Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert There is a battle going on round the clock, between the bad hackers and the good hackers. Most of the time, the good guys lose. Here we have an example of the bad guy actually getting caught. At age 19, an Israeli criminal hacker named Ehud Tenebaum made news as…
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Criminal hackers have created a virus that has slipped into millions of PCs and is set to strike on April Fools day. This is no joke. So far this year it is estimated that somewhere between 3 and 12 million computers have been compromised by the “Conficker” worm, also known…
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert If one could have a favorite scam, for me it would be “scareware.” My reasoning for this is thats it’s one of the few scams that actually gets through to me. My defenses are pretty good, but I still see scareware. They’ve even taken my blog posts and used my…
(BOSTON, Mass. – March 23, 2009 – IDTheftSecurity.com) Research recently released by the Ponemon Institute indicated that nearly 60 percent of employees stole data from their former employers. One of the easiest points of entry for unscrupulous, exiting employees is the employer’s mobile computing equipment, according to widely televised and quoted personal security and identity…
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Speaker Up until now, identity thieves have been hunting elephants. But that may soon change. According to this study, small to medium size businesses (SMB’s) are the criminal hackers next target. This should come as no surprise, as large enterprise networks have gradually become better at defending themselves. Over the past few…
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Every week we learn of a new hack, another breach, credit cards stolen and another identity theft victim. Many have blamed the bad guy or criminal hackers for all the problems we have in the security world. And while the bad guy is certainly a problem, they are a small…
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert How can I get you to believe me? What can I say or do to convince you I’m legit? What methods should I use to pull it off? I don’t have a job. I’m essentially unemployed. However I do have a career. And it involves figuring out ways to get…
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Ever 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…
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Fake IDs aren’t just a tool to get in a bar, they are a significant threat to personal security and national security. Who in their teens and college years didn’t have a fake ID? I did. At 17, I was 23! That meant I could buy alcohol, go to bars…
(BOSTON, Mass. – March 13, 2009 – IDTheftSecurity.com) Research announced in March shows that IT spending on so-called Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 30 percent. Widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert Robert Siciliano observed that this IAM spending needs to…
