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Perez Hilton is a Hater and Social Media Suffers

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert I was on CNN this week and CNN also featured Perez Hilton, who was hired by Donald Trump, to judge a beauty contest and Hilton made hateful remarks about Miss Californias beliefs. Perez is a hateful sardonic celebrity critic, and his actions are parallel to others who rant and hate,…

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Government Agencies Engaging in Criminal Hacking Techniques

Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano This article may be a little political. However bad guys are trying to win a cyberwar against us and it’s important to understand what’s being done to protect us. The US National Security Agency is probably the most sophisticated group of security hackers in the world. Many will argue this point. The…

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Identity Theft Expert; Organized Webmobs Focused on Cyber Crime

Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano New reports confirm what we have been seeing in the news; organized criminals have upped the ante. Global web mobs are tearing up financial institutions’ networks. We’ve known for some time that the long-haired, lowly, pot-smoking, havoc-reeking hacker, sitting alone in his mom’s basement, hacking for fun and fame is…

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E-banking just got less secure

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Speaker There is no end to the ingenuity of the criminal hacker. They’ve figured out how to hack debit card PINS. Debit cards are linked directly to our checking accounts, which makes them tasty treats for criminal hackers. At an ATM or cash register, most debit card users are blissfully unaware…

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Scamming the scammers

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Scammers and even pedophiles are getting hacked by vengeful insidious opportunists. Who doesn’t love vigilante justice? Some readers may remember Charles Bronson, an American actor who starred in the popular series Death Wish. Bronson played Paul Kersey, a man whose wife is murdered and whose daughter raped. In response, Kersey becomes a crime-fighting…

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Conficker flexes muscles, phones home

Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano The internets number one virus Conficker, called home and sent its next set of updates to its global botnet. Conficker’s botnet, which includes anywhere from 3 to 15 million PCs, has a peer to peer (P2P) feature that allows each PC on the network to talk to one another. Each…

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Confickers copycat evil twin

Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano Both Microsoft Certified Professional and Computerworld report on a variation of Conficker known as “Neeris.” Neeris is a 4 year old virus that has resurfaced and is now behaving like a Conficker wannabe. It is believed that the criminal hackers who created Conficker and Neeris are either the same person or are working together, double teaming…

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Credit card fraud is Americans number one concern

Identity theft Expert Robert Siciliano A recent study conducted by the Unisys Corporation shows that identity theft as it pertains to credit card fraud is Americans’ number one concern. When people ask me, “How do I protect myself from credit card fraud?” I tell them, “Cancel the card, or never use it.” Because that’s the only…

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WWW. Weird Wild Web Goes Nutty

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Every day new reports of another flaw and another breach. Today we learn attacks rise 33 percent. I’m not surprised. Credit card details of 19,000 Brits have been found on a cached Google page, where they had been accidentally published by fraudsters. Silly criminal hackers need to tighten up their…

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Identity Theft Expert; Conficker Virus Countdown

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Speaker News of Conficker out of control then under control is everywhere. 60 minutes reports on everything we have discussed in these posts. Main stream media has recognized the Internet has a cancerous virus and is infected. Criminal hackers are creating viruses infecting webpages in record numbers all in the name…