Category: privacy

“Web-borne attacks are on the rise as cybercriminals and others who do harm to computer systems for profit or malice prey on the web’s areas of vulnerability, and businesses are feeling the effects of the attacks on their resources. Currently the weakest link is the web browser. Vulnerabilities in browser add-ons like Java, Flash and [...]

This blog post comes from Adam Kennedy, Product Analyst at CSID. With the rise in social networks and the increasing desire to share personal data in public forums, it’s no surprise identity thieves are targeting Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to steal your identity. What are they after?Your Facebook page and Twitter profile page will show [...]

We spent the past couple days at ID360, the UT Center for Identity’s annual conference that gathers information security professionals from around the world to discuss issues in security, privacy and identity. Some of the hottest topics this week included identity management, Big Data and analytics, the definition of privacy and the shifting cybersecurity ecosystem. [...]

The highly debated Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday on a bipartisan vote of 287-127, with 18 representatives not voting. This bill is meant to help prevent cyber attacks by allowing companies and the government to share cybersecurity information with one another. According to Alex [...]

Do you consider yourself a “safe surfer”? A “safe surfer” can be defined as someone who avoids the suspicious parts of the web, only downloads files that they are expecting, and one who inputs confidential data on only https sites. Even if you do practice these measures, you are still at risk. However, your level [...]

Hot story of the week: California lawmaker, California Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal, introduced the “Right to Know Act 2013,” which would give citizens the right to see all the personal data companies have on them and with whom they’re sharing. “Privacy and data ownership is a hot-button issue within the tech community,” said VentureBeat. “Companies [...]

One in 10 children will become victim to child identity theft and the thieves can go unnoticed for years as children’s credit reports may not be checked until they turn 18. Many times families discover the crime when the child applies for his or her first credit card, loan or apartment and are met with [...]

On Thursday, we co-hosted a live Twitter chat with the National Cyber Security Alliance campaign Stop. Think. Connect. and the FTC. This chat focused on the issues, risks and solutions associated with child identity theft. To participate in the conversation, Twitter users tagged each Tweet with hashtag, #ChatSTC. Overall, we had a great turnout and [...]

This past week, Google announced a novel idea for the future of passwords – a ring. Hardware authentication tokens aren’t a new concept, by any means, but Google thinks it’s time to bring this idea to a broader audience. Here’s a recap of the top news stories around this topic. Geek.com said that “Google is [...]

In our recent consumer research survey, we found that a whopping 43% of parents do not know that child identity theft is a growing concern, and only 18% of parents are concerned with their child’s identity being stolen online. Meanwhile, according to ITAC’s 2012 Child Identity Fraud Report, one in 40 U.S. households with minor [...]