Next week, we’re partnering up with the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) to co-host their monthly Identity Theft Twitter Chat (#IDTheftChat). With National Small Business Week coming up in June, ITRC and Experian will hone in on security issues that affect small businesses. Many small businesses are unaware that 20 percent of all cyber attacks [...]
This week, Twitter introduced a two-factor authentication login security measure that users can opt into, helping to protect users from email phishing schemes or password breaches. Users need a confirmed email address and a verified phone number on their account to set up the login verification feature on their Twitter settings page.“The two-factor system mirrors [...]
NSS Labs recently published a comparative analysis of leading web browsers, examining each browsers’ ability to block malware downloads. They conducted a month-long test with the top five Internet browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera) against 754 samples of malicious software. According to the results, the browser that protects against malware the best [...]
One in 10 children are targeted for identity theft. This rate is often higher for the 380,000 children in the foster care system. As May is National Foster Care Month, it is important to recognize that foster children are prime targets for identity theft for a number of reasons. Their Social Security Numbers go with [...]
“Web-borne attacks are on the rise as cybercriminals and others who do harm to computer systems for profit or malice prey on the web’s areas of vulnerability, and businesses are feeling the effects of the attacks on their resources. Currently the weakest link is the web browser. Vulnerabilities in browser add-ons like Java, Flash and [...]
In the 2013 BYOD and Mobility Security Report, 70% of respondents cited security as the top criteria for success when implementing bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs. The report, sponsored by Lumension Security, interviewed 1,650 information security professionals around the world, the majority of which represent organizations between 10 and 99 employees.Nathan Eddy of eWeek reported that security [...]
Take a look at what we’ve been up to this past month, including a number of community events in our headquarter hometown, Austin, TX:Experian at ID360Being headquartered near the University of Texas gave us the opportunity to participate in ID360, an annual conference put on by UT’s Center for Identity. This year, three Experian members [...]
In the latest Annual State of the Net Consumer Report about 58.2 million American home PCs were affected with at least one malware infection, causing an estimated $4 billion in repair costs. "Our Annual State of the Net Report revealed that home computers are no safer than they were last year," said Jeff Fox, technology [...]
This blog post comes from Adam Kennedy, Product Analyst at Experian. With the rise in social networks and the increasing desire to share personal data in public forums, it’s no surprise identity thieves are targeting Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to steal your identity.What are they after?Your Facebook page and Twitter profile page will show your [...]
We spent the past couple days at ID360, the UT Center for Identity’s annual conference that gathers information security professionals from around the world to discuss issues in security, privacy and identity. Some of the hottest topics this week included identity management, Big Data and analytics, the definition of privacy and the shifting cybersecurity ecosystem. [...]
