With increasing frequency and intensity it’s happening and your credit is at risk. The attacks are getting more and more sophisticated and the thieves are becoming more widespread. They are working hard to stay a step ahead of law enforcement and they are largely successful. Your money, your credit, and your identity are at risk of being compromised by online credit card theft.

Carnegie Mellon University researchers say social security numbers can be predicted from publicly available information, but SS agency spokesperson tells NY Times that saying Social Security number code can be cracked by the lead researchers is an "exaggeration." The agency also told NY Times that the public should not be alarmed by this report.

There's been a lot of press relating to the 40 million card breach and the subsequent arrest of the Hacker's 11. In fact, I've done several posts on it myself.

According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a record 77 million tax returns were filed electronically in 2007 and these figures are sure to increase in 2008. For an identity thief, tax time is prime time.

The problem of identity theft and protection from it become more actual in our time as more individuals and companies sue websites for offering sensitive consumer data. Identity theft is when someone obtains, and illegally uses, your identification information, such as name, address, date of birth, social security number or mother's maiden name.

If a malicious employee stole data from your organisation, would you have the skills to detect it? Could you gather evidence that would help the authorities prosecute a criminal case? Would you be able to produce the evidence to handle a disputed transaction, or a misbehaving employee? In this digital age we live in, computing security and business IT processes are under more scrutiny and pressure than ever before.

ID Tool ToGo Combines Convenience with Multifactor Authentication Superior to Tokens, Smartcards and Biometrics

Unprecedented support received for the UK’s third National Identity Fraud Prevention Week

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation released today the witness list for the full Committee hearing on Caller ID Spoofing. The witnesses are listed below.