One study found that the security of lost-password personal questions on web-based mail appears much weaker than passwords themselves.
Robert Siciliano | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media
As we spend more time online, meeting people, posting photos and offering glimpses into our personal lives, here are some action steps to keep Social Media Identity Theft at bay.
Robert Siciliano | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business
Carnegie Mellon researchers were able to guess the first five digits of a Social Security number on their first attempt for 44% of people born after 1988.
Robert Siciliano | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media
There are few checks and balances in the world of social media, which means that you need to adopt a strategy to protect yourself.
New York Times | WALECIA KONRAD | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home
Brandon Sharp, a 37-year-old manager at an oil and gas company in Houston, has never had any real health problems and, luckily, he has never stepped f...
Roseanne Colletti | Posted 06.17.2009 | Business
Some very daring and technically astute thieves rigged some ATM machines at two bank locations and swiped half-a-million dollars from account holders.
The Media Consortium | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics
The Ramirez murder is, like the H1N1 flu, another opportunity to examine what protections are in place to guard human health and life.
Diane Dimond | Posted 04.14.2009 | Business
Do you have a home computer? You think you're being careful with what you read, save and share from it? Guess what? Chances are you could be a cyber-crime victim just waiting to happen.
Vicky Ward | Posted 03.14.2009 | Style
Reed, who has spent eight of the last ten years on the run, entering Ivy League schools under adopted fake identities, and evading cops along the way, was sentenced today to over four years in prison.
Patricia Martin | Posted 01.30.2009 | Chicago
Is Rod Blagojevich out Twittering to tell his side of the story or is an impostor posting tweets?
Diane Dimond | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living
This is the sound of me opening a Pandora's Box. But crimes are being committed so I must. Look, I'm a sympathetic person. I openly weep at comple...
Aaron Greenspan | Posted 09.07.2008 | Business
Identity theft is increasingly a technical problem. What are we doing to make sure that our nation's databases are protected? Nothing.
ABC | Ashley Phillips | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home
When I sit down at my computer and type Bank of America's Web site into my browser's address bar, I expect to be taken to Bank of America. When I send...
Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
However unintended, Roxanna Brown suffered capital punishment without trial because of what appears to be simple identity theft, now so common to our daily lives.
New York TImes | LYNNLEY BROWNING | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business
Thieves are increasingly obtaining fraudulent tax refunds by using the identities of lawful taxpayers, according to a government watchdog report relea...
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living
Did you know that the majority of Americans do their monthly banking by snail mail? Sure we're proficient with plastic, but when it comes to those rou...
AP | Mark Jewell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007, and the trend isn't expecte...
Robert Siciliano | Posted 08.18.2009 | Business