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Amber Alerts As Security Theater

2008-08-11 07:59:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...alerts were issued nationwide, each galvanizing interest in the local community and flooding police with tips. While the particulars of the state systems differ, the goal is the same: to disperse news of a kidnapping as widely and quickly as possible, in the hope that someone will spot the kidnapper before a child is harmed The program's...
 
Tags: alerts, amber alerts, child custody fights, child, abduction, abduction stories, successes, team led, local community
 
 
 
 
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Credit reporting firm sues LifeLock over fraud alerts in consumer history files

2008-02-21 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Experian, one of the three big credit reporting firms in the U.S., filed a lawsuit claiming that LifeLock is illegally placing hundreds of thousands of fraud alerts in consumer credit-history files as part of its identity theft protection service
 
Tags: credit, fraud alerts, consumer credit-history files, lifelock, firms, thousands, experian, filed, hundreds
 
 
 
 
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Getting students, faculty to sign up for campus alerts

2008-02-21 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b1f454 in Network World on Security
 
Although many colleges and universities have been installing or updating their emergency notification systems for students, faculty and staff since last April's shootings at Virginia Tech, technology can't fix one problem: not everyone who's eligible for the emergency alerts wants them
 
Tags: emergency notification systems, faculty, emergency alerts, students, virginia tech, fix, shootings, staff, eligible
 
 
 
 
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Credit reporting firm sues LifeLock over fraud alerts

2008-02-21 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b440a0 in Network World on Security
 
...alerts on consumer credit-history files maintained by Experian as part of its credit reporting business Enterprise IP Goes Mobile Advertisement To maximize full productivity, companies must integrate their mobile applications with the IP network
 
Tags: credit, consumer credit-history files, mobile, false fraud alerts, mobile applications, lifelock, experian, advertisement, sued
 
 
 
 
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CNN Custom Alerts Spam

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2008-08-10 17:28:40 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...alerts Click to Enlarge I've seen two types of this mail - one links to a genuine CNN article from the headline text (with the smaller link underneath leading to an infection site), the other simply links to the infection site from both clickable links. As before, deleting these Emails is the best course of action. Interestingly, the...
 
Tags: links, clickable links, simply links, simply, custom alerts, infection site, fake cnn spam, genuine cnn article, huge spam wave
 
 
 
 
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The Pros and Cons of LifeLock

2008-06-12 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...alerts and effectively make them permanent This service pisses off the credit bureaus and their financial customers. The reason lenders don't routinely verify your identity before issuing you credit is that it takes time, costs money and is one more hurdle between you and another credit card. (Buy, buy, buy -- it's the American way.) So in...
 
Tags: credit reports, credit, credit card, fraud alerts permanent, fraud, credit industry, experian credit bureau, lifelock, issue credit
 
 
 
 
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LifeLock and Identity Theft

2008-06-17 06:51:25 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...alerts and effectively make them permanent This service pisses off the credit bureaus and their financial customers. The reason lenders don't routinely verify your identity before issuing you credit is that it takes time, costs money and is one more hurdle between you and another credit card. (Buy, buy, buy -- it's the American way.) So in...
 
Tags: identity theft, credit reports, credit, identity, credit card, fraud alerts permanent, fraud, credit industry, experian credit bureau
 
 
 
 
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"Scareware" Vendors Sued

2008-10-02 07:03:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...alerts to frighten consumers into paying for worthless computer security software The case filed by the Washington attorney general's office names Texas-based Branch Software and its owner James Reed McCreary IV, alleging that McCreary's company caused targeted PCs to pop up misleading security alerts about security threats on the victims'...
 
Tags: alerts, fake security alerts, week filed lawsuits, security alerts, filed, washington, washington attorney, spyware, lawsuits
 
 
 
 
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Another Wisconsin mailing exposes Social Security numbers

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2008-01-15 13:32:24 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...alerts a victim after the attacker has committed fraud. When confidential information is disclosed, the information is disclosed forever, not for only a year A letter to affected taxpayers was mailed the week of January 14, 2007. If your social security number is identified as one of the 5,000 potentially affected by the misfolding, you will...
 
Tags: security, taxpayers, taxpayers social security, social security, wisconsin, credit bureau, credit, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Stay informed of E-Crimes down under

2008-06-06 13:57:36 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...alerts computer users to cyber threats The plain-English Stay Smart Online alerts service, provided by the nations Computer Emergency Response Team, will help home and small business users secure their own PCs against rising levels of cyber-scams and fraud It is the first time ordinary computer users have been offered access to...