at any other site you've accessed with the same password.
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Identity management and the new frontier: IoT and ID must learn to get along
May 21, 2015 — In today’s digital age, identity management is a complex task that requires not just a hefty dose of common sense when sharing information on the Internet, but also a reliance on third-party businesses to safeguard that information and respect consumer privacy.
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Why you should avoid hotel Wi-Fi like the plague
May 19, 2015 — Public and hotel Wi-Fi doesn't use WPA. Adam Tyler, Chief Innovation Officer of Experian, says that any device that is connected to hotel Wi-Fi is effectively sending all data in clear-text, allowing a remote attacker to identify and extract information.
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2015: The Plague of Point-of-Sale Breaches Continues
April 27, 2015 — Today our financial and personal information is everywhere. With so much personal information—quite literally—floating around various access points, it has never been more lucrative or easy for cyber-criminals to access and mine private information to sell on the black market.
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Four Ways UK SMBs Can Mitigate Data Breach Risk
April 27, 2015 — When you mention cyber-crime, data breach or identity theft to a small business (SMB) owner what reaction would you expect to get? Disturbing results from a recent survey by the government’s Cyber Streetwise campaign found that two thirds (66 percent) of SMB owners do not consider their businesses to be vulnerable.
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Password Breaches: Why Legislation is the Way Forward
April 22, 2015 — In June of 2012, LinkedIn, the largest business-oriented social network, found itself in hot water. Due to allegedly weak security practices on the part of the company, a file containing the encoded passwords of roughly 6.5 million LinkedIn users was posted on a Russian hacker site.
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Data-scraping Chrome extension steals more than a million users’ data
April 8, 2015 — Adam Tyler, chief innovation officer at fraud detection firm Experian told SCMagazineUK.com that a research project was released last year during the Usenix Security Symposium which highlighted the extent of the problem. He said analysis conducted by various university-based researchers highlighted that on the Chrome Browser ‘store' alone there were 130 specifically malicious extensions, and more than 4700 ‘suspicious' extensions.
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Hackers are stealing your tax refund
February 10, 2015 — The recent slew of massive hacks are costing you money — your U.S. government tax refund. Last year alone, hackers stole more than 6.5 million Social Security numbers. The number of SSNs stolen this year might be significantly higher, given the recent Anthem hack of 80 million customers.
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POS Breaches in 2015: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
January 14, 2015 — Retailers had a tough year. With Target's massive point-of-sale breach at the end of 2013 to a steady stream of retail breaches throughout 2014, it seems like cyber criminals continue to win the battle over consumer data. If 2014 was the year of the POS breach, then what will 2015 bring?
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