Tag Archives: data loss

CheckFree: A Case of Phishing, Pharming and Drive-Bys

9 Jan

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A lot of attention has been given to increasing awareness about phishing. The goal of phishing is to lure unsuspecting people to voluntarily give up their website credentials with the intent of exploiting those credentials for financial or other gain. Some phishing scams only seem to spam and propagate itself. Most web savvy users know [...]

Data Loss, Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud Links

2 Jan

Most of my Twitter conversation yesterday focused around data loss, identity theft and credit cards.  The point of the discussion was that while consumers must be vigilant to protect their personal and financial data, most of it is out of their hands.  The bigger problem is protecting the organizations that collect, transport, and store this [...]