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Truston Featured in Identity Theft Research Report by Javelin
Jan 2, 2008 by Tom Fragala
Truston was featured in a Javelin Strategy & Research research report entitled "Identity Fraud Protection Services: Double Digit Growth to Continue". The report, released December 2007. provides a comprehensive analysis of the key identity theft protection services and is based in...
Why You Should Be Careful Where You Shop Online
Jan 4, 2008 by Tom Fragala
The internet retailer you choose just might, without disclosure, install software on your computer to snoop on your web browsing. Brian Krebs at the Security Fix blog has this story. Would you believe it could be one of the country's...
Why Checking Your Credit Card Statement Is So Important
Jan 6, 2008 by Tom Fragala
It is simple and you know the answer: if you don't check your statement and fail to catch fraudulent charges or even errors the bank makes (within 60 days from mailing), they can tell you to jump in a lake....
British TV Star Foolishly Publishes Bank Account Number to Prove a Point
Jan 7, 2008 by Tom Fragala
Unfortunately for this twit, he proved the opposite point of what he was trying to. Here is what happened. Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of popular British TV show Top Gear, wanted to prove a point. There was recently a massive data...
Maryland Credit Freezes Now Available by Law
Jan 9, 2008 by Tom Fragala
This news that Maryland credit freeze law went into effect January 1 appears to be a bit underwhleming since all three credit reporting companies announced in 2007 they would offer nationwide credit freezes anyway. However, I think MD residents are...
GE Money Loses Data on 650,000 JC Penney Credit Card Holders
Jan 18, 2008 by Tom Fragala
As a former IT professional, something particularly disturbing about this is that the data breach occurred because of an apparent lost backup tape at the well-known data storage company, Iron Mountain. This just should not happen--this company specializes in data...