Thursday, March 29, 2012

Internet Identity Theft - Thu Mar 29, 2012


EZ Pass Fraud Using Stolen Credit Cards Seems Too Easy
Forbes
... commit access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft arising in connection with an alleged Internet-based credit card fraud scheme whereby they used stolen credit cards to purchase EZ Pass tags and credits, which they then resold.

European Commission wants a cybercrime centre
The H
The unit's investigators are being asked to take on the prevention of crime affecting e-banking and online booking activities and work on the protection of social network profiles and fighting online identity theft. They will also focus on "cybercrimes ...
365iT Services Advises Businesses to Tackle Network Security
PR Leap (press release)
The study also highlighted the fact that 96% of the Britons who were polled do not believe that organisations protect their information adequately, while only 52% of companies have a policy in place designed to protect against identity theft.
European Commission proposes cyber crime center
BusinessGhana
It will also work on protecting social network profiles from e-crime infiltration and help the fight against online identity theft. The commission's proposal still needs to be adopted by Europol's budgetary authority, but the center is expected to ...
New Google Account Activity lets you know what Google knows about you
Computerworld
The changes to Google's privacy policies, which took effect March 1, sparked concern among 36 state Attorneys General who wrote a letter to Google CEO Larry Page asking him to address the potential increased risk of identity theft that users could be ...
EC plans cybercrime centre to fight online crooks.
Finextra
Other high-profile areas covered by the centre will be the protection of social network profiles to guard against online identity theft, child sexual exploitation and attacks affecting critical infrastructure and information systems in the Union.

iPhone offer could be a ploy to get your personal information
KPIC
... Internet security expert Adam Levin. "It's not even a question of grabbing the brass ring, people will grasp for any ring and that's precisely the time that thieves come out of the woodwork and prey on people." Levin founded Identity Theft 911.


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