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As if there weren't enough worries about identity theft in this era high-tech, password/encrypted technology, we have to remind ourselves that identity theft still happens because of the hard technology and documents you expose to the world. Consider the case of William Pollock, a young man from Texas who was looking to find a solid moving company to help move his family to Pennsylvania. Pollock shopped around for a few different movers, as most of us would do, and when he wasn't happy with their price quotes, he turned to Craigslist.  There he found Moo-Ving.com, a company with a professional enough web site and, what's more attractive, a far lower price quote. Caveat emptor.  As it turned out, the company... 

A Fight Identity Theft visitor forwarded this email to us today and it was so creative I just had to post it here. The email supposedly comes from Robert Mueller - the current head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations. Not only was it sent by the FBI, the scammers try to get you to believe it's been vetted by the Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division. Unbelievable. Why Do They Send These Emails? What they're really after is the fee they want you to pay in order to collect your $850,000 - that's why they call this an "advanced-fee fraud." The fee is sent by money order which makes it very difficult to trace and impossible to recover. Here's the money paragraph: This letter will serve... 

We know everyone is looking for that best deal online, especially during the Black Friday shopping blitz. Here are some quality online shopping tips from Intersections, Inc. (provider of the Identity Guard identity theft protection service). We also recommend a post from the always excellent Privacy Rights Clearinghouse - "Holiday Shopping? Ten Timely Tips" Don’t Let Would-Be “Grinches” Steal Your Financial Health and Identity During the Busiest Shopping Season of the Year! As the biggest holiday shopping days of the year quickly approach, consumers everywhere will be lining up at stores on "Black Friday" for pre-dawn sales that will hopefully net great bargains and savings... 

This was brought to my attention in our IRC channel and it’s scary as hell. We’re not talking about boats, but rather packages. This article has all the details, but basically it comes down to someone sending in a wifi and wan enabled device to hack into corporate networks (think iphone). WarDriving Is So 2000 — Here Comes WarShipping  

The spirit of giving has hit Google. They are generously providing free Wi-Fi at 47 airports from November 10, 2009 to January 15, 2010. That's great, but there are a few precautions you should take to keep yourself safe. Google's Free Wi-Fi Using the free service is simple. You simply select the free Wi-Fi and accept the terms of service and there's no need to give any form of payment. However, Google wants you to catch the giving spirit and give a donation to any of the three non-profit organizations they've partnered with. But, donate once you're using a secure Internet connection at home - not on the Wi-Fi network. In addition to providing free Wi-Fi, Google's having a photo contest. You could win a prize just... 

Microsoft launched an update Tuesday to patch about fifteen holes in Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server and Office. While most of the patches are related to various Word and Excel, or Windows Server issues, a critical vulnerability was found within Windows kernel – a fairly rare occurence. The Big Hole The Windows kernel is the core of the operating system and the flaw is related to how embedded font files are processed. We’re not going to get into the technical mumbo-jumbo here, so we’ll just tell you that the problem – if exploited – would allow malicious code to be passed directly to the system, bypassing any browser defenses that have been created to stop this sort of attack.... 

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