Credit Card Interest Rate

UAE Bank Issues Scented Credit Card

A bank in the Middle East released a scented credit card in January, targeting women with this financial product that doubles as a medium...

The Solution to Tax Identity Theft: Slower Refunds

The Government Accountability Office estimates that $5.8 billion was lost to identity thieves filing fraudulent tax returns in 2013 and that there may have...
Privacy and security

Cloud apps routinely expose sensitive data

An alarming number of cloud-based apps used by enterprise employees don’t encrypt data at rest or require two-factor authentication. And an astounding number of employees...
Cyber thief

Viral Gmail, YouTube alerts spreading via email

I've received a couple of troubling emails recently that made their way into my inbox. They were well-drafted attacks designed to convince me that...
Tax return

What We Could Have Done With the $5.8 Billion the Government Lost to Tax...

Imagine you were President, or Speaker of the House, and one day you woke up and discovered that you had an extra $5.8 billion...

3 Ways to Protect Your Kids From ID Theft After Data Breaches

When a widespread data breach happens, children are often the most at risk for identity theft. Their clean credit histories make them targets for...

Anthem breach shows need for wider encryption of sensitive data

Media reports concerning the Anthem breach have indicated that the compromised personal information wasn’t encrypted. Encryption – strong, modern algorithms properly implemented with tight...

Faked PayPal sites hard to distinguish from the real thing

Faked PayPal email notifications directing recipients to malicious websites aren’t new. But cybercriminals are getting a lot better at executing them. That’s what the discovery...

Was This Billion-Dollar Bank Heist Preventable?

A funny thing happened on the way to the ATM (and depending on who you believe, may still be happening). Scratch that. For the...

Skin implants arrive as replacement for passwords

CANCUN — It was a moment out of science fiction. All eyes were on Kaspersky Lab researcher Povel Torudd as he sat center stage...