by Carrie Kerskie | Oct 9, 2013 | Corporate Breaches, Data Breaches
The announcement of the data breach at Adobe as well as the largest data mining companies, including Lexis Nexis, should have every business running scared. These were large organizations with departments dedicated to data security yet they still were unable to...
by Carrie Kerskie | Oct 9, 2013 | Corporate Breaches, Cyber Threats, Data Breaches
Last week Adobe announced they had suffered a data security breach potentially exposing the log in credentials and payment details of millions of it’s users but the hackers didn’t stop there. They also stole top secret source code for an...
by Carrie Kerskie | Oct 9, 2013 | Credit Identity Theft, Credit or Debit Card Scams, Identity Theft, Robbery or Burglary Theft
This week I received a call from a friend at the recent Florida Association of Private Investigators conference. She was concerned about a recent visit to the gas station. It was ironic because we had just discussed the dangers of identity theft at the conference...
by Carrie Kerskie | Sep 27, 2013 | Cyber Threats, Privacy Tips & Tricks
What an interesting time we are living in. We are up in arms when our privacy has been exposed, yet we continue to put our daily lives and the lives of our children onto various social networking sites on a regular bases. Don’t get me wrong – I am all in...
by Carrie Kerskie | Sep 26, 2013 | Cyber Threats, Identity Theft
So just how easy is it to get your social security number, your credit card numbers or other sensitive information? Too easy, just ask Brian Krebs. The data security researcher that has recently exposed a HUGE identity theft ring where a botnet was used to tap into...
