Category «Cybercrime»

FTC Testifies on Social Security Numbers in Commerce

FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee that in the effort to reconcile the beneficial uses of Social Security Numbers with the threats to consumer privacy, “The challenge is to find the proper balance between the …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Government Documents, ID Theft, Legislation, Privacy

Executive Order Creates National Identity Theft Task Force

Fact Sheet: The President’s Identity Theft Task Force: “This task force will marshal the resources of the Federal government to crack down on the criminals who traffic in stolen identities and protect American families from this devastating crime.” Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Efforts to Protect Against Identity Theft, May 10, 2006.

Subjects: Cybercrime, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

Committee Report to Accompany the Data Accountability and Trust Act

“The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4127) to protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, ID Theft, Legislation, PC Security

FTC Settles Complaint With Company Over Lax Security of Consumer Data

FTC press release: “A title company that promised consumers it maintained “physical, electronic and procedural safeguards” to protect their confidential financial information, but tossed consumer home loan applications in an open dumpster, agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its inadequate storage and disposal procedures for sensitive consumer information violated federal laws. The settlement …

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft, PC Security, Privacy

Wide Range of Privacy and Security Issues Involving RFID Exposed As Use Grows

The RFID Hacking Underground, by Annalee Newitz: “They can steal your smartcard, lift your passport, jack your car, even clone the chip in your arm. And you won’t feel a thing. 5 tales from the RFID-hacking underground.” “RFID chips are everywhere – companies and labs use them as access keys, Prius owners use them to …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

Market and Government Share Blame For Proliferation of ID Theft

Preventing Identity Theft and Data Security Breaches: The Problem With Regulation, by Clyde Wayne Crews and Brooke Oberwetter, Competitive Enterprise Institute, May 9, 2006 (24 pages, PDF) Executive Summary: “Numerous high-profile cyber-attacks have spawned intense calls for government intervention into information security practices. Tired of the many online threats—including identity theft, data security breaches, and …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, ID Theft, Privacy

Strategies to Create and Manage A Corporate Info Security Policy

Building and Implmenting a Successful Information Security Policy, by John J. Pak, May 8, 2006 (25 pages, PDF). See also Current IT: Issues Survey Report, 2006 – Security and Identity Management edges out Funding IT as the top strategic challenge, while Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity reemerges. by Barbara I. Dewey, Peter B. DeBlois, and the EDUCAUSE …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, ID Theft, PC Security

SIIA Anti-Piracy 2005 Year in Review

“The Software & Information Industry Association’s Anti-Piracy Division conducts a comprehensive, industry-wide campaign to fight software and content piracy. The pro-active campaign is premised on the notion that one must balance enforcement with education in order to be effective.” SIIA Anti-Piracy 2005 Year in Review (8 pages, PDF)

Subjects: Cybercrime