Cyber Awareness: Identity Theft & Phishing
Defining and solving 10 illegal acts on identity theft and information security by 16,000 federally insured banks, savings institutions and credit unions. Illegal acts include identity theft in the form of fake web sites, email spam, and phishing, plus deceptive privacy statements, violations of consumer protection laws, and violations of Sarbanes-Oxley and SEC rules.
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Remote Corporate Espionage and the Cyber Proxy War
Professor Howard Schmidt, ISF President and one time security adviser to the White House discusses how and why corporate espionage is taking place.
Phishing emails not to get credit cards or even identity theft information but after logon information for intellectual property theft.
Professor Schmidt sites a case study involving a discussion of a former director of counter intelligence of a large European country, where the following two part question was posed.
Do you spy on other governments?
No – we absolutely do not, we are partners, we have treaties signed etc
Do you spy on other companies in other countries?
After a brief hesitation, the reply came back.
Let me explain it to you this way. If it cost me 20 million euros to buy an aeroplane from another government but if I can acquire that technology and build it for five million euros, isn’t that a good thing?
According to Professor Schmidt, many countries around the world have really great technology but have not put a lot of effort into securing their technology.
A hack into their systems could be sanctioned at the highest level of government, or an unsanctioned civil servant who thinks they can do their country a service by helping their country acquire technology cheaply or even a hobbiest looking to find out the truth about a project.
The issue however is not the motive of the hacker but that companies need to ensure that they have the right security in place in order to enable them to do business securely.
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Ben Chai
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Duration : 0:6:34
Canada post has no protection against fraud and identity theft. Part 2
Every hour one person becomes a victim of identity theft or fraud in Canada.
It is so easy to commit fraud with stolen mail, Canada post is sloppy with protection against mail theft and they really don’t care. It is one of the fastest growing crimes in Canada, identity theft occurs when someone steals your name and other personal information with the intention of uming your identity to gain access to your finances, make purchases and incur debts in your name, or commit other crimes. They are not engaged in the fight against identity theft, and are not cooperating with US authority to catch these thieves.
Crook’s and international criminals find this the easiest country to for living large at the expense of others. Once this information is stolen, it can be used to finance spending sprees and open new bank accounts, or to redirect your mail and apply for loans, credit cards and social benefits and the list goes on. In the United States there have been measures taken to fight this problem, including laws and Post office special crimes investigation officers.
Punishment for this crime against fraud and identity theft committed through stolen mail in canada is a slap on the back of the hand!
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090228/wfive_postal_090228/20090228?hub=WFive
http://www.ctv.ca/wfive
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Duration : 0:9:40
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Canada post has no protection against fraud and identity theft. Part 1
Every hour one person becomes a victim of identity theft or fraud in Canada.
It is so easy to commit fraud with stolen mail, Canada post is sloppy with protection against mail theft and they really don’t care. It is one of the fastest growing crimes in Canada, identity theft occurs when someone steals your name and other personal information with the intention of uming your identity to gain access to your finances, make purchases and incur debts in your name, or commit other crimes. They are not engaged in the fight against identity theft, and are not cooperating with US authority to catch these thieves.
Crook’s and international criminals find this the easiest country to for living large at the expense of others. Once this information is stolen, it can be used to finance spending sprees and open new bank accounts, or to redirect your mail and apply for loans, credit cards and social benefits and the list goes on. In the United States there have been measures taken to fight this problem, including laws and Post office special crimes investigation officers.
Punishment for this crime against fraud and identity theft committed through stolen mail in canada is a slap on the back of the hand!
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090228/wfive_postal_090228/20090228?hub=WFive
http://www.ctv.ca/wfive
★☆★☆★
Duration : 0:10:59