National Protect Your Identity Week Facilitates Identity Theft Protection a
2009-09-23 16:44:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert A recent National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) survey conducted by Harris Interactive(R) revealed that 45 percent of all U.S. adults, roughly 101 million people, would feel at most risk for identity theft when making a purchase with a credit card that requires the card to be temporarily taken out of ...
The Scourge of Medical Identity Theft
2009-09-22 17:11:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Medical identity theft can make you sick. When I was asked by the reporter on the CBS Early Show, “If medical identity theft happens to you”…and I eloquently responded “You’re screwed”, and amazingly it made the edits to air. Because in sum, it’s true. Medical identity theft occurs when someone uses a ...
Hey, thanks for the identity theft, Verizon Wireless
2009-09-22 02:06:00 So, today, I get this email from Verizon Wireless about their privacy policies for their wireless customers. At first I thought the email was spam because I haven not been a Verizon Wireless customer for OVER 2 years. I imagine my shock when I see my old Vermont cell phone number on the email. A phone ...
Carders, Dumps, and Identity Theft
2009-09-18 14:35:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Albert Gonzalez and his gang of criminal hackers, were responsible for data breaches in retailers and payment processors with some estimates saying they breached over 230 million records combined. Gonzalez, considered a proficient criminal hacker, provided ?Dumps? which is credit card data he stole from the breaches and supported the supply of ...
Couples Online Bank Account Hacked Leads to Identity Theft
2009-09-12 16:30:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Why hack your online bank? Because that?s where the money is! FINEXTRA reports A US couple who had thousands of dollars stolen from their online account have been given the go-ahead by a court to sue their bank for failing to provide adequate security. In 2007 the couple fell victim to an ...
Cybersquatting Leads to Identity Theft
2009-09-10 15:59:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft ExpertEver click on a link from an email or while surfing and something just wasn?t right? The domain name in the address bar looked like a letter or two off? A misspell? Maybe it had a number tossed in there for good measure? This is either cybersqautting or typosquatting and it?s ...
How To Prevent Card-Skimming Identity Theft
2009-09-08 15:55:00 Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) provides a framework and in-depth guidelines on how merchants securely store and transmit payment card account data to keep it out of the hands of criminals. Non-compliance with the standards can result in fines of up to $500,000 issued by credit card associations such ...
Credit Card Identity Theft Fears Loom
2009-09-03 21:30:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Creditcards.com reports Credit and debit card fraud is the No. 1 fear of Americans in the midst of the global financial crisis, according to a report by Unisys, an information technology company. Concern about fraud supersedes that of terrorism, computer and health viruses and personal safety. According to research 66 ...
PA attorney accused of theft of proceeds from sale of a home
2009-09-03 19:44:00 Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett announced that agents from the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation have filed charges against a former Harrisburg attorney accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the estates and accounts of senior citizens. Corbett identified the defendant as William Trickett Smith, (left) 72, 419 Susan Road, Harrisburg Corbett said that Smith allegedly diverted money from the sale of a 90-year old Harrisburg woman’s home. The proceeds from that $80,000 sale were intended to support the woman’s medical care at a nursing home, but instead were allegedly used by Smith to pay his own personal expenses. Additionally, Smith is accused of using false information and untrue statements to sell $5,000 in stock to a 73-year old Harrisburg woman. The stock was for a business created by Smith and Kindrachuk and marketed using exaggerated or untrue investment materials. Smith also allegedly withdrew approximately $12,...
Another Identity Theft Ring Busted
2009-09-02 14:14:00 Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano The Feds are getting better at busting criminals every day. Seventeen criminals, many from Eastern Europe, some who operated under tag-names ?the Viver,? ?Inexwor? and ?DoZ? pilfered more than 95,000 stolen credit card numbers and $4 million worth of fraudulent transactions. The NY Times reports the men were involved in a vast ...
Identity Theft Protection
2009-08-25 08:55:00 In this information era, crime is also growing. A kind of crime that doesn?t happen at the old time is identity theft. Did you know that over nine million people per year become victim of this kind of crime? Those victims could loose loans, credit card usage and even credibility. It is a must for you ...
Anti-theft light blinking
2009-08-22 02:08:00 I have a 1997 Chevy Cavalier and the anrti-theft light bliks every now and then. When it does, I can't start the car. any suggestions?
A Glorious Week of Identity Theft
2009-08-21 14:59:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert If there was ever a week to get high, totally drunk, on information security and identity theft scammers and hackers, then this is it! Media outlets everywhere have been pumping out story after story of data breaches, identity theft, criminal hackers and indictments! Yeah team! For a criminal hacker groupie, this ...
Big Time Identity Theft Hackers Indicted
2009-08-20 17:17:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert ABC news and a bazillion other outlets report that a former informant for the Secret Service was one of three men charged with stealing credit and debit card information from 170 million accounts in the largest data breach in history. The former informant, Albert Gonzalez of Florida, A.K.A “Segvec”, “SoupNazi,” and ...
Unionbank Philippines Commits Theft on it's Customers
2009-08-19 09:22:00 It seems like Unionbank Philippines thinks it has a right to steal customers money.As you maybe aware BG Stores has been involved in helping the poor in the Philippines for a few years. One of the things that amazes us is the incompetence of major companies in the Philippines and we feel sure it is one of the main reasons why the country is in poverty.We have just been informed about just such a case a young woman goes to a ATM machine to withdraw money from her Unionbank account for food, the machine does not pay out but it still deducts the amount from her account, so she reports it to Unionbank only to be informed it will take them between 3 to 15 days to even look into it. In that time the woman goes hungry, what if it was her rent money she was withdrawing and Unionbank takes 15 days to look into it, by that time she has been evicted from her house and living on the streets.It is theft and there is no doubt about it, they have taken her money and are refusing to let her have it...
Will a National ID Card Prevent Identity Theft?
2009-08-17 19:58:00 Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano In a word, no. By itself a national ID card will not prevent all forms of identity theft. However, if a number of other factors come into play that will effectively associate the credited with credit, meaning there is a factual amount of accountability through identity proofing, then yes, new account ...
Identity Theft Is Easy Over P2P
2009-08-14 18:26:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Peer to peer file sharing is a great technology used to share data over peer networks. It?s also great software to get hacked and have your identity stolen. Installing P2P software allows anyone, including criminal hackers, to access your data. This can result in data breaches, credit card fraud and identity ...
Although motivated by personal gain, insider theft also causes harm
2009-08-05 02:00:00 When insiders steal confidential information from their employers, they're usually thinking about personal profit. The person who sold confidential information about British MPs' expenses to the Daily Telegraph certainly seems to have been motivated primarily by financial gain — rather than public interest — given the sums of money that have been mentioned.
The Anti-Theft and Salvage Inspect Unit (Salvaged Motorcycle Odyssey ? Part
2009-08-03 13:00:00 Finally, the appointment for my Salvage and Anti-Theft Inspection came for my 2002 Honda Magna 750. I was to report to the nearest examination facility on September 16th, approximately 31 miles from my house. If I was more than 30 minutes late, my appointment would be canceled - and I was not
?Hasidic Jews? Pull Off Jewelry Theft - New York Post
2009-07-12 10:07:00 Two brazen armed robbers disguised as Hasidic Jews pull off a jewelry heist worth more than $4 million. http://video.nypost.comGolf Cufflinks
Homebrewed Nikon D90 lens is a fish-eyed theft deterrent
2009-07-10 20:21:00 From Engadget: It may look like just a bit of corkwood taped to the front of a pretty expensive shooter, but that's only because it is. If you're already willing to withstand gadget muggles sniggering at your mighty DSLR and its six inch frontal protrusion, surely adding this sort
Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA 4) Patch 1.0.4.0 Download
2009-06-19 19:02:00 Much anticipated Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA 4) 1.0.4.0 Patch is available now. This patch adds some multiplayer changes, graphical improvements, security patches, performance boost and few game control features. Grand Theft Auto 4 Patch 1.0.4.0 also adds title update fixes. All these updates anc changes made by Grand theft Auto 4 Patch 1.0.4.0 are given below:Graphics Updates by Grand Theft Auto 4 1.0.4.0 Patch:* Interior Lights for ATI 1900 series cards:o All light sources appear for users with 1900 series ATI cards. (ie. Pool Mini Game)o ALT-TAB fixed* Graphics Settings:o Added menu option " OFF " for Reflection qualityo Added menu option " OFF " for Shadow qualityGTA 4 (Grand theft Auto 4) Patch 1.0.4.0 Performance Boost:* Physics optimizations to improve situations with heavy physics calculations (ie. 32 player races)* Graphical Performance OptimizationsMultiplayer Changes made by Grand theft Auto 4 1.0.4.0 Patch:* NAT Type detectiono Detect if user has a " strict " NAT and display...
Social Networking and the Identity Theft Flu
2009-05-15 21:21:00 Identity Thieves Getting SmarterIdentity thieves are savvy. They learned long ago that obvious grabs for your personal information garner far fewer suckers than a more subtle grift. One of the more recent inventive schemes is abusing social networks by turning the scam into a game. According to PC World’s blog, scammers are now leveraging your ...
By: Blawg IT
Air conditioning condenser theft
2009-04-12 18:46:00 Do you know of an alarm system I can attach to my air conditioning condenser to stop theft? We have a real problem in Texas with this type of theft.
Grand Theft Auto 5 Expected in 2010
2009-04-07 18:29:00 Well GTA 4 might not be a big business for Rockstar but this doesn't stops Rockstar from making a next game in the franchise, Grand Theft Auto 5. Though not officially confirmed, but from sources close to the company, words about Grand Theft Auto 5 or in short GTA 5 are started coming. We don't have any actual details about the game and are presently believing on what is arising around.Grand Theft Auto 5 release date had been discussed by Game Trailers earlier which the website said to be possible in 2010 only because Rockstar would be busy creating DLC for the Grand Theft Auto 4 in 2009. This comes out to be absolutely true with the release of The Lost and Damned in February. Another DLC is being under development by the company which will release in coming months.This means atleast by the last quarter of this year GTA 5 will definitely be not possible because Rockstar would never like to loose sales for GTA 4 which are short already. This can be further extended to mid 2010 taki...
Grand Theft Auto Harbour City Leaked Info
2009-04-01 05:45:00 Update: Hell, it comes out to be a April Fool's joke. Grand Theft Auto Harbour City is a product of sick minds at IGN Australia. No GTA Harbour City game has been leaked out nor the one will come in future unless Rockstar itself confirms it.IGN has provided massive details on Grand Theft Auto Harbour City which they are claiming to be the next game in the long running popular GTA franchise from Rockstar. All the information they have provided on Grand Theft Auto Harbour City is on the basis on leaked game documentation they somehow managed to get from some source at Rockstar Bondi Studio who is in possession of this brand new game.From the story plot to gameplay to release date, it looks as if IGN managed to get all the details on Grand Theft Auto Harbour City in the game documentation. Before we talk about the game plot and play, let me flow your curiosity of knowing about GTA Harbour City release date. The current release date for GTA Harbor City according to the documentation is...
Anti-Theft Car/Bike Stickers
2009-03-27 11:50:00 “These rust and scratch stickers are designed to make your beautiful bike/car look rusted and scratched so that passing thieves assume it’s not worth stealing due to its apparent shabbyness.” Source: Dominic Wilcox
By: Funniest Gadgets
Grand Theft Auto 4 Patch 1.0.3.0 for PC
2009-03-22 03:23:00 Grand Theft Auto 4 Patch 1.0.3.0 is live now for PC version of the game. The patch has been made live just late night. This patch will update your version 1.0.2.0 of the game to Grand Theft Auto 4 1.0.3.0 version.GTA 4 Patch 1.0.3.0 includes several graphical improvements to the game and also few performance and multiplayer related fixes. Security has been the prime concern of Grand Theft Auto 4 patch 1.0.3.0 update.You can check all the updates made by GTA 4 PC patch 1.0.3.0 below:Graphics Updates by Grand Theft Auto 4 PC patch 1.0.3.0:* Interior Lights for ATI 1900 series cards:o All light sources appear for users with 1900 series ATI cards. (ie. Pool Mini Game)o ALT-TAB fixed* Graphics Settings:o Added menu option " OFF " for Reflection qualityo Added menu option " OFF " for Shadow qualityPerformance Tweaks by Grand Theft Auto 4 Update 1.0.3.0:* Physics optimizations to improve situations with heavy physics calculations (ie. 32 player races)* Graphical Performance OptimizationsMu...
Laid off Pinoy cook arrested for Dubai theft
2009-03-17 02:27:00 A Filipino cook was arrested in the United Arab Emirates for pocketing more than 22,000 dirhams (Dh) or roughly 286,000 pesos from his former employer using duplicate keys. An online report from Gulf News said the Filipino was arrested by Dubai’s Criminal Investigation Department in the Port Saeed area but retrieved from him only a total ...
Tax Time Tips for Identity Theft Protection and Prevention
2009-03-04 19:25:00 Identity Theft Speaker Expert Robert Siciliano We are approaching tax time. Scammers are ramped up and looking for your money. Learn these tips and watch your back. Protect and prevent Identity Theft. 1. Text messaging scams or Phexting Like phishing but texting); Criminal hackers have access to technology that generates cell phone numbers and access ...
Identity Theft Crime Victims Bill of Rights
2009-02-26 02:23:00 Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert A consortium of a number of companies in the identity theft prevention space have banded together to create a ?Bill of Rights? for victims of identity theft. A Bill of Rights would provide victims of identity theft the needed leverage in response to a breach of their information that ...
Grand Theft Auto IV Gets "Lost And Damned"
2009-02-20 00:58:00 Take Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV too seriously and you'll probably miss most of what it's up to. (scroll down for more GTA IV: Lost & Damned Screenshots!) Take Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV too seriously and you'll probably miss most of what it's up to. It's a game, of course, but it's also a biting, unremitting satire. Juvenile-seeming to some, sure, with its lewd and frequently misogynist humor, but no less a scathing sendup of American culture when you strip the top layers away. It's a mirror, but one held up to our silly instead of our serious side. A parody of parodies. A bad-boy-burlesque. That it even offends other satirists (who take special pleasure in calling it sophomoric) simply proves its point.And now there's a sequel of sorts called "The Lost and Damned," or a parallel narrative expansion if you want to get technical about it. But with anywhere from 15 to 40 hours of play time for just 1600 Microsoft Points ($20) it packs more to-dos than you'll find i...
By: Sports Legends
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And The Damned: Play It During Free Week Of X
2009-02-11 06:26:00 Xbox Live is going to be free for six days for those who own Grand Theft Auto IV and its upcoming expansion The Lost and the Damned! GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned proves that cabbies shouldn't f**ck with bikers carrying double-barrel shotguns. Shacknews reports that everyone who purchases Rockstar's forthcoming downloadable expansion pack for Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360, called Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned, will be able to play the game online for free for six days. The report also notes that the original Grand Theft Auto IV can also be played during this time where an Xbox Live Gold account is not required to play GTA online.Microsoft's free week of Xbox Live for GTA IV and it's upcoming expansion begins 9 AM PST on February 17 and goes on until 11:59 PM PST on February 22.You'll be able to download GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned on February 17 for $20.Read the original story on Shacknews here.Grand Theft Auto 4 - The Lost and the Damned Premier trailer...
By: Sports Legends
Identity Theft Rising; Hits Record 10M Americans in 2008
2009-02-10 15:06:00 Robert SicilianoIdentity Theft Expert Speaker 2/9/09 Number of fraud victims rises in 2008, but average loss per theft falls, according to a recent study. ArticleHereIt should come as no surprise that identity theft incidents are climbing. Over the past year we have seen hundreds of data breaches resulting in millions and millions of records ripped out ...
New Law In California Curbs Theft From Recycling Bins
2009-01-13 22:08:00 Did you know that there is growing concern in San Jose, California with thieves helping themselves to bottles and cans from recycling bins? According to a recent article a new law went into effect just this year on January 1st to try and curb this small (but growing) problem. Essentially if you are caught helping ...
Government Theft of Private Property
2008-12-29 13:15:00 Check out the YouTube page for Begging for Billionaires. Tags: Publius Forum, Warner Todd Huston, Government, CorruptionBookmark this story to your favorite service:
By: Publius Forum
Blood From Mosquito Identifies Car Thief
2008-12-22 17:06:00 Police in Finland caught a car thief using blood found in a mosquito. Finding the car in Seinaejoki, north of Helsinki, police saw that the mosquito had recently sucked blood and decided to send the insect for analysis. The DNA found from laboratory tests matched a man on the police register. The suspect denies stealing the car and ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
Nvidia Grand Theft Auto IV—Downloads
2008-12-09 16:45:00 Nvidia Grand Theft Auto IV—Downloads NVIDIA recommends that you update your system with the following GeForce v180.84 driver for the best experience on Grand Theft Auto IV:GeForce Driver 180.84 (Win XP)GeForce Driver 180.84 (Win XP 64-bit)GeForce Driver 180.84 (Vista)GeForce Driver 180.84 (Vista 64-bit)
Grand Theft Auto 4 On PC Carries SecuROM DRM
2008-12-02 01:56:00 Traces of SecuROM will be left behind even after uninstalling GTA. The annoying SecuROM DRM returns with the PC release of GTA IV Many would claim that DRM is bad, and perhaps rightly so. But it's unfortunately a necessary evil in the videogame biz (at least it is if you ask almost any company this side of Sins of a Solar Empire publisher Stardock). SecuROM in particular is frequently employed by developers in order to prevent pirates from illegally playing their games. This tends to lead to backlash from the community, as we saw illustrated quite well with Spore, where a class action lawsuit was filed against EA and Amazon customer reviews took a nosedive -- and that didn't stop the game from being pirated, either.In spite of that, Rockstar has decided to use SecuROM with this week's release of Grand Theft Auto 4 on PC. Calling it "the most effective form of disc based copy protection," Rockstar provided details to IGN on how the game's DRM will work.Steam will be among the di...
By: Sports Legends
Tips You Should Know to Prevent Identity Theft During Holiday Shopping Seas
2008-11-28 10:58:00 With holiday season fast approaching, consumers are entering into the most active spending period of the year. Reinforced by the soft economy, this is "high season" for identity theft with identity thieves seeking to take advantage of shoppers. Identity theft generally rises during the holidays because thieves assume that consumers aren't paying attention to their credit card purchases, debit card purchases, receipts etc. as closely.One the leading provider of a new breed of services to help consumers safeguard their privacy and prevent identity theft is IdentityTruth. They are offering basic tips to help consumers to ?prevent identity theft? and avoid putting your identity at risk during the 2008 holiday season. In addition to watching budgets this season, consumers also need to be vigilant in the face of possible identity theft. 1. Use credit cards instead of debit cards: Under the Fair Credit Billing Act, Credit Cards provide consumers protection again fraudulent charges and you...
Andrew Cuomo vs. Theft
2008-10-30 16:14:00 No joke - New York's Attorney General is looking into whether or not banks are using the receipt of federal bailout funds as part of their yearly bonus calculations. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is demanding information about executive compensation and bonuses at nine banks that have received ...
By: BuffaloPundit
RocknRolla (2008) R 114min
2008-10-26 09:04:00 RocknRolla (2008) This is the first installment of director Guy Ritchie’s trilogy, also written by him. The plot: When Russian mobster sets up a real-estate scam in London, all the underworld characters appear to get their share of the multi-million euro deal up for grabs. Some of those characters are small-time crooks like One-Two (Gerard Butler), ...
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2008-10-26 03:20:00 Isa sa mga ka-officemate ko recently ay naging biktima ng identity theft. Nung madinig ko na naging biktima sya ng Identity Theft unang pumasok sa isip ko eh yun high-tech version ng identity theft, yun karaniwan na napapanood sa sine na may uber hacker na naka-login sa mga government and commercial databases at pinalitan yun ... [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
Download Grand Theft Auto 2 Full Game
2008-10-24 04:42:00 Grand Theft Auto 2 or GTA 2 was the second game released in the immensely popular GTA game series developed by DMA games and published by Rockstar Games. This action video game was originally released for download on windows and PlayStation only but later on was also released on Dreamcast and Game boy Color. Now the Grand Theft Auto 2 has been made free for download by Rockstar and hence you can download GTA 2 full version for free from here. The game can be played in both single player and multiplayer online version.Player takes the role of Claude Speed who wants to become the King of the City by any means. GTA 2 plot is set in the city just named as an ?Anywhere City? because the exact name to the city couldn?t be given. Also it is not known exactly the year it is set in but Grand Theft Auto 2 is believed to be set in the year 2013 from the phrase clues those points to the near future in the game. The City is spotted into three distinct areas which consist of parks, power stations...
Download The Hardy Boys The Hidden Theft
2008-10-23 04:36:00 The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft is a single player point and click adventure game that gives you the charge to play as Joe Hardy and Frank, two brothers who are crime detectives in the Bayport. The gameplay is similar to The Tower Treasure but plot differs a lot. The Hardy Boys The Hidden Theft differs in various aspects from the The Tower Treasure. The game has been developed by JoWood and is being published by The Adventure Company. You can play The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft on PC only.I have searched a lot for the free The Hardy Boys The Hidden Theft download but you nowhere can download it for free. You can't download The Hardy Boys The Hidden Theft unless or until you buy the full version. No demo exists for the game even. I managed to get some torrent files but I never trust them. They might be full of viruses and spywares, and moreover downloading illegal torrent is prohibited by law. You can download The Hardy Boys The Hidden Theft after you burchase the game from some ...
Office%20Culture:%20Anti-Theft%20Lunch%20Bag%20Deters%20Sandwich%20Thieves
2008-10-09 14:46:00 Found this link over at lifehacker. Thanks to geek news central for telling me about it. I don't think I'd actually buy one of these, but it's a funny idea. It might lead to your lunch being thrown out instead of just stolen!
Economists Against the $700 Billion Bailout Theft
2008-09-25 10:04:00 Updated September 24:This is a list of economists who have come out against Bush's insane $700 billion bailout of casino Wall Street banksters who brought this whole mess upon us.Looking over it, at first I thought they were a bunch of leftwingers, but seeing the preponderance of names from that coven known as the Chicago School of Economics, plus the particular wording of the protest letter, plus the website its hosted on the Ordo Templi Orientis website of John Cochrane, a High Economic Priest in the heart of Neoliberal Baal at the Chicago School, shows me that this is coming from the rightwing of the ultra-hardcore neoliberals themselves.I don't recognize any of those names, but if they're Chicago School like almost all US economists these days, they're all named Mephistopheles. I almost feel dirty just looking at those names.But of course it's a total contradiction of Neoliberal Economic Theology for the state to bail out anyone, large or small, much less to (Socialist horr...
By: Robert Lindsay
Largest Identity Theft Ring in History Indicted
2008-08-13 13:40:00 Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that eleven perpetrators behind the largest known identity theft ring in history have been charged with conspiracy, computer intrusion and identity theft. Allegedly, the group is responsible for stealing and selling more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers. The credit and debit card numbers were intercepted electronically ... |
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