How Social Media Posts Can Lead to Identity Theft
Sep 28, 2018
For National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we are resharing some of our most popular cyber security blogs from the past year to ensure you are staying #CyberAware online – whether at home or in the office. Scrolling through Facebook the other day I saw meme “Comment below if you remember your childhood phone number.” I […]
Want Safe Cloud-Based E-Mail? I’m Avoiding Web Mail.
Jan 13, 2014
I was reminded of some cloud security issues recently while helping family restore their e-mail connectivity. Where they live, Frontier is pretty much the only practical choice for landline phones plus high-speed Internet. Their performance is quite good, and I have found them to have the most technically savvy customer service of any major provider […]
Book Report: 50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age: New Financial Threats You Need to Know and How to Avoid Them (2nd Edition)
Jan 3, 2014
When I was in school I hated to do book reports – what I found interesting was never what the teacher found interesting. After reading 50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age: New Financial Threats You Need to Know and How to Avoid Them (2nd Edition)I think you’ll find a lot of […]
Be Careful Out There
Nov 30, 2013
‘Tis the season for identity theft. Yesterday was the big US shopping day known as “Black Friday”. It’s called that because retailers go from being in the red for eleven months to finally making a profit for the year – at least that’s the idea. Today is Small Business Saturday when people are supposed to […]
They’ve Got My Back
Sep 26, 2012
My wife got a call at 8am the other morning. It was American Express letting her know that someone was using her credit card. It seems they made a purchase at 3am and two others right after that. Since my wife doesn’t generally do that with her business AmEx, their software let them know that […]
