Zero Fraud Liability

Posted on Saturday, 22nd October 2011 by Archie Norton

The hacker collective known as Anonymous has expressed interest in hacking industrial systems that control critical infrastructures, such as gas and oil pipelines, chemical plants and water and sewage treatment facilities, according to a Department of Homeland Security bulletin.

But DHS doubts the anarchic group has the necessary skills. At least for now.

Anonymous efforts to attack such systems could be thwarted by the lack of centralized leadership in the loosely collected group, the bulletin says, as well as a lack of “specific expertise” about how the systems work and how to attack them. However, the report notes, the latter could easily be overcome through study of publicly available information.

“The information available on Anonymous suggests they currently have a limited ability to conduct attacks targeting [industrial control systems],” according to DHS. “Howeve

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Posted on Saturday, 15th October 2011 by Archie Norton

Police have made one of the biggest identity theft bust of its kind in U.S. history.  The crimes resulted in a $13 million dollar crime ring specializing mainly in selling Apple electronics overseas.

Authorities said “Operation Swiper” indicted 111 people from five criminal enterprises in Queens, New York.

“The schemes and the imagination of these thieves is mind boggling,” said New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly at a press conference.

“These crimes are getting more sophisticated and thieves have amazing knowledge of how to use technology,” Kelly said.

The crime rings ran nationwide shopping sprees in which “crew leaders” oversaw “shoppers” and thieves conducted their business from five-star hotels, renting luxury cars and private jets.

Bosses of each crime ring received blank credit cards from suppliers in Russia, Libya, Lebanon and China.

The bosses then hired “skimmers” who posed for jobs such as waiters and retail shop workers so they could use electronic devices to steal information from customer credit cards. That information was then

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Tags: History, Identity Theft, Identity Theft Bust, Theft Bust
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Posted on Sunday, 25th September 2011 by Archie Norton

Q: Can you send the same fax to multiple numbers at the same time? If the receiver is still a fax machine and not a computer will it print on their fax machine?

A: Great questions. MetroFax does allow you to send the same fax to up to 250 recipients when you fax from the email that you’ve synced with the service, as long as your email provider doesn’t limit the number of email recipients. If you are using MetroFax Dashboard, you can send one fax to up to 50 recipients.

Also, yes, faxes from MetroFax can be sent to normal fax machines. First, make sure you are using an email that is synced with MetroFax. In the “To” section of the email, type in the 10-digit fax number you wish to fax to, followed by “@metrofax.com”. Anything that you type in the body of the email is the cover sheet, and the order that you upload attachments are the order that they are received. MetroFax wi

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Posted on Wednesday, 21st September 2011 by Archie Norton

Credit card fraud has been going on for decades, but just like with many other aspects of our lives, the Internet has made it a whole lot easier. Why? Because of online shopping.

Thanks to the literal explosion of online shopping opportunities, thieves can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars using stolen credit card information without ever leaving the comfort of their homes or offices.

They can get credit card numbers in several ways, including these common ones: Stealing a persons purse or wallet Getting the information through a fraudulent phone call or email Buying a number from a black market website Simply guessing a number by using an electronic number and name generator

While its impossible to prevent a thief from guessing your credit card number, of course, there are some things that you can do to prevent the first three occurrences from happening.

First of all, before you do anything else, make a photocopy of both the front side and the back side of each credit card and other identification card that you own.

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Tags: Card Fraud, Credit Card, Credit Card Fraud, Fraud
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Posted on Saturday, 27th August 2011 by Archie Norton

By the AllClear ID team

We’re excited to have Michelle Dennedy, America’s first Chief Privacy Officer for Sun Microsystems, guest blogging for us.  This issue is very personal for Michelle, as her own daughter’s identity was attacked. 

Michelle share’s her top tips, as a privacy executive and mother, to protect your child’s identity.

1. Be Aware. The data doesn’t lie: children’s identities are stolen over 50 times as often as those of adults! As parents, we work so hard to protect their children from germs and predators, not knowing that the insidious threat of child identity theft may be the fastest-growing and least-well-known crime in history.  These next-gen predators, identity thieves, are out there using children’s identities to open credit accounts, buy real estate, access healthcare services and escape their criminal histories.  And, as a result, the victimized children may lose out on jobs and internships, student loans and other opportunities that require a clean background check – before they ever step out into the real world. 

2. Teach your Children We

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Posted on Wednesday, 24th August 2011 by Archie Norton

Digital security firm viaForensics recently issued a report that found some startling discoveries when it comes to mobile security.  The company evaluated 100 popular consumer apps running on Android and iOS, and found that 76 percent of users store usernames, while 10 percent store passwords as plain text. Read more…

Tags: Big Time, Security
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