ID theft criminals usually remain invisible, carrying out their crimes in secret, often without the victims even knowing they have had their identities stolen until it is too late. But now 25 images have been released online showing the faces of suspected ID thieves. Crimestoppers released the images of the suspected criminals online after the […]
Google Chrome is one of the most popular internet browsers in the world. But how secure is it? It was recently revealed that users’ passwords that are saved in Chrome for various websites are incredibly easy to discover, and this was reported in many places including The Telegraph. This means that if you leave a […]
Are you paranoid about your online persona? Perhaps the most alarming thing is how easily manipulated we are by the media. People don’t tend to realise how much of their personal information is freely available online. You may not be aware of how much of your identity you are giving away by just posting your full […]
Business Green recently reported on the announcement by General Motors (GM) that it managed to save $1 billion through recycling 90% of its manufacturing waste across the world in 2012. It achieved this impressive figure through a range of initiatives aimed at recycling and reusing more of its waste products. 105 of its global facilities […]
Data breaches are constantly making headlines these days, and one of the most serious of recent times was the breach suffered by Sony back in 2011 when the details of nearly a quarter of a million users were accessed on its PlayStation Network. The seriousness of the breach led the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) handing […]
The BBC recently reported on a warning from a security firm that millions of SIM cards used in mobile phones across the world could be vulnerable to hacking. We all have SIM cards in our phones, but according to security specialist Karsten Nohl, who runsSecurity Research Labs in Berlin, as many as one in eight […]
The dangers of ID theft are increasingly appearing in the news. But now a Belgian video created by a bank that warns of the dangers of ID theft has gone viral, and it could prove to be an effective education tool. Febelfin, a bank in Belgium, released the distinctly creepy video, which was created by […]
If your employees use company mobiles, are you certain that they are not putting your sensitive business data at risk? Is your data and IT recycling and destruction policy up to date? Many companies now provide phones to their employees. However, a mobile phone can contain a lot of sensitive data including personal data that […]
Apple has become the latest big name to suffer a data breach after a security researcher from Turkey found a system flaw that allowed him to access information of individual developers in Apple’s developer portal. As many as 275,000 developers could have been affected, and Apple warned that their information may have been stolen, including […]
Identity thieves are getting increasingly smart in their bid to steal personal information and use it for malicious purposes. Details recently emerged of a criminal gang operating in the Whitecraigs suburb of Glasgow, which is a well-off area of the city. In an elaborate scam, the gang targeted the mail of the wealthy inhabitants by […]