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Hearing Focuses on ID Theft Scams Targeted At Older Americans
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on July 27, Old Scams New Victims: Breaking The Cycle of Victimization. Link to member statements and witness testimony Related references: FTC Testimony: Identifying and Fighting Consumer Fraud Against Older Americans Fraud and Identity Theft Complaints Received by the Federal Trade Commission From Consumers …
Microsoft Publishes New Anti-phishing White Paper
“The focus of this white paper is to describe the basic workings of a new capability, the Microsoft® Phishing Filter, that will be included in the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7. The Microsoft Phishing Filter will not only help provide consumers with a dynamic system of warning and protection against potential phishing attacks, but …
10th Annual Survey of Computer Security Practitioners
From the Univ. of Maryland Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, The CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, by Lawrence A. Gordon, Martin P. Loeb, William Lucyshyn and Robert Richardson, 2005 (26 pages, PDF).
Privacy Rights Organization Tracks ID Theft and Data Breaches
On July 20, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse updated their Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident, which have impacted more than 50 million individuals.
Cost Benefit Analysis of Consumer ID Theft Notification
Press release from the Progress & Freedom Foundation: “Notification Doesn’t Benefit Consumers: State and Federal lawmakers should proceed with caution when considering notification legislation addressing the perceived growth of data security breaches, according to a new paper released by The Progress & Freedom Foundation. An Economic Analysis of Notification Requirements for Data Security Breaches (19 …
CERT Issues Cyber Security Alert On Trojan Email Attacks
Alert Overview: “The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has received reports of an email based technique for spreading trojan horse programs. A trojan horse is an attack method by which malicious or harmful code is contained inside apparently harmless files. Once opened, the malicious code can collect unauthorized information that can be exploited …
Industry Coalition Publishes Draft Report Defining Spyware
“The Anti-Spyware Coalition has released the first draft of the consensus document Spyware Definitions and Supporting Documents for a 30 day public comment period.” See also from Wired, Giving New Meaning to ‘Spyware’
Pervasiveness of Spyware Has Changed Behavior of Internet Users
A press release on the new Pew Internet and American Life Project Report released this afternoon: “Spyware and the threat of unwanted programs being secretly loaded onto computers are becoming serious threats online. Nine out of ten internet users say they have adjusted their online behavior out of fear of falling victim to software intrusions. …
Specter, Leahy Introduce Personal Data Privacy And Security Act Of 2005
Press release: “…the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005, legislation…would help consumers better protect the privacy of their personal information in the face of recurrent data security breaches across the country…” Note that the press release includes: key features and a summary of the Specter-Leahy legislation, Senator Leahy’s statements on the introduction of …
News Continues to Warn Consumers on Perils of ID Theft
The cover story of the July 4, 2005 issue of Newsweek is on ID theft. Following are links to several articles from the issue, as well as a link to a relevant article from the New York Times Sunday Week in Review: Grand Theft Identity – Be careful, we’ve been told, or you may become …
Latest Round of Data Breaches Intensifies Consumer Focus on ID Theft
From CNN Money, ID data breaches: as rampant as it seems documents the circumstances of the most recently reported incident of hacking, called skimming, that involved the illegal acquisition and storage of credit card data, the exact impact of which still has been not fully disclosed apparently due to the ongoing investigation. Related references: Personal …
