Posts Tagged ‘Identity Theft’


Is your College Student Carelessly Inviting Identity Thieves and Predators?

In its annual report earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the most vulnerable targets of identity theft are 18-29-year olds. Likewise, the 2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report, released by Javelin Strategy & Research, uncovers similar findings: “Adult victims between the ages of 18 and 24 are least likely to take easy, but [...]

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Online Security and Identity Theft 101

Basics of security and protecting yourself online Internet security, identity theft and fraud have become major issues recently as more people globally obtain access to the Internet. With the decrease in barriers to entry, i.e. lower webhosting costs, widespread highspeed and wireless Internet access, and website contruction software that truly enables anyone to create a [...]

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Passwords Part I: Why Do We Need Them?

If you use the Internet and/or store valuable or personal information on your computer; you must defend against a multitude of threats in today’s computing environment.  We are constantly bombarded with viruses, bots, worms, and hackers that want to break into our computers and obtain information which can be used to make money for the [...]

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