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VeriSign, Pillar of Internet Security, Hacked
By Christopher Maag VeriSign Inc., the company responsible for assuring that more than half the world’s websites are authentic, was hacked multiple times in 2010, and the thieves succeeded in stealing...
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15 Unsafe Security Practices That Lead to Data Breaches
By Ondrej Krehel, Identity Theft 911 Thanks to modern technology, it’s getting easier to access precious data on databases. The loss of consumer information in high-profile data breaches underscores...
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Should You Be Worried About the LinkedIn Breach?
People who rely on LinkedIn for professional networking keep a wealth of information stored on their profile pages. With a confirmed data breach exposing 6.5 million user passwords, LinkedIn users...
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Are You Going to Lose Your Internet Monday?
You’ve probably seen the warnings or heard the media chatter over DNSCharger—the latest malware to hit the Web. DNSCharger is a Trojan horse malware that’s been around for years. It has been used in...
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Slideshow: Anatomy of a Phishing Email
Scammers don’t need to break into your home to steal your personally identifiable information. They have ways of getting you to give it up yourself—through phishing scams. Ondrej Krehel, Identity...
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Online Threats That Will Throw You Off the Security Balance Beam
By now you’ve all seen the video of American gymnast Aly Raisman’s parents wincing, twisting and turning in their seats as they watched their daughter compete for Team USA in the Olympics gymnastics...
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The Bad Guys Know You’re An Olympics Addict
It’s another manic Monday, and you’re racing to drop off the kids, fight traffic, and get to work in time—to watch the Olympics. Americans are putting in time at the office—not to do actual work, but...
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How We Fight Cyber Bad Guys So You Don’t Have To
My phone rings whenever an IDT911 client is hacked, suffers a data breach, or is a victim of identity theft via digital means. My job as chief information security officer is to look at all the...
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What Your Business Can Learn From the Latest Bank Hacks
One by one, like toy soldiers under fire, the country’s largest banks are being peppered with distributed denial-of-service attacks, or DDos. In early September, test attacks began on small banks’...
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