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Be carful of online scams this Holiday season

2008-10-15 16:11:06 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...online. So be careful cause the nasties are out in force clipped from biz.yahoo.com PandaLabs Issues Orange Security Alert: Economic Crisis is Forcing Cyber-crooks to be More Sophisticated 30 Million Computers are Infected by Fake Antivirus Programs Generating Nearly $14 Million for Cyber-crooks Every Month Distribution of more than 7,000...
 
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Zango And The Batman Online Videogame

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2008-09-03 11:00:00 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Online Batman Game"? Well, that's curious because I follow comics pretty closely and I'd be the first to know if an "Online Batman Game" had been in the works (this advert has been doing the rounds on numerous comic-related websites . Visit the URL in the ad - Batmangame.info - and you'll see this Click to Enlarge There it is again -...
 
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Online theft and fraud involves OSU Bookstore customers

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2008-06-05 09:42:32 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Online customers Number Affected as many as 4,700 Types of Data Personal information including credit card numbers Breach Description The Oregon State Police is investigating the theft of personal information from as many as 4,700 online customers of the OSU Bookstore who used credit cards to purchase items Reference URL Albany Democrat...
 
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University of Florida student information online for years

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2008-06-12 10:41:30 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...online that may have been accessible to the public Reference URL University of Florida Miami Herald Inside UF United Press International Report Credit University of Florida Response From the online sources cited above GAINESVILLE, Fla. - University of Florida officials today mailed letters of notification to more than 11,300 current and...
 
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New Privacy Policy Wrinkles: Online Behavioral Advertising; and Potential new EU Data Protection Policy

2008-01-31 11:24:31 by Geoffrey Turner in Security & Risk Management
 
...Online Behavioral Advertising " (The Principles are excerpted below). The FTC has suggested that these should be considered for implementation as private sector self-regulation in the same way that earlier online privacy principles had been adopted by the US private sector self-regulation in response to the Safe Harbor agreement to meet the...
 
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Online Privacy Education is working, But.

2008-09-27 16:10:10 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...Online Privacy The majority (61%) believe what they do online is private and not shared without their permission. Just over half (57%) falsely believe that companies are required to identify themselves and indicate why they are collecting data Just under half (48%) incorrectly believe their consent is required for companies to use...
 
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Online intruder makes off with SwimwearBoutique.com customer data

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2008-04-27 00:22:24 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...online source cited above I am writing to you on behalf of my client SwimwearBoutique.com ("SWB") because it determined on March 28, 2008 that it was the victim of an illegal intrusion into its systems Criminals unlawfully obtained access to certain databases containing various information, which could have included names, addresses, and...
 
Tags: credit card account, credit card, time credit card, information, personal information, information security, credit card information, customers, swb customers
 
 
 
 
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Online threats and solutions to help as per Consumer Reports Mag.

2008-08-05 13:43:22 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...online Several major online threatsspam, spyware, and virus infectionshave declined significantly over the past few years, our new State of the Net survey has found But online threats are still of great concern, according to our research and national survey of 2,071 online households conducted this past spring by the Consumer Reports...
 
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New Year's Resolutions for choosing online retailers

2007-12-20 09:31:28 by Andras Cser in Security & Risk Management
 
...online. Usernames and passwords are a thing of the past: you can safely assume that you will use a computer to log in which has a keylogger or trojan capturing your keystrokes, and with it your username and password Savvy customers are increasingly turning towards online retailers and financial institutions which provide at least some form of...
 
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Covert Online Spies

2007-08-01 19:20:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...Online Spies The Internet is a powerful tool that provides everyone online a way to be connected to each other, gather a lot of information and enjoy convenient services like online shopping and banking. However, many of us Internet users are at constant risk of adware and spyware downloads that make us extremely vulnerable to malicious...