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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Danger of shortened URLs
Wikipedia: “Another use of URL shortening is to disguise the underlying address. Although this may be desired for legitimate business or personal reasons, it is open to abuse.” https://bdemarest.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/danger-of-shortened-urls/ shortened to http://wp.me/p1adOj-48. http://www.wellsfargo.com could be shortened to http://bit.ly/urlWellsF or http://tinyurl.com/ulrWellsF. … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Theft Protection
Tagged "Identity Theft", Federal Trade Commission, ID Theft, IdentityTheft, Nevada, NV, Phishing, Reno, Sparks, Twitter, URL shortening
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Scamming the Unemployed
There are two broad areas of scams – Job-Hunting and Fake Jobs Job-Hunting Scams “Show me the money and I guarantee you a job.” Run don’t walk away from anyone who promises to get you a job. Don’t send them … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Theft Protection
Tagged "Social Security Number", Employment scams, fraud, IdentityTheft, Nevada, NV, package-forwarding, Reno, Scam, Sparks, SSN, Work from Home
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What Landlords Need to Know About Using Consumer Reports
Are you in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)? FCRA is designed to protect the privacy of consumer report information and to guarantee that the information supplied by consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) is as accurate as possible. The … Continue reading
Posted in Business Identity Theft, Identity Theft Protection
Tagged Consumer Report, Credit Report, Fair Credit Reporting Act, FCRA, FTC, Landlord, Nevada, NV, Reno, Renter, Sparks
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Do Crooks know Where You Are?
We all know to stop the newspaper and mail when we go on vacation. However, if you are using geolocation services like Forsquare, Loopt and Gowalla, the world knows you are not at home every moment of every day. Are … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Theft Protection
Tagged Foursquare, geolocation, Gowalla, Groupon, iAD, iOS 4, iOS 5, LocationManager, Loopt, PleaseRobMe, Security, Spot, yelp
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Medical Identity Theft Could be Dangerous to Your Health
Medical Identity Theft may be the most dangerous form of Identity Theft, because it could mean life or death. It may change your medical and health insurance records. A record is created with the imposter’s medical information which might be … Continue reading
Use Firewalls to Protect Your Network from Hackers
Your computer network needs to be isolated from the internet. Computers with sensitive information – like financial account numbers and Social Security Numbers – need to be isolated from the rest of the network. Only employees with a need to … Continue reading
Laptop and Smart Phone Security
Restrict access and storage of customer and employee Non-Public Information on portable devices that leave the office. We hear news reports about lost laptops that contained sensitive information all the time. Do not let your company become a similar headline. … Continue reading
Secure Business Password Management
Your company needs to have a password policy to secure sensitive customer and employee information. The security of your network is only as good as the weakest entry point. The weakest point in most business networks are weak passwords. Passwords … Continue reading
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