identity theft

Report: 21 million German bank accounts for sale

ITworld staff — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:36:31 -0500

Black market criminals are offering to sell details on 21 million German bank accounts for €12 million (US$15.3 million), according to an investigative report published Saturday.

IT admin used inside knowledge to hack and steal

ITworld staff — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:22:02 -0500

A former IT administrator has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking his former employer and breaking into other Bay Area companies.

An introduction to phishing

gillykramer — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:38:14 -0500

What is phishing?

Former inmate arrested for breaking into prison's IT systems

ITworld staff — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:25:15 -0500

Francis Janosko, a former inmate at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts who was arrested by the FBI last week in North Carolina for allegedly accessing systems on the prison's computer network without authorization and stealing confidential data.

Card breaches shake faith in e-payments

ITworld staff — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:25:44 -0500

In the past three months, all three of my payments cards -- one credit card and two debit cards -- have been compromised.

Card breaches shake faith in e-payments

ITworld staff — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:24:37 -0500

In the past three months, all three of my payments cards -- one credit card and two debit cards -- have been compromised.

10 tips to prevent identity theft while shopping online

Identity Finder — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:27:53 -0400

Over 9 million Americans have their identity stolen each year. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that in 2007, the highest category of complaints was identity theft; attributing 32% of total complaints received to the category. Consumers reported fraud losses totaling more than $1.2 billion, almost double that of 2005.

US gov't increasing efforts to fight ID theft, report says

ITworld staff — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:33:56 -0400

The U.S. government has taken several steps to combat identity theft during the past two years, including increased prosecutions of criminals and decreased use of Social Security numbers to identify constituents, according to a report released Tuesday.

T-Mobile lost disk containing data on 17 million customers

ITworld staff — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:10:41 -0400

Deutsche Telekom's German mobile phone subsidiary T-Mobile lost control of a disk containing personal information about 17 million of its customers in early 2006, the company said Saturday.

Trojan can grab extra personal banking data

ITworld staff — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:36:04 -0400

A Trojan horse program now available to a growing number of fraudsters can add data entry fields to legitimate online banking sites and entice consumers to give up sensitive information such as bank card numbers and PINs (personal identification numbers).