Tagged.com Being Sued for Identity Theft


New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has charged that social-networking service Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million Internet users by sending e-mails that raided their private accounts.

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Posted on July 29th, 2010 by admin and filed under cyber identity theft | 1 Comment »

Learn About Home Security Systems


Anyone whose home has ever been broken into at least considers how they could have prevented it or at least deterred the robber. The answer to this is through home security systems. They usually can scare off an intruder or at least alert someone to the fact that they are there. Some are simply sufficient while others are very effective at protecting your home as well as your family.

Systems that are available from specializing companies are completely monitored and maintained by the company. They actually employ installers who are trained in their version of systems. In addition there is a staff of employees who monitor them in a central monitoring location. When an alarm is sounded, officials are alerted and sent to your location after they have verified a valid alarm.

There is a variety of options in these systems that homeowners can choose from. Most all are reasonable in price, do not require professional monitoring and easy for the average handyman to install. They come in varieties of window or door sensors, video monitoring and battery or electric versions. Each provide you with their own level of security and benefits.

If you have small children that is known for opening doors and wandering outdoors without you, then you would benefit from an indoor system. This version consists of contacts that are attached to your windows and doors. If one of them is opened, an alarm sounds to alert you to this fact. Some come equipped with sensors that detects movement.

If you are looking for outdoor security, then a surveillance system may be what you need. These operate on sensors that detect movement of a wider area such as your entire lawn. Many of the new models have programming to differentiate between wildlife and a person. They do this by detecting the size and weight of whatever is moving. These are instrumental in reducing the number of false alarms from small animals.

You will find that the biggest part of systems operate on electricity. In case of a power outage, they have a built-in battery that takes over when the electricity goes out. They are usually only good for a few hours before the system ceases to operate. Battery power is more reliable in terms of working all the time than the electric versions so long as the battery is properly maintained.

Video surveillance is a more sophisticated version of alarm. It allows you to monitor an area via closed circuit television. Some are wireless but these are more apt to be interfered with by weather than electric power. The combined components, transmitters and receiver, connect to a television or video recorder so it can be monitored.

It is not recommended that you rely solely on technology to protect your home and belongings. Many home security systems experts recommend additional measures should be added. This includes the use of additional lighting and locks on all doors and lockable items and buildings. Patio furniture should be secured inside an out building or be locked down to the patio.

Read an Alarm force complaint to evaluate the security levels at your property. Protect your home by researching the database of Alarm force complaints recommendations, and reviews.

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Posted on July 25th, 2010 by Adriana Noton and filed under crime | No Comments »

Identity theft Resources


Phaat fico describes how to prevent identity theft & knowledge about id theft in less than 5 minutes Learn more at http://WhattHeFicO.org/about.html online identity theft,identity theft credit

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Backtrack Series – 12: Session Hijacking for Secure Websites

In this tutorial we will hijack a live session so that we can have the same priviliges of the account without having any information about the username and password. We will start by redirecting the secure traffic to an insecure server using SSLStrip, next we use ferret to extract cookies from the traffic and then we will use hamster to inject the cookies in the browser

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Posted on July 23rd, 2010 by admin and filed under cyber identity theft | 4 Comments »

I’m a felon & I want to go to college…for what?

I just dont know what to go for, I was convicted of 2 class c felonys in identity theft & 3 class d’s in ‘unarthurized access to a computer database’
I want to major in somthing but can’t figure out what I have access to…
any help would be appreciated in different options I’ve got that my record won’t hold me back.

I’m really not interested in business management, i was… but its not really what I wanna do.
I like computer science, cyber security, forensic science, chemistry & the automotive industry (except thats at a different school in another city :( )
would love to go to ciminal justice, but I think my record pretty much sits that down.,
anything else?

I’m open to all suggestions, the felony has been 7 years old.. when i was 18
keep in mind I’m a pretty big muscle dude with a tattoo sleeve & tattoos on my knuckles & neck, just incase it affects any future career jobs because of appearence

You can get into university with felonies. The problem is whether you’ll be admitted to certain majors related to your felonies; and beyond that, whether you’ll get a job when you graduate.

Can you get the felonies expunged? You’d need to find out the rules for that in your state; including waiting period. But if this is possible – I mean, you were 18 when you were convicted, so you were barely on the adult side of things – if this is possible, pursue it, because it’d be worth it. It’d free you up re: employment.

As a felon, you’re going to have great, great difficulty finding anyone willing to employ you at all, never mind in a field, like computer science, which is directly related to what your felonies were all about. You can’t go into any field where you’ll have access to people’s personal info, or work in depth with computers, and expect an employer to want to hire you. That is, unless your computer skills are HOT. If your computer skills are in a field where they can’t find people, and where you are really so darn good at what you do that people will be willing to take the risk… but know that even then, it’s a long-shot. An extreme long-shot.

What I strongly suggest for most felons, due to the difficulty getting a job with an employer, is that you focus on a major that gives you the opportunity to start your own business, should you need to. In this way, if you can’t get hired, you can be self-employed. So you may need to be a bit creative on this one, but you do have options. Is there something that you can do that suits your interests and skills, and would allow you to be self-employed? Own your own business? Work freelance only? That sort of thing? There should be a ton of options, but you want to take some time to think through them, do some research, maybe talk to some people who already work doing such things.

You can’t major in anything that requires you to be licensed before you can get a job, because in most states, having a felony is going to prevent your licensure. So that means you can’t major in accounting, nursing, teaching, etc. And it makes no sense to me that you’d major in criminal justice, because IMO, you will be unemployable in that field.

As for your appearance – you’re right to be concerned about that. But I’ve had tons of students who’ve had tattoos and been big, tough looking men. What they do for corporate America is wear a long-sleeved shirt, to cover the tattoos. Check to see if the collar of an Oxford or dress style shirt covers your neck tattoos. If so, then it’s really just the tattoos on your knuckles that might be an issue. You could consider having only those ones removed, or leave them be and just know that yes, they may be an issue for certain industries or certain bosses – and obviously those companies aren’t good fits for you. They won’t be an issue for other industries/bosses, or they’ll be less of one. For example, for big-time corporate America, they’d probably be an issue, but for a small, upstart software firm in a funky town or major metro area? Far less of one, if they’re an issue at all.

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Posted on July 23rd, 2010 by admin and filed under cyber identity theft | 2 Comments »