Identity Theft Articles

Instant Messaging - Expressway for Identity Theft, Trojan Horses, Viruses, and Worms
Never before with Instant Messaging (IM) has a more vital warning been needed for current and potential IM buddies who chat on line.John Sakoda of IMlogic CTO and Vice President of Products stated that, "IM viruses and worms are growing exponentially..Virus writers are now shifting the focus of t. . .

40 Million Cards Hacked - YOU as Identity Theft Victim
40 Million Credit Cards Hacked - YOU as Identity Theft Victim by Mike Banks Valentine Copyright © June 21, 2005Saturday, MasterCard blamed a vendor of ALL credit card providers called CardSystems Solutions, Inc., a third-party processor of payment card data, as the source of loss of 40 million co. . .

Understanding Spyware
Spyware is a "malware" or malicious software that is placed on your computer without your knowledge. This can happen when you visit online web sites offering free downloads of games, when you download videos or music, or any share files, such as when you download that comic e mail from your frien. . .

Secure your Privacy from Spyware and Other Adware Programs
Known by several different names, from spyware to malware or internet parasites, surveillance applications are installed on your system to monitor your internet activities and reveal your surfing patterns and purchasing habits. Spyware also extracts email addresses, hijacks browsers and records . . .

How To Avoid Getting Hooked By Pfishing
"Pfishing", sometimes spelled "Phishing", is a word that's used to describe a method of identity theft where con men use fake e-mail that looks like it comes from legitimate sources. This e-mail is designed to hoodwink you into giving out personal and financial information. Once the scammers rece. . .

Domain Registration: Why You Need Private Whois Service
Privacy is the control of one's own personal information, control over what others know about one, and control over how others may use or exploit the personal information. Policies and practices for protecting privacy aim towards minimizing the collection of personally identifiable information. T. . .

Looking For a Safe Investment? Try a Certificate of Deposit
If you are looking for a safe investment and you have between $100 -$1,000 to invest, you should consider a certificate of deposit or CD. When purchased through a bank, CD's are federally insured up to $100,000. When you invest in a certificate of deposit, you are lending your money to the bank. . .

Detect Key Logger, Identity Theft Spyware
To detect key logger spyware, you need to know what it is and how it works. Key logger is an invisible software program that identity thieves can use to track your online activity. It is almost impossible to detect key logger on your computer and even if you're careful you'll never know if it is . . .

5 Tips For An Unbreakable Password
Despite the current wave of identity theft and corporate security breaches it's amazing how very few people treat their passwords with any level of seriousness. Most computers users, both at home and in the office, see passwords as a nuisance and therefore make them as easy to remember as possibl. . .

Safe Web Surfing Tips
Safe web surfing on the Internet continues to get harder every day. Even though you can't eliminate all of the risks, there are ways you can reduce some of the danger.Anything you download from the Internet is a threat but a few software types are particularly known for including spyware and adw. . .

Uncle Sam Cracks Down Online!
(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved http://www.thenetreporter.com-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-In a move that rocked the online world and left manyInternet marketers shaking in their boots, the FederalTrade Commission (FTC) initiated a sweeping crackdown onwhat they termed "Internet. . .

Countering the Spread of Spyware on your Computer
Spyware has boomed into the top internet threat in no time and it continues to affect more computer users each day. Spyware is best described as a rogue application that latches to your system so it can record personal information and monitor internet usage. As spyware has grown it has become m. . .

Benefits of Online Investment Research
The internet can be a powerful tool to help you manage your finances and investments. if you decide to use it. There are, of course, many people who choose not to take full advantage of the benefits that the internet can offer; they might not trust the security of their financial information in a. . .

Network Security 101
As more people are logging onto the Internet everyday, Network Security becomes a larger issue. In the United States, identity theft and computer fraud are among the fastest rising crimes. It is important to protect your network and ensure the safety of all computers and users in that network.Wha. . .

Tougher Bankruptcy Laws Take Effect October 2005
In just a few short weeks, President Bush's Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act will take effect. In a nutshell, the new law, which goes into effect on October 17, 2005, makes it more difficult to cancel your debts under Chapter 7 Bankruptcy protection. Instead, consumers will. . .

Anti-Phishing Bill Introduced To Congress
Sen. Partick J. Leahy has introduced the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 to Congress for consideration. The Act would allow federal prosecutors to seek fines of up to $250,000 and prison sentences of up to five years against individuals convicted for promoting phishing scams. Online parody and politica. . .

Are the Credit Bureaus Really Helping Us
Do you need help repairing your credit? Do you need help understanding what a FICO score is? Well here is a breath of fresh air.The credit repair bureaus do not make a dime when honoring the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) laws and regulations. The credit bureaus are required by law, to investig. . .

Keep Your Credit History Clean. Remove A Negative Credit Record From Credit Report
The three major credit bureaus, Experian, Equifax and Trans Union are similar and feature a "Credit Score", which is created from credit report data submitted to them about you. But very often your credit report includes inaccurate, wrong or incomplete information (credit records).In this situati. . .

Tips For Safer Computing Online
New computer viruses threaten the unwary user everyday. Hackers jeopardize your online security with invasive computer techniques to steal your passwords, personal information, even identity.Unscrupulous marketers bait you with free software that unleashes spyware, trojans, or worms, on your syst. . .

How Your Credit Rating is Determined
A person's credit rating is a very important part of their life. having bad credit can affect your ability to get a loan, credit card, auto financing, some bank accounts, and even some jobs. While many people are aware of how important their credit rating is, they might not know exactly how it is. . .

What To Look For In a Credit Card Offer
When it comes to acquiring a credit card, there is a plethora of choices out there for any credit consumer. However this makes the process of browsing through the credit card offers and selecting the best one difficult for the average consumer.To choose the best credit card offer you have to deci. . .

Can You Survive In An Online World?
Do you have the skills to make it in a computer driven, increasingly online world? Your immediate, knee-jerk reaction may be "Yes! Of course I have the skills. I know how to send and receive email and surf the web. I can even download and install files." Well, three or four years ago, email, Web . . .

4 Steps to Establishing Good Credit
As a consumer you've learned the importance of establishing a good credit rating with your lenders. Whether you are shopping for a new home or auto, or searching for the best deals on insurance, your credit worthiness will be judged by your credit rating or credit score.A bad credit history or b. . .

How to thwart the Barbarian Spyware!
Today,on most internet user's computers, we have theability to employ software, along with ourintelligence, to prevent viruses and spyware.To put this article into proper perspective, we'll useMedieval defense tactics.This is accomplished by 3 methods. First, a firewall...'The Castle Moat' so to . . .

What is Spyware?
The most frustrating part of having Spyware on your computer is the sheer feeling of helplessness that is invoked. Your computer slows down, it no longer does what you instructed it to, it seems to have a mind of its own. You effectively have lost control of your computer. Spyware (also referred . . .

The XP Firewall Isn't Enough
You might think you don't need a firewall because windows XP has one built in, but read on for a plain-english explanation why this isn't enough.Before broadband and cable connections were common most people didn't need a personal firewall because they weren't connected to the Internet for extend. . .

Pharming - Another New Scam
Pharming is one of the latest online scams and rapidly growing threat that has been showing up on the Internet. It's a new way for criminals to try to get into your computer so they can steal your personal data.Phishing and pharming are related online scams but pharming has evolved into a much m. . .

Customers demand Internet privacy...
... and you'd better sit up and take notice! Customers concern over Internet privacy issues is on the rise, and for good reasons.Because of SPAM and phishing e-mails, identity theft and viruses, it's completely understandable that customers have a hightened concern about their Internet privacy. A. . .

How To Remove Winfixer 2005 Plus Unwanted Spyware And Adware
Spyware and adware is advertising supported software that allows its publishers to snoop on a computer user's internet activity. It is designed to obtain information about computer users and their surfing behavior usually without their knowledge or consent. Spyware is potentially more harmful tha. . .

Spyware : An Internet Plague
As spyware threats continue to grow the methods by which users are infected becomes less and less difficult. It no longer takes physical access to a computer nor do users have to click on an ad or email attachment to install the malicious applications. Spyware can easily be picked up by visiting . . .

Tips to Repair Your Credit and Prevent Credit Problems
If you're concerned about your credit score, try these tips on how to repair your credit.Have you looked at your credit report lately and noticed that it is in need of repair? It's said that over half of all Americans could improve their credit report, if they would only do some very simple thing. . .

Warning - You Have Been DataMined!
Hundreds of millions are affected each day with little or no control of their destiny. Today's high-tech world is drowning in data but is starved for knowledge. Data mining is the search for significant patterns and trends. It's also been called the poor stepchild to statistcial analysis.To give . . .

Shopping for Loans Online
When looking for loans online, you might find yourself wondering exactly how secure your information is and how the loan that you can get online would compare to a loan obtained at a physical establishment such as a bank or finance company. Both of these concerns are very legitimate, and are weig. . .

What is on Your Credit Report?
Your credit report is a very important piece of the puzzle in your financial picture. It contains a historical record of your personal and financial information including a listing of your current and past debts and the timeliness of your payments. The information contained on your credit report . . .

Repair Your Credit and Prevent Future Credit Problems
Wondering how to repair your credit? Consider these options.When should you consider credit repair? A lot of people assume their credit is fine, when in fact there may be mistakes applied to your credit report that you don't even know about. What if you are unaware of this and try to apply for a . . .

Four Ways To Eliminate Spam
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 was supposed to eliminate spam email. This federal spam law that became effective January 1, 2004, was passed by Congress to get rid of junk email. So why didn't the law eliminate spam and why is it so difficult to stop it? Still today, more than 40% of all e-mail is. . .

Credit Repair Companies and Credit Counseling
Let's be crystal clear, right up front. Paying someone to "fix" your credit is a waste of your time and money, since the negative issues that are temporarily removed from your file will only reappear again in a couple of months.Be careful with credit repair scams.Most "credit repair" companies re. . .

Why Consumers Need A Nationwide Credit Freeze Now
What do a shoe retailer, an online discount broker, and a popular clothing retailer all have in common? All three - DSW Shoe Warehouse, Ameritrade, and Polo Ralph Lauren - sustained breaches to their customers' accounts. Unfortunately, these three are not alone when it comes to security breaches.. . .

The Trouble With Spam Is....
Each day we all face the same challenge. Spam. It doesn't matter if you're a home computer user or the head of IT for a multinational limiting or totally preventing the distribution of junk email to your computer(s) is now a daily chore.The sheer frustration that spam causes combined with the num. . .

How to Find a Cheap Loan Online
If you feel lost while looking for a cheap loan online, take heart. it's easier than you might think.Unlike traditional lenders such as banks and finance companies, online lenders operate in such a way as to allow them to offer lower interest rates and can thus make it much more likely to find a . . .