Category «Cybercrime»

Data Brokers Supplying Gov’t Don’t Consistently Protect Privacy of Citizen Info

Personal Information: Agencies and Resellers Vary in Providing Privacy Protections, Full-text GAO-06-609T, April 4, 2006. Highlights. “In fiscal year 2005, the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and State and the Social Security Administration reported that they used personal information obtained from resellers for a variety of purposes, including performing criminal investigations, locating witnesses and fugitives, …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Anti-Spyware Coalition Publishes Guides for Consumers and Enterprise

Press release: The Anti-Spyware Coalition today released two new resources to help consumers and enterprises better protect themselves against spyware and unwanted adware…The coalition’s two new documents walk consumers and network operators through the steps they should be taking to protect their machines against adware, spyware and other malicious software.” Protecting Your Network: Mitigating Spyware …

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft, Internet, Privacy

DOJ Report: Identity Theft, 2004

Press release: “An estimated 3.6 million households, or about 3 percent of all households in the nation, learned that they had been the victim of at least one type of identity theft during a six-month period in 2004, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Forty-eight percent had experienced an unauthorized use …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, E-Mail, ID Theft, Internet, Privacy

FTC in 2006: Committed to Consumers and Competition

Press release: “Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today issued the agency’s 2006 Annual Report at the American Bar Associations Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. The report, entitled “The FTC in 2006: Committed to Consumers and Competition,” (62 pages, PDF) is available now on the Commission’s Web site and includes …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

GAO Identifies Security Gaps in Use of Social Security Numbers and Recommends Remedies

Social Security Numbers: More Could be Done to Protect SSNs, Full text GAO-06-586T, and Highlights. March 30, 2006. “There is no one law that comprehensively regulates SSN use and protections…GAO found that there were gaps in the practices for protecting SSNs within government agencies and across industry sectors, such as a lack of uniformity at …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

BBB Offers Toolkit to Help Manage Privacy and Security

“The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has partnered with nationally-recognized security and privacy experts to create a new toolkit to help small business owners manage security and privacy challenges. We call it Security & Privacy – Made Simpler (TM). The objective is to demystify the complexities of data security and give small businesses a non-technical roadmap …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Commerce, ID Theft, Privacy

Free Service Alerts Businesses to Phishing Risks

“PhishRegistry.org is a free service provided by CipherTrust, Inc. to help businesses know when they are at risk of being phished. PhishRegistry.org monitors the content of your website and alerts you when attempts to duplicate it have been detected. Weekly reports are sent to your email address with information about suspect websites.” See also the …

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft, Privacy

Privacy Group Updates Chronology of Major Data Breaches

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Updated March 23, 2006: A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft, Privacy

Advocacy Group Releases Badware Reports

“Thousands of visitors to StopBadware.org have shared their badware experiences with us since we launched. From their stories, we’ve identified and tested four applications that contain annoying or objectionable behaviors. To find out what we think of Kazaa, MediaPipe, SpyAxe, and Screensaver.com, read our reports (all in PDF):” Kazaa Mediapipe SpyAxe Waterfalls 3 “Before we …

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft, Internet, Privacy

GAO Reports on HHS and CMS Info Security Vulnerabilities

Information Security: Department of Health and Human Services Needs to Fully Implement Its Program, Full Report, GAO-06-267 and Highlights, February 24, 2006. “HHS and CMS have significant weaknesses in controls designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of their sensitive information and information systems. HHS computer networks and systems have numerous electronic access control …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

FDIC OIG Report Assesses Risks to the Corporation

OIG-Identified Management and Performance Challenges Facing the FDIC (2005)

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative Launched By Microsoft

Press release: “Neil Holloway, president of Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), unveiled a global law enforcement campaign that will target cybercriminals behind phishing attacks. Microsoft Corp. announced that by the end of June 2006 it will have initiated legal actions on more than 100 cases in EMEA against individuals suspected of committing online …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, ID Theft, Microsoft, Privacy

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