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About the Author: ROBERT SICILIANO, CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com is fiercely committed to informing, educating, and empowering Americans so they can be protected from violence and crime in the physical and virtual worlds. His “tell it like it is” style is sought after by major media outlets, executives in the C-Suite of leading corporations, meeting planners, and community leaders to get the straight talk they need to stay safe in a world in which physical and virtual crime is commonplace. Siciliano is accessible, real, professional, and ready to weigh in and comment at a moment’s notice on breaking news.
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04.01.11 | Comments Off on Android Apps Infected With A Virus
Are you one off the 33% of all mobile phones running the Android operating system? The official Android Market is run by Google and there are over 150,000 applications with an estimated 3.7 billion downloads. More than 250,000 applications have been downloaded with a malicious virus. The LA Times reports “Google is remotely removing virus-infected […]
04.01.11 | Comments Off on Managing a Digital Life: Snooping on a Spouse’s Email
Your spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, or partner just headed out to do errands without logging out of his or her email account. The computer’s sitting right there. Would you feel compelled to check it out? According to a recent study, there’s a good chance that you will eavesdrop on your significant other’s cell phone and email […]
03.28.11 | Comments Off on Software Makes Dumbphones Smart for Facebook
Facebook for SIM, from Gemalto enables anyone to enjoy Facebook on all handsets, even if without a data connection or data subscription. With this technology, Gemalto brings Facebook to millions of mobile phone users regardless of their handset type. “Increasingly people want to be able to stay connected and communicate with their friends on Facebook […]
03.28.11 | Comments Off on Search Engine Doesn’t Need Kids SSN
When Google launched Doodle-4-Google, in which children can compete to design Google’s homepage logo, they requested contestants’ Social Security numbers in an effort to prevent duplicate entries. Americans have become accustomed to handing over the last four digits of their Social Security number as a password or identifier for various accounts and applications. But with […]
03.27.11 | Comments Off on Identity Theft Ring Operates From Federal Prison
For nearly a year, a prisoner at Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution operated an identity theft ring from his jail cell. “Federal prosecutors say the man was able to get personal information communicated to him while in the prison, including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of credit card holders at various department stores. He […]