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The Best Privacy Solution? Assume There is None.

The folks at Dictionary.com chose “privacy” as their word of the year in 2013. It was a long journey to that distinction, during which...

The Sony Pictures Hack as Teachable Moment

On the off chance you just returned from a shoot on a deserted island, Sony Pictures got hacked. As I write this, the company...

Are You Ready for the Latest Cyber Threat at Work?

The latest greatest swindlers in the cybercrime racket know you’re onto their digital three-card monte, and they’ve made a few adjustments, putting yet another...

I Ate Thanksgiving Dinner With My Identity Thief for 19 Years

Nineteen a minute: That’s how quickly people become identity theft victims in the U.S. Estimates vary, but somewhere between 10 and 16 million Americans...

73,000 Webcams Are Open to Peeping Toms—Is Yours?

If the past year has taught consumers anything, it’s that identity thieves, fraudsters and scammers are on the prowl, going after any information they...
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The Holiday Shopping Danger You Won’t See Coming

Around this time last year, cybercrime went mainstream with Target’s announcement that the credit and debit card accounts of 40 million shoppers were nabbed...

It’s 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Social Security Number Is?

Your Social Security number is a skeleton key in the hands of an identity thief, but it’s not just about money. Those nine digits...

Here’s How the New Chip-and-PIN Credit Cards Could Be DOA

A recent Gallup survey found that 69% of Americans worry “frequently” or “occasionally” about having a credit card compromised by computer hackers. It’s not...

Hackers Jump Digital Fence in White House Hack Attack

Adam Levin spoke with Gerri Willis from Fox Business's The Willis Report on the White House hack attack, where hackers jumped the digital fence...

This Election Year’s Darwin Award Goes to the Folks Behind this Political Mailer

Did you hear the one about the Kentucky GOP candidate who asked his attorney general to investigate the state Democratic Party for allegedly sending...