ATM skimming, the top ATM-related crime, accounts for about $350,000 in fraud every day in the United States, exceeding a billion dollars a year. An organization called EAST, or European ATM [...]
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Live ATM Skimming Video Confiscated
Monday, November 1st, 2010Top 5 Scams to Watch Out For
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010#1 Nigerian Scams: According to a Dutch study, victims of advanced-fee scams, which are also known as 419 scams or Nigerian scams, lost more than $9 billion in 2009, almost [...]
Mobile Phone Security Under Attack
Saturday, October 16th, 2010As mobile Internet usage continues its rapid growth, cyber criminals are expected to pay more attention to this sector. Mobile device platforms compete for content creators’ latest innovations, which often [...]
Five Ways Identities Are Stolen Online
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Cybercrime has become a trillion dollar issue. In a recent survey, hundreds of companies around the world estimated that they had lost a combined $4.6 billion in intellectual property as a [...]
Half Billion Records Breached in 5 Years
Friday, October 8th, 2010In the late 90s and early 2000s, hacking had evolved from “phreaking” (hacking phone systems) to “cracking” (breaking into networks). At the time, hackers hacked for fun, for the challenge, [...]
Identity Theft Consumer Education is Paramount
Friday, October 1st, 2010Credit card companies, banks, financial advisors, retailers, hospitals, insurance companies, and just about every other industry and organization that deals with finances has been affected by identity theft. All these [...]
Victim Rebuilds Life After Identity Theft
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010This story is about a victim of criminal identity theft. The victim is a trucker who discovered that his identity had been stolen when his commercial driver’s license was suspended because the thief [...]
P2P File Sharing On College Campuses
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010Peer-to-peer file sharing, or P2P, has become enormously popular on college campuses across the country because it allows students to easily exchange music and video files over the Internet. Tens [...]
How Much for a Fake I.D.?
Friday, September 17th, 2010If you want a Puerto Rican identity, it’s about $6000 for a “tripleta,” which can be used to hide illegal immigrants. Other forms of identification vary in price. A United States [...]