Posts Tagged ‘Social’

Social Engineering Prevention is extremely important. Financial speaker and Identity theft expert John Sileo demonstrates Social Engineering Prevention with a Military Crowd for the Department of Defense. www.sileo.com If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. That is the best way to Think Like A Spy and be alert of Social Engineers that are trying to manipulate you. With such a gloomy economy and many people without work, offers for fast cash and huge discounts become more and more attractive. Most of these Identity Theft cases use the technique of Social Engineering. Social Engineering is the act of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information by playing on their human emotions. The term typically applies to deception for the purpose of information gathering, fraud, or computer system access; in most cases the attacker never comes face-to-face with the victim. These days most thieves can nab your identity over the phone, mail, email, and through social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. While some schemes scam you into giving out social security numbers, bank account numbers or other confidential identity pieces, others are as simple as a pickpocket distracting you emotionally while another thief steals your wallet or purse. Here are what a few of the most widely used savvy cyber attacks look like: * Phony charitable phishing scams, many of which are designed to look as if they come from real charities. Always …

AP IMPACT: New ID theft targets kids’ Social Security numbers, could threaten credit system
The latest form of identity theft doesn’t depend on stealing your Social Security number. Now thieves are targeting your kid’s number long before the little one even has a bank account. …

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NationalCreditReport.com Reminds Consumers to Use Caution When Divulging Personal Information on Social Media …
Credit monitoring services company provides ways to prevent identity theft

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Internet users looking to boost their social life have run into an unexpected danger. Cases have come to light of identities being stolen from people with accounts on popular Russian networking sites. rt’s Staci Bivens finds out how the scam has spread and what protection – if any – could be found.

Criminal Hackers Using Social Media to commit Identity Theft. See idanalytics at www.myidscore.com and Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert at , www.idtheftsecurity.com