Directory: Fraud 00-02-00-CACM-IdentityTheftSocialSecurityNumbersAndTheWeb.txt 03-07-15-MSNBC-HomeComputersHijackedToServePornography.txt 03-11-27-Economist-FightingSpamAndWorms.txt 04-02-17-PCMag-CanEmailSurvive.txt 04-03-14-SJMerc-PassMarkIconLetsUsersVerifySiteAuthenticity.txt 04-03-14-SJMerc-ReconnexHardwareHelpsTrackInfoLeaks.txt 04-04-01-SJMerc-NewAntiPhishingToolsReadied.txt 04-04-23-SJMerc-FDICWarnsAboutFraudulentEmails.txt 04-05-00-CACM-FinancialOrganizationsMustMaintainSecurityAwareness.txt 04-05-27-WSJ-PhishingScamsIncrease.txt 04-06-01-SJMerc-TwoFactorAuthenticationSystemsNeeded-SuperPasswordSystems.txt 04-07-08-SJMerc-InternetOpensNewAvenueForPennyStockFraud.txt 04-07-23-InfoWorld-SurveyShowsEnterpriseSecurityIsShaky.txt 04-07-28-MSNBC-ConsumersStillFallingForPhishing.txt 04-07-29-WashPost-PhishingBecomesMoreSophisticated.txt 04-08-09-SJMerc-InstancesOfOnlineCreditCardTheft.txt 04-10-08-SJMerc-ImpactOfPhishingIncreases.txt 04-10-18-BaltoSun-TechFirmsAndLawmakersTargetSpamAndFraud.txt 04-10-28-SJMerc-ArrestsMadeInOnlineIDTheftRing.txt 04-11-01-NetWorld-SenderIDAuthenticationHitsRoadblocks.txt 04-11-01-NetWorld-SpamAndPhishingThreatenEmail.txt 04-11-11-WashPost-EmailAuthenticationWillNotEndSpamAndFraud.txt 04-12-00-CACM-SpammingPhishingAuthenticationAndPrivacy.txt 04-12-02-CNNMoney-GoogleCFO-FraudInClickThroughAdvertising.txt 04-12-27-PCWorld-2004WasGoodAndBadForSecurity.txt 05-01-00-IEEESpectrum-AntispoofingEmailTechnologyDeployed.txt 05-01-07-SJMerc-AustralianStudentsChargedInGlobalInternetScam.txt 05-01-11-SJMerc-IDThiefGetsPrison.txt 05-02-10-InetNews-MSAndPfizerJoinToBattleOnlineDrugSales.txt 05-02-10-InfoWeek-MSAndPfizerJoinToBattleOnlineDrugSales.txt 05-02-10-WashPost-MSAndPfizerJoinToBattleOnlineDrugSales.txt 05-02-11-BosGlobe-MSAndPfizerJoinToBattleOnlineDrugSales.txt 05-02-12-SJMerc-LookForAttacksFromOnlineValentines.txt 05-02-17-Wired-RSAPanel-DataProvidersNeedMoreOversight.txt 05-02-18-SJMerc-ChoicePointReleasesPersonalDataToCrimeRing.txt 05-02-19-SJMerc--HighProfileBreachesCreatePrivacyLawReform.txt 05-02-22-SJMerc-ChoicePointToResreen17000BusinessCustomers.txt 05-02-22-SJMerc-WestlawCriticizedAfterChoicePointProblems.txt 05-02-23-CNETNews-AlternativesToPasswordsShownAtRSAConf.txt 05-02-24-NYT-ChoicePointLeakShowsFlawsInPrivacyLaws.txt 05-02-28-USACM-ChoicePointPrivacyBreachGetsCongressionalAttention.txt 05-03-00-PCWorld-PhishingAttacksOutsmartDefenses.txt 05-03-01-CNETNews-HighProfileBreachesCreatePrivacyLawReform.txt 05-03-04-SJMerc-ChoicePointVowsStrcterControlsOnSales.txt 05-03-04-WSJ-DataProvidersLobbyToBlockMoreOversight.txt 05-03-07-SJMerc-FTCAskedToProbeDeceptiveMusicSites.txt 05-03-11-CompWorld-Experts-TechnologyWillStopPhishing.txt 05-03-11-SJMerc-PhonyBuyersBilkOnlineSellers.txt 05-03-14-CNETNews-CompromisedComputersThreatenInternet.txt 05-03-15-CompWorld-Schneier-TechnologyWillNotStopPhishing.txt 05-03-16-CircleID-Auerback-CertifyDevicesThatAttachComputersToInternet.txt 05-03-18-SJMerc-LexisNexisTightensAccessToSSData.txt 05-03-21-BosGlobe-ProposedSystemWouldScanInternetAndAlertPeopleToPersonalInfo.txt 05-03-22-SJMerc-PersonalDataStolenFromCalStateChicoComputers.txt 05-03-29-WSJ-UsingGoogleToFindPersonalInformation.txt 05-04-01-SJMerc-MSSuesPhishingSiteOperators.txt 05-04-04-WashPost-SocialSecurityNumbersWidelyAvailableOnInternet.txt 05-04-05-ACM-USACMQuestionsRealIDActSecurityStandards.txt 05-04-05-AlchemMedia-AHistoryOfFraudInClickThroughAdvertising.txt 05-04-05-WSJ-AdvertisersSueOverClickFraudCharges.txt 05-04-06-CNETNews-RateOfIncreaseOfPhishingAttacksSlows.txt 05-04-06-SJMerc-PharmingRedirectsUsersToFakeWebsites.txt 05-04-11-SJMerc-BanksFightPhishingScams.txt 05-04-12-SJMerc-CongressMustAdoptStrongDataTheftBill.txt 05-04-12-SJMerc-LexisNexisSaysSecurityBreachMayBeWorseThanThought.txt 05-04-13-SJMerc-SenatorsPromiseCrackdownOnDataBrokers.txt 05-04-14-SJMerc-DataTheftAtRalphLaurenCompromisesThousands.txt 05-04-15-SJMerc-PoloRalphLaurenSaysSoftwareProblemFixed.txt 05-04-29-USACM-USACMQuestionsRealIDActSecurityStandards.txt 05-05-00-CACM-TheRisksOfThirdPartyData.txt 05-05-13-SJMerc-RestitutionDelayedInTriWestInternetFraud.txt 05-05-13-SJMerc-WachoviaAndBofANotifyCustomersOfSecurityBreach.txt 05-05-19-WashPost-ComputersSeizedInLexisNexisDataTheftCase.txt 05-05-23-AP-BanksNotifyCustomersOfDataTheft.txt 05-06-02-PCWorld-CongressStepsUpEffortsToRegulateBuyingAndSellingOfPersonalData.txt 05-06-06-InfoWorld-Pharming-HackedDNSServersRedirectUsers.txt 05-06-06-InvestBusDaily-ConsortiumWorksForEmailAntiPhishingAuthentication.txt 05-06-07-WashPost-CitigroupLoosesTapesWithCustomerData.txt 05-06-09-NYT-CompaniesAndGovtToImprovePersonalDataProtection.txt 05-06-17-Newsday-NYLegisalturePassesBillToRequireDataTheftNotification.txt 05-06-17-SJMerc-KeyUSLegisatorsAgreeDataTheftNotificationIsNeeded.txt 05-06-20-NYT-CardSystemsShouldNotHaveKeptTransactionData.txt 05-06-29-SJMerc-SenatorsProposeSweepingDataSecurityBill.txt 05-06-30-SJMerc-InsidersMayPoseGreatestDataTheftRisk.txt 05-06-30-SJMerc-SecurityBreachAtCardSystemsLeavesFewLeads.txt 05-06-31-USACM-SenatorsIntroducePrivacyAndSecurityBill.txt 05-07-00-Computer-InstantMessagingBecomingSecurityTarget.txt 05-07-09-NYT-CreditIndustryNeedsToBeMadeResponsibleForIdentityTheft.txt 05-07-18-CNETNews-MoreSecurityAttacksComingFromNonUSLocations.txt 05-07-25-SFChron-StanfordProfsWorkingOnProtectionAgainstPasswordTheft.txt 05-07-28-CNETNews-SenateMovesTowardNewDataSecurityRules.txt 05-07-30-MSNBC-FraudAlertsWouldEliminateNeedToUseSSnsToAuthenticateIdentity.txt 05-07-31-USACM-DataSecurityAndPrivacyLegislationGettingClearer.txt 05-08-15-NewsFactor-EmailAuthenticationIssues.txt 05-08-17-WSJ-WestPointSendsCadetsPhonyEmailsToEducateAboutComputerFraud.txt 05-08-22-InvestBusDaily-DataBreachesInspireCongressionalAction.txt 05-09-02-CompWorld-TrevorBarrBelievesChaosWillRuleInternetIn2010.txt 05-09-30-USACM-CyberCrimeOnRise.txt 05-09-30-USACM-SneateJudiciaryCommitteeHoldsHearings.txt 05-10-25-StanfordCIS-ISPHeldNotLiableForPhisingRedirection.txt 05-10-27-MassDailyCollegian-UMassResearchersDevelopBetterBrokerFraudDetection.txt 05-10-28-LATimes-ManArrestedForStealingDomainNameByForgery.txt 05-10-28-SJMerc-ManArrestedForStealingDomainNameByForgery.txt 05-10-28-SJMerc-WebBankingToGetSecurityUpgrades.txt 05-10-31-USACM-DataSecurityLegislationMovingForwardInCongress.txt 05-11-01-NYT-ConsumersAndBusinessesVieToShapeDataSecurityLegislation.txt 05-11-03-SJMerc-SECUrgesInvestorsToGuardAgainstIDTheft.txt 05-11-08-SJMerc-ChoicePointNotifies17KCustomersOfPossibleDataBreach.txt 05-11-11-SJMerc-CreditDataFor3600PeopleOnStolenComputer.txt 05-11-30-USACM-USDataSecurityBillPassesButEarlyPassageUnlikely.txt 05-12-04-NYT-NewPhishingTechniquesTargetSpecificUsers.txt 05-12-07-SJMerc-OneInFourIntenetUsersTargetedByPhishingMonthly.txt 05-12-09-ClarksonU-ResearcherSaysBiometricsCouldPreventFraud.txt 05-12-09-ClarksonU-VulnerabititiesOfBiometricSystemsStudied.txt 05-12-10-SJMerc-PhishersHijackEbayLinks.txt 05-12-15-CNETNews-BillWouldIncreaseFTCPolicingOnNet.txt 05-12-16-SJMerc-IconixServiceGuardsOnlineShoppersFromPhishers.txt 05-12-20-SJMerc-NigerianPleadsGuiltyInChoicePointIDTheft.txt 05-12-27-PCWorld-SpywareDataSecurityAndTelecomOnCongress2006Agenda.txt 06-01-09-SJMerc-1KCustomersNeverGotItemsFromAmazonSeller.txt 06-01-17-SJMerc-E-TradeOffersCustomersNewFraudProtection.txt 06-01-24-USACM-LetterToCongressUrgingBroaderViewOfDataSecurity.txt 06-01-26-SJMerc-FTC-ComplaintsRiseAboutKidsIdentityTheft.txt 06-01-26-SJMerc-FTCFinesChoicePointOverDataBreach.txt 06-01-30-SJMerc-OnlineAuctionsLargestSourceOfComplaints.txt 06-01-31-SJMerc-HoneywellInvestigatesEmployeeDataPosting.txt 06-01-31-USACM-QuestForMoreInfoOnNSASpyingContinues.txt 06-02-00-ACMNetWorker-TheMoralityOfSharingWiFiConnections.txt 06-02-02-BusWeek-MoreWorkNeededToStopCybercrime.txt 06-02-06-GoodMail-CertifiedEmailProvidesShieldForConsumers.txt 06-02-06-SJMerc-AuctionSitesTryToStopSalesOfFakes.txt 06-02-06-StanfordCIS-OnlineDisputeResolution-EBayExperience.txt 06-02-23-AP-NetherlandsArressts12InEmailScam.txt 06-02-28-AP-AOLSeeks18MFromPhishingRings.txt 06-03-01-AP-WebsitesSellCallerIDSpoofingService.txt 06-03-08-EGoldman-ClickFraudLawsuitNearSettlement.txt 06-03-09-AP-GoogleToPayUpTo90MInClickFraudCase.txt 06-03-09-PCWorld-NewBillsWouldProtectPhoneRecordsFromFraudulentSales.txt 06-03-09-Wired-ClickFraudCouldSwallowTheInternet.txt 06-03-13-AP-IRS-MorePhishingAttemptsDuringTaxFilingSeason.txt 06-03-13-SJMerc-NewCompanyToProvideIDFreezeAndCheck.txt 06-03-23-SJMerc-FidelitySaysRecordsFor196KH-PEmployeesOnStolenLaptop.txt 06-03-24-SJMerc-LossOfLaptopsAGrowingProblem.txt 06-03-26-CompWorld-OutsourcingCitedInFloridaDataLeak.txt 06-04-00-CACM-BiometricAppliancesOfferedForSale.txt 06-04-00-CACM-PhishingSchemesRangeFromCleverToClumsy.txt 06-04-04-USACM-DataSecurityLegislationInchesForward.txt 06-04-05-BBC-ManyFakeWebsitesCatchPhishingTargets.txt 06-04-05-PCWorld-WillNewBillsProtectYourPersonalData.txt 06-04-17-SJMerc-ClickFraudLoomsOverGoogleAndYahoo.txt 06-05-00-ACMInteractions-HumanComputerInterfacesCanPromoteSecurity.txt 06-05-00-ACMQueue-PhishingPresentsChallengingProrammingTasks.txt 06-05-00-CACM-TheComputersRoleInIdentitiyTheftsMayHaveMisgaugedImpact.txt 06-05-05-NetWorld-USDataDataBreachNotificationLawUnlikelyThisYear.txt 06-05-08-AP-ClickFraudConcernsContinueToHoundGoogle.txt 06-05-10-AP-FormerGoogleInvestorSuesToBlockClickFraudSettlement.txt 06-05-22-USACM-VALaptopWithPersonalInformationStolen.txt 06-05-22-VetAffairs-VALaptopWithPersonalInformationStolen.txt 06-05-25-AP-TeensAttemptToExtortMySpaceByStealingPersonalInfo.txt 06-05-25-AP-VADiscoversTheftOfPersonalDataForMillionsOfVeterans.txt 06-05-25-AP-VAEmployeeImproperlyTookDataHome.txt 06-05-29-BusWeek-CybercrooksAreStealingBillions.txt 06-06-01-AP-PersonalDataOnOverOneMillionLostByStudentLoanCompany.txt 06-06-09-Reuters-HackersGetSSNsFor1500OnDOEComputers.txt 06-06-10-AP-HackersGetSSNsFor1500OnDOEComputers.txt 06-06-19-AP-PettyThievesBiggerThreatToDataSecurityThanHackers.txt 06-06-27-AP-NewCenterFormedToStudyIdentityTheftAndFraud.txt 06-07-00-CACM-BankruptcyAndFraudMonetaryLossesNotTheSame.txt 06-07-06-USACM-SpaffordTestifiesAboutVADataBreach.txt 06-07-21-AP-CourtReportsGooglesEffortsToFightClickFraudReasonablyWell.txt 06-07-24-AP-SomePlaintiffsObjectToGoogleClickFraudSettlement.txt 06-07-26-SJMerc-GoogleBeginsToReleaseInformationOnSuspectedClickFraud.txt 06-07-27-AP-90MSettlementApprovedInGoogleClickFraudCase.txt 06-08-02-AP-LeadingSearchEnginesAgreeToFightClickFraud.txt 06-08-09-AP-GoogleWarnsUsersAboutMaliciousWebsites.txt 06-08-14-BBC-UKBankAccountDataFoundOnPCsInNigeria.txt 06-08-17-CompWorld-USFirmsDataLossIsPervasive.txt 06-08-21-CompWolrd-PasswordHassingFoilsPhishingAttacks.txt 06-08-28-SJMerc-MostIDTheftNotOnline-HypeScaresUsers.txt 06-08-31-CMU-ResearchersCreateNewSystemToAddressPhishingFraud.txt 06-09-11-AP-AOLOffersUsersInsuranceAgainstIDTheftAndComputerDamage.txt 06-09-22-IndianaDaily-ResearchersRevealHowScammersCouldUseClickFraudToTargetAdvertisers.txt 06-09-25-JohnsHopkinsU-ResearchersOrganizeNewRFIDSecurityProject.txt 06-09-28-AP-PayPayAgreesToClarifyAndSimplifyUserFraudProtectionAgreement.txt 06-09-29-SJMerc-PayPayAgreesToClarifyAndSimplifyUserFraudProtectionAgreement.txt 06-10-06-CACM-FakeWebSitesUnderminesConsumersTrustInECommerce.txt 06-10-12-IndianaU-Study-MoreUsersFallingForPhishingThanOriginallyThought.txt 06-10-17-BusWire-W3CLaunchesSecureBrowsingInitiative.txt 06-11-13-StanfordLaw-Panel-LitigatingClickFraudCases.txt 06-11-20-TechWorld-StudyFindsAntiPhishingToolbarsAreIneffective.txt 06-11-28-AP-TaiwanConcernedLackOfUSHelpOnCyberCrime.txt 06-12-00-CACM-DigitlTechnologyLoweringBarriersForANewGenerationOfCriminalFraud.txt 06-12-07-IndianaUniv-ResearchersSayActiveCookiesProtectInternetUsers.txt 06-12-11-AP-SoftwareDevelopedToCombatInternetAuctionFraud.txt 06-12-14-AP-PersonalDataCompromisedAtUTDallas.txt 06-12-18-NYT-100MDataRecordsCompromisedIn2Years.txt 06-12-22-InfoWorld-CongressionalDemocratsExpectedToFocusOnBackburnerTechIssues.txt 06-12-27-WashPost-2006SawMoreSophisticatedCriminalAcitvityOnComputers.txt 07-01-03-SJMerc--2006SawMoreSophisticatedCriminalAcitvityOnComputers.txt 07-01-07-NYT-ZombieComputersAGrowingThreat.txt 07-01-17-APRetailerMarshallsReportsCustomerDataTheft.txt 07-01-22-AP-MySpaceSuesSpammerForUInauthorizedAccess.txt 07-01-22-InfoWeek-MySpaceSuesAllegedSpammerForUInauthorizedAccess.txt 07-01-24-AP-CusomerDataStolenInFromTJXUSedInFrauds.txt 07-01-24-AP-NationawideInsuranceCoCustomerDataStolenFromVendor.txt 07-01-25-BBCNews-CriminalsControllingMillionsOfComputersThreatenInternetFuture.txt 07-02-01-AP-FraudsDueToIdentityTheftDeclineIn2006ButStillMajorProblem.txt 07-02-05-NYT-OnlineBankingUsersIgnoreAntiFraudMeasures.txt 07-02-06-AP-MSGatesSaysBiggestChallengeIsKeepingDataSecure.txt 07-02-06-OReilly-MSAnnouncesSupportForOpenID.txt 07-02-07-OpenID-UsersCanHaveUniversalIdentifierAndProtectPasswords.txt 07-02-07-USACM-USACMAdvisesUSGovtToAdoptStrongIDTheftProtection.txt 07-02-12-CompWorld-WillSpamVirusesAndBotnetsDestryTheInternet.txt 07-02-16-AP-VAToSuspendSomeProjectsAfterDataTheft.txt 07-02-19-IndianaU-UsersOftenByPassAntiPhishingTechnologies.txt 07-02-26-AP-SECSuesBlueBottleLtdOverHackingSystemToGetInfoForIllegalStockTrades.txt 07-03-07-AP-USFreezesLativianOnlineBrokerageAccountToStopScam.txt 07-03-08-AP-SECSuspends35StocksInCrackdownAgainstSpamHyping.txt 07-03-12-AP-3FromIndiaIndictedForHackingBrokerageAccountsToPumpUpStockValues.txt 07-03-12-UWash-2BPersonalRecordsCompromised-HackersNotAlwaysToBlame.txt 07-03-19-SJMerc-HPScandalSpotlightDetersSomeDataBrokers.txt 07-03-19-SJMerc-NewIdentitiesReadilyAvailableOnline.txt 07-03-19-StanfordCIS-2BPersonalRecordsCompromised-HackersNotAlwaysToBlame.txt 07-03-19-WashPost-NewIdentitiesReadilyAvailableOnline.txt 07-03-30-AP-HackersSteal46MCreditCardsDataFromTJX.txt 07-03-30-WashPost-HackersSteal46MCreditCardsDataFromTJX.txt 07-04-05-AP-UCSFNotifies46000OfPossibleCompromiseOfPersonalInformation.txt 07-04-10-VaTech-NewResearchToProtectPersonalInformationFromThjeftAndAbuse.txt 07-04-18-AP-ATTAndFataBrokersSettleSuitsOverCustomerRecords.txt 07-04-27-AP-GoogleHaltsAdsUsedToStealPersonalInformation.txt 07-05-00-419Eater-ScambaitingWastesScammersTime.txt 07-05-08-AP-UnivOfMissouriStudentDataCompromised.txt 07-05-11-IdahoNatlLab-CriticalInfrastructureInSeriousJepardyFromHackerAttacks.txt 07-05-17-AP-StudyIndicatesMoreThan10PercentOfAdClicksFraudulent.txt 07-05-18-AP-10PercentOfInternetAdvertisingClicksAreFraudulent.txt 07-05-22-AP-USHousePassesBillToCombatSpywareAndOtherScams.txt 07-05-24-IndianaUniv-ResearchersSaySocialWebsitesPresentOpportunitiesToPhishers.txt 07-06-00-USGAO-ReportOnOnSocialSecurityNumberSecurity.txt 07-06-05-ArsTechnica-ExpertsSayGovernmentInvolvementNeededToCombatPhishing.txt 07-06-08-WashTech-TestimonySaysElectronicEmploymentVerificationWouldIncreaseSeverityOfIdentityTheft.txt 07-06-15-ACM-USACMTestimonyOnSSNsAndIDTheftAndPrivacy.txt 07-06-19-NetTrust-SystemUsesDataFromSocialNetworksForTrustRatings.txt 07-06-21-Ascribe-ComputerExpertWarnsOfRisksToSocialSecurityNumbers.txt 07-06-21-USACM-TestimonyOnSocialSecurityNumberSecurity.txt 07-06-21-USGAO-TestimonyOnSocialSecurityNumberSecurity.txt 07-06-22-SearchSecurity-LawmakersSaySSNsAtRiskInGovernmentRecords.txt 07-06-25-SFChron-EmployerIDCheckingSystemCouldBoostIdentityTheft.txt 07-07-03-APFidelityNationalInfoServicesReportsTheftOf2.3MCustomerRecords.txt 07-07-03-IowaStUniv-ResearchersDescribeIdentityTheftViaWirelessTechnologies.txt 07-07-03-USACM-ComputerExpertsTestifyOnEmploymentEligibilityVerificationSystems.txt 07-07-05-AP-GAOReportSaysConnectingDataBreachesToIDTheftDifficult.txt 07-07-08-SJMerc-SanJosePoliceCrackInternetFraudRing.txt 07-07-11-AP-BritishDataWatchdogOutlinesHorrifyingNumberOfSecurityBreaches.txt 07-07-11-AP-OhioTaxpayerDataStolenFromLaptopInCar.txt 07-07-14-InfoWeek-DataTheftToBecomeBiggerProblem.txt 07-07-20-AP-PersonalDataOf500KMilitaryfamiliesCompromisedByLackOfEncryption.txt 07-07-21-WashPost-PersonalDataOf500KMilitaryfamiliesCompromisedByLackOfEncryption.txt 07-07-26-AP-OnlineScammersUsingFakeGovernmentEmailsOnline.txt 07-07-30-UnivHouston-UHReearchersDevelopNew3DFaceRecognition.txt 07-08-03-USACM-USHouseCommitteePassesBillToRestrictTheUseOfSocialSecurityNumbers.txt 07-08-06-UCSDNews-MostSpamAdvertisedOnlineScamsHostedOnIndividualWebServers.txt 07-08-15-SJMerc-ManyFacebookUsersExposeThemselvesToVulnerabilities.txt 07-08-16-AP-WealthyPersonsTargetsOfIdentityTheftRing.txt ==========> 00-02-00-CACM-IdentityTheftSocialSecurityNumbersAndTheWeb.txt========== Identity theft, social security numbers, and the Web Hal Berghel February 2000 Communications of the ACM, Volume 43 Issue 2 Privacy is lost in the proliferation of technology's omnipresent accessibility. When one changes employers, as I have recently, the different institutional and cultural attitudes become obvious. For example, consider salary-benefit packages. From my perspective, as an academic for the past 20-plus years, ==========> 03-07-15-MSNBC-HomeComputersHijackedToServePornography.txt========== http://msnbc.com/news/939227.asp?0sl=-41&cp1=1 Could your computer be a criminal? PCs hijacked to send spam, serve porn, steal credit cards By Bob Sullivan MSNBC July 15 — One thousand home computers hijacked and used to serve up pornography. Perhaps tens of thousands co-opted by the “SoBig” virus, many of them turned into spam machines. Hundreds of other home computers loaded with ==========> 03-11-27-Economist-FightingSpamAndWorms.txt========== http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2246018 Fighting the worms of mass destruction Nov 27th 2003 | SAN FRANCISCO From The Economist print edition Hooligans are trashing our online space. How can they be stopped? WHEN Microsoft released its latest monthly batch of software patches on November 11th, it included one designed to repair a previously unknown flaw in ==========> 04-02-17-PCMag-CanEmailSurvive.txt========== http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1464011,00.asp Can E-Mail Survive? February 17, 2004 By Cade Metz Last year was not a good year for e-mail. In spring 2003, the steady flow of unsolicited and unwanted messages reached a tipping point. According to Postini, a California company whose e-mail– filtering service processes 150 to 200 million messages a day, spam finally accounted for more than half of all ==========> 04-03-14-SJMerc-PassMarkIconLetsUsersVerifySiteAuthenticity.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8184224.htm Posted on Sun, Mar. 14, 2004 INTERNET SECURITY: THREE START-UPS San Jose Mercury-News PassMark's icon lets users verify site's authenticity Start-up PassMark Security seeks to foil Internet ``phishing'' scams by using something as simple as a photo of a butterfly or the Eiffel Tower to let users ==========> 04-03-14-SJMerc-ReconnexHardwareHelpsTrackInfoLeaks.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8184219.htm Posted on Sun, Mar. 14, 2004 Reconnex hardware helps track info leaks Mountain View start-up Reconnex aims to build a better system for snooping -- or at least for helping companies track employees online. The company has created hardware that it says large corporations can use to stop employees who -- intentionally or accidentally -- leak confidential ==========> 04-04-01-SJMerc-NewAntiPhishingToolsReadied.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8331274.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 01, 2004 Tech tools readied to thwart phishing expeditions NEW YORK (AP) - Mark Nichols runs an online gift shop and considers himself Internet savvy. Yet like so many other Web surfers, he got duped by an e-mail scam anyhow. A message saying it was from eBay Inc. asked Nichols to submit his password and ==========> 04-04-23-SJMerc-FDICWarnsAboutFraudulentEmails.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8503985.htm Posted on Fri, Apr. 23, 2004 FDIC Warns Banks About Fraudulent E-Mails Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued a warning to banks alerting them that consumers are receiving fraudulent e-mail messages that appear to have been sent from the FDIC. ==========> 04-05-00-CACM-FinancialOrganizationsMustMaintainSecurityAwareness.txt========== New architectures for financial services: Who will rob you on the digital highway? Ton Slewe, Mark Hoogenboom May 2004 Communications of the ACM, Volume 47 Issue 5 Traditionally at the forefront of security awareness, financial organizations must maintain this status as they move further into the Internet realm. In the not-so-distant past, bandits and highwaymen frequently roamed the major ==========> 04-05-27-WSJ-PhishingScamsIncrease.txt========== # "Gone Phishing: Web Scam Takes Dangerous Turn" Wall Street Journal (05/27/04) P. B1; Wagstaff, Jeremy Phishing scams are not only increasing in number, but in deviousness as well: New phishing schemes not only employ convincing email addresses and fake Web sites, but also involve customized viruses that capture users' logins and passwords or take screenshots of login screens. Computer gangs mostly based in the former Soviet Union are sending out millions of phishing emails at an alarming rate, and the Anti-Phishing Working Group says there were 1,125 phishing incidents in April, 180 percent more than the month before; similarly, ==========> 04-06-01-SJMerc-TwoFactorAuthenticationSystemsNeeded-SuperPasswordSystems.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8809153.htm Posted on Tue, Jun. 01, 2004 Hacking Sparks Need for Complex Passwords ANICK JESDANUN Associated Press As more Web sites demand passwords, scammers are getting more clever about stealing them. Hence the need for such "passwords-plus" systems. ==========> 04-07-08-SJMerc-InternetOpensNewAvenueForPennyStockFraud.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9109111.htm Posted on Thu, Jul. 08, 2004 Internet opens a new avenue for penny stock fraud NEW YORK (AP) - Most investors take e-mails advertising a 300 percent return on penny stocks and relegate them to the trash bin. But those Internet promotions are still irresistible for some beginners lured by the promise of making a killing. ==========> 04-07-23-InfoWorld-SurveyShowsEnterpriseSecurityIsShaky.txt========== http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/23/30FEsecurityreportmain_1.html The shaky state of enterprise security The 2004 InfoWorld Security Survey shows IT managers are worried about the effectiveness of their security systems, with good reason By Paul F. Roberts, IDG News Service July 23, 2004 InfoWorld Faced with a seemingly endless onslaught of virulent Internet worms, spam, and e-mail scams, less than half of IT professionals report strong confidence in ==========> 04-07-28-MSNBC-ConsumersStillFallingForPhishing.txt========== http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5519990/ Consumers still falling for phish Fake e-mails fool users 28 percent of the time, study finds By Bob Sullivan Technology correspondent MSNBC Updated: 1:26 p.m. ET July 28, 2004 Confused by what's arriving in your inbox? You're not alone. Nearly one out of ==========> 04-07-29-WashPost-PhishingBecomesMoreSophisticated.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21112-2004Jul28.html Internet Snagged In the Hooks Of 'Phishers' By Leslie Walker Thursday, July 29, 2004; Page E01 Washington Post Maybe it's time we all went to digital self-defense school. How else can we learn how to deflect the Internet thieves pounding on our electronic doors? ==========> 04-08-09-SJMerc-InstancesOfOnlineCreditCardTheft.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9357645.htm Posted on Mon, Aug. 09, 2004 Big-time ID theft symptom of database culture BOSTON (AP) - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. attracts shoppers to its stores by putting thousands of discounted products under one roof. It wasn't hard to attract cyberthieves either, with databases that amass credit card numbers in huge numbers. ==========> 04-10-08-SJMerc-ImpactOfPhishingIncreases.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9866949.htm Posted on Fri, Oct. 08, 2004 Phishers hooking bigger catches By Mike Langberg Mercury News Imagine for a moment that one of every seven voters suffered a break-in during the last year, and one of every 50 voters lost $115 each as a result. ==========> 04-10-18-BaltoSun-TechFirmsAndLawmakersTargetSpamAndFraud.txt========== # "Tech Firms, Lawmakers Target Spam, E-Mail Fraud" Baltimore Sun (10/18/04) P. 1A; Bishop, Tricia Spam and email fraud have entered the crosshairs of legislators and technology companies, making Bill Gates' prediction that spam would be eliminated by 2006 seem less unlikely now. "I think you'll see some real changes within three years," declares Pew Internet and American Life Project researcher Deborah Fallows. The general consensus among experts is that spam now accounts for 70 percent to 80 percent of all email, compared to approximately 10 percent three years ago. Meanwhile, the Anti-Phishing Working Group reports that ==========> 04-10-28-SJMerc-ArrestsMadeInOnlineIDTheftRing.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10044390.htm Posted on Thu, Oct. 28, 2004 Dozens accused in online identity theft ring San Jose Mercury News NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Federal authorities on Thursday indicted 19 people in the United States and abroad on charges related to a Web site investigators claimed was one of the largest online centers for trafficking in stolen identity information and credit cards. ==========> 04-11-01-NetWorld-SenderIDAuthenticationHitsRoadblocks.txt========== http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/110104emailside.html Sender authentication hits roadblocks By Cara Garretson Network World, 11/01/04 Sender authentication won't completely rid e-mail in-boxes of spam and phishing. Yet technology has emerged as a useful tool in fighting e-mail abuses by giving recipients some clue as to who is sending them messages. ==========> 04-11-01-NetWorld-SpamAndPhishingThreatenEmail.txt========== http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/110104email.html E-mail at a crossroads Spam, phishing and other abuses are threatening to undermine confidence in the Internet. What will it take to solve the crisis before it's too late? By Cara Garretson Network World, 11/01/04 E-mail is arguably the most pervasive application on the Internet, but it's under attack by an onslaught of abuses that are eroding its usefulness. If not ==========> 04-11-11-WashPost-EmailAuthenticationWillNotEndSpamAndFraud.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41460-2004Nov10.html E-Mail Authentication Will Not End Spam, Panelists Say By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 11, 2004; Page E01 For consumers and businesses increasingly shaken by the growing onslaught of unwanted e-mail and the computer viruses and other nefarious hacking spam can bring, any hope for quick relief was soundly dashed yesterday during a ==========> 04-12-00-CACM-SpammingPhishingAuthenticationAndPrivacy.txt========== Inside risks: Spamming, phishing, authentication, and privacy Steven M. Bellovin December 2004 Communications of the ACM, Volume 47 Issue 12 It isn't news to most readers that email is becoming almost unusable. Unsolicited commercial email (spam) peddles a variety of dubious products, ranging from pharmaceuticals to abandoned bank accounts. The so-called "phishers'' try to steal user names and passwords for online banking. And then, we have viruses, worms, and other malware. Although there are would-be ==========> 04-12-02-CNNMoney-GoogleCFO-FraudInClickThroughAdvertising.txt========== http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/02/technology/google_fraud/ Google CFO: Fraud a big threat Google exec calls click fraud the "biggest threat" to the Internet economy, urges quick action. December 2, 2004: 6:30 PM EST By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A top Google official said that growing abuse of the company's lucrative sponsored ad-search model jeopardizes the popular Internet ==========> 04-12-27-PCWorld-2004WasGoodAndBadForSecurity.txt========== http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119031,00.asp 2004: Good and Bad for Security From a sharp increase in phishing scams to high-profile arrests, here's what made news this year. Paul Roberts, IDG News Service Monday, December 27, 2004 PC World Experts agree: 2004 was the best of times and the worst of times for those ==========> 05-01-00-IEEESpectrum-AntispoofingEmailTechnologyDeployed.txt========== http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/jan05/0105ndom.html Antispoofing E-mail Technology Deployed IEEE Spectrum Jan. 2005 By Elizabeth Svoboda By verifying senders’ claimed identities new tricks stop spoofers in their tracks ==========> 05-01-07-SJMerc-AustralianStudentsChargedInGlobalInternetScam.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10591723.htm Posted on Fri, Jan. 07, 2005 Australian police charge students with global Internet scam SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Four Sydney high school students have been charged in connection with a Russian-based Internet scam that stole people's banking passwords and siphoned their cash into accounts in eastern Europe, police said. The four students were promised a cut of the profits for letting their bank ==========> 05-01-11-SJMerc-IDThiefGetsPrison.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10619326.htm Posted on Tue, Jan. 11, 2005 ID thief gets prison; losses may have totaled $100 million NEW YORK (AP) - A computer technician who prosecutors say touched off the largest identity theft in U.S. history was sentenced to 14 years in prison Tuesday by a judge who said the damage he caused was ``almost unimaginable.'' Philip A. Cummings, 35, of Cartersville, Ga., a former help-desk worker for a ==========> 05-02-10-InetNews-MSAndPfizerJoinToBattleOnlineDrugSales.txt========== http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3482321 February 10, 2005 Microsoft and Pfizer After Viagra Spammers By Tim Gray INternet News Pfizer (Quote, Chart) and Microsoft (Quote, Chart) have filed parallel lawsuits against two international pharmacy rings hawking generic versions of the pharmaceutical giant's erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. ==========> 05-02-10-InfoWeek-MSAndPfizerJoinToBattleOnlineDrugSales.txt========== http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60300237 Microsoft, Pfizer Sue Viagra Spammers Microsoft and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer join forces to file 17 lawsuits against a pair of pharmacy spam rings running sites that allegedly sell generic Viagra. By TechWeb News Feb. 10, 2005 Microsoft and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer joined forces Thursday to file 17 ==========> 05-02-10-WashPost-MSAndPfizerJoinToBattleOnlineDrugSales.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12618-2005Feb9.html Microsoft, Pfizer Join to Battle Online Drugstores By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Thursday, February 10, 2005; Page E01 Politics, it seems, is not the only thing that spawns unusual couples. E-mail spam is having a similar effect. ==========> 05-02-11-BosGlobe-MSAndPfizerJoinToBattleOnlineDrugSales.txt========== http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/02/11/microsoft_pfizer_t arget_fake_viagra_spammers/ Microsoft, Pfizer target fake Viagra spammers Firms launch legal battle against sellers By Christopher Rowland, Boston Globe Staff | February 11, 2005 Looking to put a dent in illegal Internet commerce, Pfizer Inc. and Microsoft Corp. teamed up yesterday to target elusive e-mail spammers who peddle phony Viagra. ==========> 05-02-12-SJMerc-LookForAttacksFromOnlineValentines.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10884203.htm Posted on Sat, Feb. 12, 2005 BUT BE CAREFUL By Dan Lee Mercury News Looking for love in unexpected places? Watch out for online valentines. Instead of a sweet deal, your computer could ==========> 05-02-17-Wired-RSAPanel-DataProvidersNeedMoreOversight.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66632,00.html The Fight Over Cyber Oversight By Kim Zetter 02:00 AM Feb. 17, 2005 PT SAN FRANCISCO -- A recent security breach at data aggregator ChoicePoint was the topic of conversation Wednesday during a discussion about government regulation and corporate liability at the RSA Conference on security in San Francisco. ==========> 05-02-18-SJMerc-ChoicePointReleasesPersonalDataToCrimeRing.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10921081.htm Posted on Wed, Feb. 16, 2005 145,000 Americans' identity data stolen INCIDENT REVIVES PUSH TO REQUIRE CONSUMER NOTIFICATION By Mark Schwanhausser Mercury News A company that sells personal data on consumers said Wednesday that it's alerting 145,000 Americans -- including 35,000 Californians -- that they might ==========> 05-02-19-SJMerc--HighProfileBreachesCreatePrivacyLawReform.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10938065.htm Posted on Sat, Feb. 19, 2005 Calls for federal regulation grow as data retailer scandal widens Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When word first emerged this week that scammers had illegally obtained detailed dossiers on 35,000 people by posing as legitimate customers of ChoicePoint Inc., the data-brokering company portrayed it as a relatively minor criminal case, limited to California. ==========> 05-02-22-SJMerc-ChoicePointToResreen17000BusinessCustomers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10961626.htm Posted on Tue, Feb. 22, 2005 ChoicePoint to rescreen 17,000 customers in wake of personal info breach Mercury News ATLANTA (AP) - ChoicePoint Inc., under fire for being duped into allowing criminals to access its massive database of personal information, said Monday that consumers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories may have been affected by the breach of the company's credentialing ==========> 05-02-22-SJMerc-WestlawCriticizedAfterChoicePointProblems.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11015299.htm Westlaw on hot seat after ChoicePoint's security woes By Leslie Brooks Suzukamo St. Paul Pioneer Knight Ridder Newspapers ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Westlaw finds itself in the middle of an intensely growing debate over consumer identity theft and the safety of personal information, following the disclosure last month by financial data warehouse ChoicePoint of a massive security breach affecting thousands of people. ==========> 05-02-23-CNETNews-AlternativesToPasswordsShownAtRSAConf.txt========== http://news.com.com/Finding+a+replacement+for+passwords/2100-1029_3-5586249.html Finding a replacement for passwords By Ina Fried Story last modified Wed Feb 23 04:00:00 PST 2005 CNET News As online scams get more sophisticated, passwords are becoming hopelessly outmoded--as passe as floppy disks. ==========> 05-02-24-NYT-ChoicePointLeakShowsFlawsInPrivacyLaws.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/business/24datas.html? February 24, 2005 Breach Points Up Flaws in Privacy Laws By TOM ZELLER Jr. NY Times The recently disclosed privacy breach at the data collection giant ChoicePoint, in which con artists gained access to the Social Security numbers, addresses and other personal data of nearly 145,000 people, has exposed the shortcomings ==========> 05-02-28-USACM-ChoicePointPrivacyBreachGetsCongressionalAttention.txt========== =================================================== ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.2 (February 28, 2005) =================================================== [4] CHOICEPOINT PRIVACY BREACH GETTING CONGRESSIONAL ATTENTION Recently it was revealed that ChoicePoint, one of the nation's largest data aggregators and providers of personal consumer data, has been the victim of large scale fraud. Fraudsters, posing as (among other things) check-cashing, insurance, and debt-collection companies, were able to pass ChoicePoint's ==========> 05-03-00-PCWorld-PhishingAttacksOutsmartDefenses.txt========== http://pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,119262,00.asp Privacy Watch Few things are more valuable than your personal data. Senior Associate Editor Andrew Brandt shows you how to protect it. Devious New Phishing Attack Outsmarts Typical Defenses A vulnerability in Windows lets phishers hijack your browser--even when you type the URL yourself. Andrew Brandt From the March 2005 issue of PC World magazine ==========> 05-03-01-CNETNews-HighProfileBreachesCreatePrivacyLawReform.txt========== http://news.com.com/Perfect+storm+for+new+privacy+laws/2100-1029_3-5593225.html 'Perfect storm' for new privacy laws? CNET News By Robert Lemos Story last modified Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 PST 2005 A series of security break-ins is kick-starting a political drive to reshape federal laws that dictate how companies protect personal information--and what they have to do if that data leaks out. ==========> 05-03-04-SJMerc-ChoicePointVowsStrcterControlsOnSales.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11051225.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 04, 2005 ChoicePoint retrenches; SEC probes insider sales Mercury News ATLANTA (AP) - The embattled data broker ChoicePoint Inc. said Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating stock sales by its two top executives, and announced that it was strictly limiting its sale of consumer information to small businesses. ==========> 05-03-04-WSJ-DataProvidersLobbyToBlockMoreOversight.txt========== # "Data Providers Lobby to Block More Oversight" Wall Street Journal (03/04/05) P. B1; Perez, Evan; Brooks, Rick Companies that sell personal data such as ChoicePoint have successfully fought regulation of their industry for many years, using a combination of lobbying and industry-funded research groups. House and Senate disclosure forms show seven of the country's largest data sellers spent at least $2.4 million last year to lobby Congress and federal officials. In addition, those firms have backed studies that emphasize data brokers' role in national security and benefits to other industries, such as e-commerce. Groups such as the Center for ==========> 05-03-07-SJMerc-FTCAskedToProbeDeceptiveMusicSites.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11075018.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 07, 2005 FTC asked to probe deceptive music-downloading sites Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Trade Commission is being asked to investigate Web sites that claim to offer legal music downloads for a low price but actually sell popular software that is available free elsewhere on the Internet and is commonly used to steal songs. ==========> 05-03-11-CompWorld-Experts-TechnologyWillStopPhishing.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,100341,00.htm l Experts look to digital IDs to boost Net security Identity theft is eroding trust in the Internet, security experts say Computer World News Story by Scarlet Pruitt MARCH 11, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Rampant identity theft is eroding users' trust in the Internet and could threaten to erase some of the progress ==========> 05-03-11-SJMerc-PhonyBuyersBilkOnlineSellers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11110801.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 11, 2005 Phony buyers bilk online sellers; rash of S.J. victims By Crystal Carreon Mercury News It's an Internet scam with international intrigue, allegedly involving Nigerians, network servers in Israel and that 1984 Toyota you're trying to sell on Craigslist. ==========> 05-03-14-CNETNews-CompromisedComputersThreatenInternet.txt========== http://news.com.com/Zombie+PCs+being+sent+to+steal+IDs/2100-7349_3-5616202.htmlZ ombie PCs being sent to steal IDs Zombie PCs being sent to steal IDs By Robert Lemosl CNET News Story last modified Mon Mar 14 13:31:00 PST 2005 Bot nets, collections of compromised computers controlled by a single person or group, have become more pervasive and increasingly focused on identity theft ==========> 05-03-15-CompWorld-Schneier-TechnologyWillNotStopPhishing.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;982907241;fp;16;fpid;0 Schneier: secure tokens won't stop phishing Computer World Paul Roberts, IDG News Service 15/03/2005 09:13:06 Technology isn't going to protect e-commerce customers -- stronger government regulation is what will get the attention of online banks and merchants, forcing them to stop being casual about security, said Bruce Schneier, founder ==========> 05-03-16-CircleID-Auerback-CertifyDevicesThatAttachComputersToInternet.txt========== http://www.circleid.com/article/975_0_1_0_C/ Protecting the Internet: Certified Attachments and Reverse Firewalls? By: Karl Auerbach From CircleID Security March 16, 2005 In many respects the internet is going to hell in a hand basket. Spam, phishing, DNS poisoning, DDoS attacks, viruses, worms, and the like make ==========> 05-03-18-SJMerc-LexisNexisTightensAccessToSSData.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11173693.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 18, 2005 LexisNexis tightens access to personal data Mercury News NEW YORK (AP) - LexisNexis, which last week said intruders had accessed dossiers on about 32,000 people in one of its database products, has restricted access to individuals' Social Security and drivers license numbers. ==========> 05-03-21-BosGlobe-ProposedSystemWouldScanInternetAndAlertPeopleToPersonalInfo.txt========== http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/03/21/lets_focus_on_the_ theft_not_the_identity/ Let's focus on the theft, not the identity Boston Globe By Hiawatha Bray | March 21, 2005 Identity theft is a nasty crime with a catchy name -- too catchy for our own good. Identity theft, though important, isn't the root problem, and focusing on it may distract us from real solutions. ==========> 05-03-22-SJMerc-PersonalDataStolenFromCalStateChicoComputers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11201604.htm Posted on Tue, Mar. 22, 2005 Hackers gain personal data on 59,000 from university system Mercury News CHICO, Calif. (AP) - Hackers gained personal information of 59,000 people affiliated with a California university -- the latest in a string of high-profile cases of identity theft. ==========> 05-03-29-WSJ-UsingGoogleToFindPersonalInformation.txt========== # "Identity Theft Made Easier" Wall Street Journal (03/29/05) P. B1; Delaney, Kevin J. Identity thieves made headlines with security breaches at ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, but common search engines provide a much easier route to obtaining illicit personal information. Google hacking, the practice of crafting specific search queries using special commands to find sensitive personal data, was demonstrated at an Agora security industry meeting in Seattle, where teams raced to accumulate the most identity information in an hour. The winning team found a directory with the Social Security numbers of more than 70 million ==========> 05-04-01-SJMerc-MSSuesPhishingSiteOperators.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11286394.htm Posted on Fri, Apr. 01, 2005 Microsoft sues site operators FIRM TARGETS SUSPECTED `PHISHERS' By John Boudreau Mercury News Microsoft, stepping up its war against online fraud, filed 117 lawsuits Thursday against operators of ``phishing'' sites that try to trick unsuspecting ==========> 05-04-04-WashPost-SocialSecurityNumbersWidelyAvailableOnInternet.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23686-2005Apr3.html Net Aids Access to Sensitive ID Data Social Security Numbers Are Widely Available By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 4, 2005; Page A01 Want someone else's Social Security number? ==========> 05-04-05-ACM-USACMQuestionsRealIDActSecurityStandards.txt========== http://www.acm.org/usacm/weblog/index.php?p=240 April 5, 2005 USACM Questions Real ID Act’s Security Standards Citing the increased risk of identity theft the proposed Real ID Act would create, today USACM sent a letter (http://www.acm.org/usacm/Letters/real_id_letter.pdf) to Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) expressing its concerns about the legislation. Last week, Senator Alexander penned an op-ed stating that while he wasn’t necessarily ==========> 05-04-05-AlchemMedia-AHistoryOfFraudInClickThroughAdvertising.txt========== http://www.alchemistmedia.com/CPC_Click_Fraud.htm Click Fraud - An Overview A Brief History of Click Fraud Jessie C. Stricchiola, President Alchemist Media, Inc. Accessed 4/5/05 In the fall of 2001, while handling the online marketing efforts for the nationwide Chase Law Group, I tracked, analyzed, documented, and eventually ==========> 05-04-05-WSJ-AdvertisersSueOverClickFraudCharges.txt========== http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB111265034532297608,00.html?mod=todays_ free_feature Internet Firms Face Legal Test On Advertising Fees By KEVIN J. DELANEY Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL April 5, 2005; Page B8 A group of advertisers quietly filed a lawsuit in February against Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and other Internet companies in a potentially important legal test ==========> 05-04-06-CNETNews-RateOfIncreaseOfPhishingAttacksSlows.txt========== http://news.com.com/Bigger+phishes+ready+to+spawn/2100-7349_3-5656070.html Bigger phishes ready to spawn By Matt Hines Story last modified Wed Apr 06 04:00:00 PDT 2005 CNET News There's good news about phishing: The growth of new attacks has slowed. But that's only because attackers are building more sophisticated traps and using advanced technology to perpetrate online fraud, researchers say. ==========> 05-04-06-SJMerc-PharmingRedirectsUsersToFakeWebsites.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11324938.htm Posted on Wed, Apr. 06, 2005 Identity thieves' new ploy: `pharming' WEB USERS COULD BE SENT TO FAKE SITES UNKNOWINGLY By Dan Lee Mercury News First online crooks went ``phishing,'' and now they're getting into ``pharming'' to reap their harvest of potential identity-theft victims. ==========> 05-04-11-SJMerc-BanksFightPhishingScams.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11368111.htm Posted on Mon, Apr. 11, 2005 Banks fight 'phishing' scams By Deborah Lohse Mercury News Banks are using a growing array of technologies -- many from Bay Area companies -- to uncover, divert or spike e-mail scams known as ``phishing,'' designed to trick customers into revealing personal financial data. ==========> 05-04-12-SJMerc-CongressMustAdoptStrongDataTheftBill.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11374264.htm Posted on Tue, Apr. 12, 2005 Congress must adopt strong data-theft bill Mercury News Editorial This time it's 185,000 current and former San Jose Medical Group patients who are scrambling to protect themselves from identity theft. Before that, it was 100,000 students and others affiliated with UC-Berkeley. Before that, 32,000 unsuspecting individuals whose personal data was held by data broker LexisNexis ==========> 05-04-12-SJMerc-LexisNexisSaysSecurityBreachMayBeWorseThanThought.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11374894.htm Posted on Tue, Apr. 12, 2005 Data broker says security breach was worse than thought San Jose Mercury News LONDON (AP) - Publisher and data broker Reed Elsevier Group PLC said Tuesday that up to 10 times as many people as originally thought may have had their profiles stolen from one of its U.S. databases. ==========> 05-04-13-SJMerc-SenatorsPromiseCrackdownOnDataBrokers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11384872.htm Posted on Wed, Apr. 13, 2005 Senators promise crackdown on data broker firms San Jose Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - In the wake of news that a breach at information broker LexisNexis may have exposed personal information of three times more consumers than initially reported, senators promised a tough new crackdown Wednesday on the loosely regulated commercial data-brokering business. ==========> 05-04-14-SJMerc-DataTheftAtRalphLaurenCompromisesThousands.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11393838.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 14, 2005 Data theft at Polo Ralph Lauren leaves thousands vulnerable San Jose Mercury News NEW YORK (AP) - Data apparently stolen from the popular clothing retailer Polo Ralph Lauren Inc. is forcing banks and credit card issuers to notify thousands of consumers that their credit-card information may have been exposed. ==========> 05-04-15-SJMerc-PoloRalphLaurenSaysSoftwareProblemFixed.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11405508.htm Posted on Fri, Apr. 15, 2005 Polo Ralph Lauren says software glitch resolved San Jose Mercury News NEW YORK (AP) - Clothing retailer Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. said Friday that a glitch in its software that set off an alert about the theft of credit card information has been repaired. ==========> 05-04-29-USACM-USACMQuestionsRealIDActSecurityStandards.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.4 29 April 2005 ============================================================= [3] USACM QUESTIONS REAL ID ACT'S SECURITY STANDARDS Citing the increased risk of identity theft the proposed Real ID Act would create, USACM sent a letter earlier this month to Senator Lamar Alexander ==========> 05-05-00-CACM-TheRisksOfThirdPartyData.txt========== Inside risks: Risks of third-party data Bruce Schneier May 2005 Communications of the ACM, Volume 48 Issue 5 Recent reports of personal information theft are coming in torrents. Criminals are known to have downloaded the personal credit information of over 145,000 individuals from ChoicePoint's network. Hackers took over one of the LexisNexis databases, gaining access to personal files of 32,000 people. Bank of America Corp. lost computer data tapes that contained personal information on 1.2 ==========> 05-05-13-SJMerc-RestitutionDelayedInTriWestInternetFraud.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11640253.htm Posted on Fri, May. 13, 2005 Restitution delayed in massive international Internet fraud San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO (AP) - An international Internet fraud was so massive and complex that the federal judge overseeing the case says he can't begin to determine who should get reimbursed. ==========> 05-05-13-SJMerc-WachoviaAndBofANotifyCustomersOfSecurityBreach.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11642196.htm Posted on Fri, May. 13, 2005 North Carolina banks notifying customers of security breach San Jose Mercury News CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Wachovia Corp. and Bank of America Corp. are notifying thousands of customers that their accounts may have been breached in a theft of financial records from four banks. ==========> 05-05-19-WashPost-ComputersSeizedInLexisNexisDataTheftCase.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/19/AR2005051900704. html Computers Seized in Data-Theft Probe Federal Investigators Remove PCs, Discs From Several Locations; LexisNexis Break-In Linked to Paris Hilton Phone Hacking By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Thursday, May 19, 2005; 6:16 PM ==========> 05-05-23-AP-BanksNotifyCustomersOfDataTheft.txt========== http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=3&u=/ap/20050523/ap_on _bi_ge/data_theft Banks Notify Customers of Data Theft By PAUL NOWELL, AP Business Writer 16 minutes ago May 23, 2005 More than 100,000 customers of Wachovia Corp. and Bank of America Corp. have been notified that their financial records may have been stolen by bank employees and sold to collection agencies. ==========> 05-06-02-PCWorld-CongressStepsUpEffortsToRegulateBuyingAndSellingOfPersonalData.txt========== http://pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121025,00.asp Policing Information Brokers, the Sequel Anush Yegyazarian, PC World Thursday, June 02, 2005 As security breaches make headlines, Congress has stepped up efforts to regulate the companies that buy and sell our personal data. Ameritrade, the Bank of America, ChoicePoint, LexisNexis, Time Warner ... the ==========> 05-06-06-InfoWorld-Pharming-HackedDNSServersRedirectUsers.txt========== http://weblog.infoworld.com/article/05/06/06/23FEpharm_1.html The looming threat of pharming It's harder to pharm than to phish, but recent incidents prove that some hackers don’t mind the extra work By Mark Leon June 06, 2005 Info World Security experts call it the soft underbelly of the Internet, and hackers, ==========> 05-06-06-InvestBusDaily-ConsortiumWorksForEmailAntiPhishingAuthentication.txt========== # "Big Tech Outfits Unite to Try to Hook Phish" Investor's Business Daily (06/06/05) P. A4; Howell, Donna A consortium of major tech corporations has organized to create an effective email authentication standard by combining Cisco's Internet Identified Mail technique with Yahoo!'s DomainKeys strategy; the hybrid method, DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), promises to deliver backward compatibility and simple ungradeability from DomainKeys. Sent email messages would be coded with DKIM, which establishes a message's legitimacy by encryption and other measures, and ISPs would then employ special procedures to see if incoming email messages ==========> 05-06-07-WashPost-CitigroupLoosesTapesWithCustomerData.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/06/AR2005060601682. html Customer Data Lost, Citigroup Unit Says 3.9 Million Affected As Firms' Security Lapses Add Up By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 7, 2005; A01 A unit of financial services giant Citigroup Inc. said yesterday that a box of ==========> 05-06-09-NYT-CompaniesAndGovtToImprovePersonalDataProtection.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/09/business/09data.html? June 9, 2005 The Scramble to Protect Personal Information By TOM ZELLER Jr. NY Times Perhaps more than most corporations, Citigroup knows the perils of moving personal data. ==========> 05-06-17-Newsday-NYLegisalturePassesBillToRequireDataTheftNotification.txt========== http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-stid174307759jun17,0,7796499.story?co ll=ny-statenews-headlines Bid to halt identity theft Lawmakers agree to require agencies, companies to notify customers of any breach of personal info BY ERROL A. COCKFIELD JR.ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF, Albany researcher Melissa Mansfield contributed to this story. June 17, 2005 ==========> 05-06-17-SJMerc-KeyUSLegisatorsAgreeDataTheftNotificationIsNeeded.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11915580.htm Posted on Fri, Jun. 17, 2005 Public may be warned of security breaches Momentum is building for a federal law requiring that consumers be notified if their financial information is lost or stolen. BY REBECCA CARR Cox News Service WASHINGTON - There is a growing consensus among key lawmakers for federal ==========> 05-06-20-NYT-CardSystemsShouldNotHaveKeptTransactionData.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11937169.htm Posted on Mon, Jun. 20, 2005 Firm erred in retaining credit card data Company's leader acknowledges mistake The New York Times The chief of the credit card processing company whose computer system was penetrated by data thieves acknowledged Sunday that the company should not have been retaining the consumer records. ==========> 05-06-29-SJMerc-SenatorsProposeSweepingDataSecurityBill.txt========== http://news.com.com/Senators+propose+sweeping+data-security+bill/2100-7348_3-576 9156.html?part=rss&tag=5769156&subj=news Senators propose sweeping data-security bill By Declan McCullagh Story last modified Wed Jun 29 21:00:00 PDT 2005 CNET News An avalanche of new rules for corporate data security and stiff penalties for information burglars are included in a far-reaching bill introduced Wednesday ==========> 05-06-30-SJMerc-InsidersMayPoseGreatestDataTheftRisk.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12026307.htm Posted on Thu, Jun. 30, 2005 Insiders may pose biggest data theft risk San Jose Mercury News CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - When two of the nation's largest banks were forced to notify thousands of customers that their financial records may have been stolen, there wasn't a hacker, a missing laptop or a lost box of backup computer tapes to blame. ==========> 05-06-30-SJMerc-SecurityBreachAtCardSystemsLeavesFewLeads.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12026241.htm Posted on Thu, Jun. 30, 2005 Data thieves give cops little to go on By Tony Pugh Knight Ridder WASHINGTON - Federal agents are in a familiar position as they probe the computer-security breach at an Arizona firm that left credit-card data for some 40 million people open to theft: Once again, they're playing catch-up. ==========> 05-06-31-USACM-SenatorsIntroducePrivacyAndSecurityBill.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.6 30 June 2005 ============================================================= [4] POWERFUL SENATORS INTRODUCE PRIVACY AND SECURITY BILL Reacting to the current troubling situation regarding data security and privacy in the U.S., two influential senators introduced legislation this week designed ==========> 05-07-00-Computer-InstantMessagingBecomingSecurityTarget.txt========== # "Instant Messaging: A New Target For Hackers" Computer (07/05) Vol. 38, No. 7, P. 20; Leavitt, Neal The growing popularity of instant messaging (IM), especially among businesses, has made it an increasingly attractive target to phishers, malware authors, and other attackers. IMlogic CTO Jon Sakoda says IM attacks can propagate rapidly thanks to IM's real-time capabilities. Other factors encouraging IM attackers include a lack of safe computing practice among users; the false sense of security users feel due to IM's immediacy and informality; growing functionality and complexity of IM systems; and an absence of corporate IM-use ==========> 05-07-09-NYT-CreditIndustryNeedsToBeMadeResponsibleForIdentityTheft.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/09/business/09nocera.html?ex=1121832000&en=0155d0 a3f58b2396&ei=5070&emc=eta1 July 9, 2005 Data Theft: How to Fix the Mess NY Times IN the early 1970's, Senator William Proxmire, the Wisconsin Democrat who was the scourge of the banking industry, decided something needed to be done about the chaotic state of the credit card business. ==========> 05-07-18-CNETNews-MoreSecurityAttacksComingFromNonUSLocations.txt========== http://news.com.com/Between+phishers+and+the+deep+blue+sea/2100-7355_3-5790349.h tml Between phishers and the deep blue sea By Dawn Kawamoto CNET Networks Story last modified Mon Jul 18 04:00:00 PDT 2005 Gavin Reid, trying to shut down a phishing Web site, found one thing was making the job that much harder: The attack was coming from India. ==========> 05-07-25-SFChron-StanfordProfsWorkingOnProtectionAgainstPasswordTheft.txt========== http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/25/BUGVRDREUV1.DTL 2 professors go fishing for phishers Barriers erected to protect against password-theft scams Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, July 25, 2005 San Francisco Chronicle Alarmed by the growth of password-stealing scams on the Internet, two Stanford professors are working on tools to protect users from digital shakedowns. ==========> 05-07-28-CNETNews-SenateMovesTowardNewDataSecurityRules.txt========== http://news.com.com/Senate+moves+toward+new+data+security+rules/2100-7348_3-5808 894.html Senate moves toward new data security rules By Declan McCullagh CNET Networks Story last modified Thu Jul 28 12:11:00 PDT 2005 WASHINGTON--U.S. politicians signaled Thursday that they were eager to enact security breach and data safeguard laws, a move that indicates new federal ==========> 05-07-30-MSNBC-FraudAlertsWouldEliminateNeedToUseSSnsToAuthenticateIdentity.txt========== http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8765526/ A new way to authenticate your identity? Technology could offer alternative to Social Security number problems MSNBC Updated: 10:27 a.m. ET July 30, 2005 NEW YORK - Recent disclosures of massive data leaks at information brokers, banks and retailers have prompted Congress to once again consider tightening access to Social Security numbers, which have evolved into dangerous master ==========> 05-07-31-USACM-DataSecurityAndPrivacyLegislationGettingClearer.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.7 31 July 2005 ============================================================= [2] PICTURE OF DATA SECURITY/PRIVACY LEGISLATION GETTING CLEARER As Congress gets serious about passing data security/privacy legislation, several competing proposals are now moving forward. While each takes a ==========> 05-08-15-NewsFactor-EmailAuthenticationIssues.txt========== http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=100000028OJW NewsFactor Top Tech News E-Mail Authentication: Holy Grail or Lost Cause? By Jack M. Germain August 15, 2005 10:00AM In response to ongoing e-mail abuses, many Internet experts have called for an e-mail authentication system that would immediately reduce spoofing, phishing and fraud. However, opponents argue that e-mail authentication would take too long to create and ultimately have little impact on the problem. ==========> 05-08-17-WSJ-WestPointSendsCadetsPhonyEmailsToEducateAboutComputerFraud.txt========== # "'Spear Phishing' Tests Educate People About Online Scams" Wall Street Journal (08/17/05) P. B1; Bank, David To raise user awareness of online scams designed to trick them into revealing sensitive information to data thieves and other miscreants, organizations such as the U.S. Military Academy are conducting exercises in which people are sent phony emails disguised as official requests to link to Web pages and enter confidential data, and then upbraided if they do so. Through this strategy, defenders hope to teach users to be more cognizant of "spear phishing" scams in which attackers craft email messages that would seem to originate from the ==========> 05-08-22-InvestBusDaily-DataBreachesInspireCongressionalAction.txt========== # "High-Profile Online Data Thefts Irk Pols" Investor's Business Daily (08/22/05) P. A4; Deagon, Brian The recent spate of highly publicized data breaches compromising the personal and financial information of millions of Americans has incited the third piece of congressional legislation addressing the issues of data protection and disclosure since April. The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005 specifically targets data brokers, which often serve as intermediaries to banks when processing credit card transactions. Following two other legislative proposals regarding data security, the new bill also takes a cue from the many ==========> 05-09-02-CompWorld-TrevorBarrBelievesChaosWillRuleInternetIn2010.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=949860093 Chaos to rule Internet in 2010 Michael Crawford ComputerWorld 02/09/2005 08:10:34 Chaos will rule the Internet in 2010 as spam, viruses and fraudulent e-mails continue to cause havoc, according to Professor Trevor Barr, user environments program manager at Swinburne University of Technology. ==========> 05-09-30-USACM-CyberCrimeOnRise.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.9 30 September 2005 ============================================================= [5] CYBERCRIME ON THE RISE A recent Internet security report revealed significant increases in Internet related crime, or cybercrime. The report, released by Symantec Corp., examined ==========> 05-09-30-USACM-SneateJudiciaryCommitteeHoldsHearings.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.9 30 September 2005 ============================================================= [3] SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: BUSY AND IN THE SPOTLIGHT Chairman Arlen Specter's (R-Pa.) Judiciary Committee has been a major focus of attention in recent weeks. Besides managing one Supreme Court nomination so ==========> 05-10-25-StanfordCIS-ISPHeldNotLiableForPhisingRedirection.txt========== http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/vol_3_no_1/003460.shtml Court finds Earthlink is immune to liability for third party information provided through anti-phishing software Stanford Center for the Internet and Society Oct. 25,2005 The opinion addresses whether an Internet service provider can be held liable for transmitting third party information through software it provides to customers. Associated Bank-Corp sued Earthlink in the US District Court for the ==========> 05-10-27-MassDailyCollegian-UMassResearchersDevelopBetterBrokerFraudDetection.txt========== http://www.dailycollegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/27/43605a57ab3b6 UMass researchers fight fraud with software By Hayden Marx, Massachusetts Daily Collegian Staff October 27, 2005 Researchers in the Knowledge Discovery Laboratory (KDL) at the University of Massachusetts have teamed up with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) to create revolutionary fraud detection software to promote honesty among securities traders. ==========> 05-10-28-LATimes-ManArrestedForStealingDomainNameByForgery.txt========== http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-sex28oct28,0,4207242.story?c oll=la-story-footer&track=morenews Hijacker of 'Sex.com' Is Arrested By Richard Marosi and Joseph Menn Los Angeles Times Staff Writers October 28, 2005 SAN DIEGO — Four years after dodging a $65-million court judgment by fleeing the country, former online-porn mogul Stephen Michael Cohen was arrested by ==========> 05-10-28-SJMerc-ManArrestedForStealingDomainNameByForgery.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13023161.htm Posted on Fri, Oct. 28, 2005 Man accused of stealing sex.com domain arrested in Mexico Mercury News SAN DIEGO (AP) - A man accused of stealing a pornographic Web site and making millions of dollars from it was arrested by Mexican authorities. Stephen Michael Cohen, 57, was taken into custody Thursday as he applied for a ==========> 05-10-28-SJMerc-WebBankingToGetSecurityUpgrades.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13023326.htm Posted on Fri, Oct. 28, 2005 Web banking to get significant security upgrade Mercury News BOSTON (AP) - If you do banking over the Internet, generally the drill is pretty simple: You enter your user name and password, and away you go. But behind the scenes, the bank can do a lot to check you out: Are you at your ==========> 05-10-31-USACM-DataSecurityLegislationMovingForwardInCongress.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.10 31 October 2005 ============================================================= [4] DATA SECURITY LEGISLATION MOVING FORWARD IN CONGRESS Recently, we reported on the weblog that the Senate Judiciary Committee -- a major player in the effort to enact federal data security legislation -- ==========> 05-11-01-NYT-ConsumersAndBusinessesVieToShapeDataSecurityLegislation.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/business/01theft.html November 1, 2005 Data Security Laws Seem Likely, So Consumers and Businesses Vie to Shape Them By TOM ZELLER Jr. NY Times It has been a bad year for data security. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a consumer advocacy group in San Diego, has ==========> 05-11-03-SJMerc-SECUrgesInvestorsToGuardAgainstIDTheft.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13073219.htm Posted on Thu, Nov. 03, 2005 Online investors urged to guard against ID theft Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - Investors should use security software and other measures to protect their online brokerage accounts from identity thieves in what is a growing area of crime, federal regulators said Thursday. ==========> 05-11-08-SJMerc-ChoicePointNotifies17KCustomersOfPossibleDataBreach.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13115163.htm Posted on Tue, Nov. 08, 2005 ChoicePoint notifies another 17,000 consumers on possible breach Mercury News ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) - ChoicePoint Inc., the company that disclosed earlier this year that thieves had accessed its massive database of consumer information, said Tuesday in a regulatory filing it has sent out another 17,000 notices to people telling them they may be victims of fraud. ==========> 05-11-11-SJMerc-CreditDataFor3600PeopleOnStolenComputer.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13145923.htm Posted on Fri, Nov. 11, 2005 Credit data for 3,600 people is stolen Mercury News CHICAGO (AP) - A desktop computer stolen last month from one of the nation's three major credit bureaus contained Social Security numbers and other credit information for as many as 3,600 people, the company confirmed Friday. ==========> 05-11-30-USACM-USDataSecurityBillPassesButEarlyPassageUnlikely.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.11 30 November 2005 ============================================================= [3] DATA SECURITY BILLS PROGRESSING, BUT PASSAGE UNLIKELY BY YEAR END The Senate Judiciary Committee this month approved Senator Arlen Specter's "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act" (S. 1789), adding to a growing field ==========> 05-12-04-NYT-NewPhishingTechniquesTargetSpecificUsers.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/business/yourmoney/04spear.html December 4, 2005 Gone Spear-Phishin' By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN NY Times ABOUT a year and a half ago, Amnon Jackont, an Israeli mystery novelist and Tel Aviv University history professor, became ensnared in a mystery of his very own: friends and students were receiving e-mail messages from him that he had ==========> 05-12-07-SJMerc-OneInFourIntenetUsersTargetedByPhishingMonthly.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13350428.htm Posted on Wed, Dec. 07, 2005 Study: Nearly one-quarter of Internet users targeted in phishing scams monthly Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - About one in four Internet users are hit with e-mail scams every month that try to lure sensitive personal information from unsuspecting consumers, a study says. ==========> 05-12-09-ClarksonU-ResearcherSaysBiometricsCouldPreventFraud.txt========== http://www.clarkson.edu/news/print.php?id=1397 Clarkson University News 09 December 2005 Clarkson Engineer And "Spoofing" Expert Looks To Outwit High-Tech Identity Fraud Eyeballs, a severed hand or fingers carried in ziplock bags. Back alley eye replacement surgery. These are scenarios used in recent blockbuster movies like Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report” and “Tomorrow Never Dies” to illustrate how unsavory characters in high-tech worlds beat sophisticated security and ==========> 05-12-09-ClarksonU-VulnerabititiesOfBiometricSystemsStudied.txt========== http://www.clarkson.edu/news/print.php?id=1397 Clarkson University News 09 December 2005 Clarkson Engineer And "Spoofing" Expert Looks To Outwit High-Tech Identity Fraud Eyeballs, a severed hand or fingers carried in ziplock bags. Back alley eye replacement surgery. These are scenarios used in recent blockbuster movies like Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report” and “Tomorrow Never Dies” to illustrate how unsavory characters in high-tech worlds beat sophisticated security and ==========> 05-12-10-SJMerc-PhishersHijackEbayLinks.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13376864.htm Posted on Sat, Dec. 10, 2005 Phishers attack eBay using new technique By Michael Bazeley Mercury News Scammers have found a new way to try to trick eBay members into giving them their personal information. ==========> 05-12-15-CNETNews-BillWouldIncreaseFTCPolicingOnNet.txt========== http://news.com.com/Senate+panel+approves+more+Net-policing+powers/2100-1028_3-5 996703.html Senate panel approves more Net-policing powers By Anne Broache CNET Networks, Story last modified Thu Dec 15 09:35:00 PST 2005 The Federal Trade Commission would gain expanded policing powers and could share information about spammers and other miscreants with foreign governments ==========> 05-12-16-SJMerc-IconixServiceGuardsOnlineShoppersFromPhishers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13422718.htm Posted on Fri, Dec. 16, 2005 Service protects Net shoppers from attacks by phishers By Michele Chandler Mercury News Swindlers aren't ignoring the growth of online retail. With industry experts predicting shoppers will spend $18 billion on Internet ==========> 05-12-20-SJMerc-NigerianPleadsGuiltyInChoicePointIDTheft.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13453728.htm Posted on Tue, Dec. 20, 2005 Nigerian pleads guilty in ChoicePoint ID theft case Mercury News LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Nigerian national pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy and grand theft involving identity theft that authorities say was accomplished by accessing personal information stolen from consumer data collector ChoicePoint Inc. ==========> 05-12-27-PCWorld-SpywareDataSecurityAndTelecomOnCongress2006Agenda.txt========== http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124086,00.asp Congress Ready to Tackle Tech Issues in 2006 Spyware, data security, and telecom reform will be on the agenda next year. Grant Gross, IDG News Service Tuesday, December 27, 2005 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Congress will face a broad range of technology-related issues, including communications law reform and data-privacy issues, when it returns to work in 2006. ==========> 06-01-09-SJMerc-1KCustomersNeverGotItemsFromAmazonSeller.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13585754.htm Posted on Mon, Jan. 09, 2006 Customers say they never got items from Amazon seller Mercury News SEATTLE (AP) - More than a thousand customers didn't receive items they ordered from a company that does business through Amazon.com Inc., forcing the massive online retailer to offer refunds. ==========> 06-01-17-SJMerc-E-TradeOffersCustomersNewFraudProtection.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13647031.htm Posted on Tue, Jan. 17, 2006 E-Trade offers customers new fraud coverage, payment protection Mercury News NEW YORK (AP) - Customers of E-Trade Financial Corp. will be reimbursed if they fall victim to fraud or theft, whether their debit card is stolen right from their pocket or their online account is hacked into from another continent. ==========> 06-01-24-USACM-LetterToCongressUrgingBroaderViewOfDataSecurity.txt========== http://www.acm.org/usacm/weblog/index.php?p=345 January 24, 2006 USACM urges policymakers to adopt a broader view of data security Following last year’s numerous high-profile data breaches (which we’ve been covering closely), there are now numerous pieces of data security and privacy legislation pending in Congress – coming under the jurisdiction of numerous committees and using a range of different approaches. Indeed, the field is so crowded that it’s difficult to tell which bills have the best chance for ==========> 06-01-26-SJMerc-FTC-ComplaintsRiseAboutKidsIdentityTheft.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13715701.htm Posted on Thu, Jan. 26, 2006 FTC: Complaints rise about kids as victims of identity theft Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - Identity thieves are increasingly targeting children. Identity theft complaints involving youngsters under 18 have nearly doubled since 2003, up from 6,512 to more than 11,600 last year, the Federal Trade ==========> 06-01-26-SJMerc-FTCFinesChoicePointOverDataBreach.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13718247.htm Posted on Thu, Jan. 26, 2006 FTC fines ChoicePoint over data breach Mercury News ATLANTA (AP) - ChoicePoint Inc. agreed Thursday to pay $15 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the data warehouser's security and record-handling procedures violated consumers' privacy rights when thieves infiltrated the company's massive database. ==========> 06-01-30-SJMerc-OnlineAuctionsLargestSourceOfComplaints.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13747482.htm Posted on Mon, Jan. 30, 2006 Biting into online fraud COMPLAINTS DROP, BUT SAFETY STILL UP TO CONSUMERS By Matthai Chakko Kuruvila Mercury News Online auctions, a market dominated by San Jose's eBay, continued to be the largest source of consumer fraud complaints reported to the Federal Trade ==========> 06-01-31-SJMerc-HoneywellInvestigatesEmployeeDataPosting.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13758380.htm Posted on Tue, Jan. 31, 2006 Honeywell probes posting of employee information on Internet Mercury News MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) - Honeywell International is offering credit monitoring and identity theft insurance to approximately 19,000 current and former employees whose personal information -- including Social Security numbers and bank account information -- was posted on an Internet Web site. ==========> 06-01-31-USACM-QuestForMoreInfoOnNSASpyingContinues.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.1 31 January 2006 ============================================================= [4] QUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NSA SPYING CONTINUES Following a brief lull in developments surrounding the revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been conducting a secret program of ==========> 06-02-00-ACMNetWorker-TheMoralityOfSharingWiFiConnections.txt========== netWorker Volume 10, Number 2 (2006), Pages 11-14 Business: the 8th layer: Wi-Fi and the morality of sharing Laurie Rowell A few weeks back my cable connection went down just as I was mailing a time-sensitive draft. Muttering, I pawed through a tangle of wires for a telephone cord. To my disgust, I no longer even had a corded phone from which to pirate one. ==========> 06-02-02-BusWeek-MoreWorkNeededToStopCybercrime.txt========== http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2006/tc20060202_832554.htm FEBRUARY 2, 2006 Viewpoint By Paul Horn It's Time to Arrest Cyber Crime Business Week As the bad guys get ever more sophisticated, even more ambitious efforts to thwart them are needed. Here are some tips ==========> 06-02-06-GoodMail-CertifiedEmailProvidesShieldForConsumers.txt========== http://goodmailsystems.com/ [Accessed Feb. 6, 2006] The Email Problem The Goodmail CertifiedEmail service provides a clean well lighted inbox to shield consumers from phishing and online fraud. recognize the trust symbol and feel safer knowing CertifiedEmail messages are never from spammers or phishers. who maintain extremely low complaint levels will regain consumer trust ==========> 06-02-06-SJMerc-AuctionSitesTryToStopSalesOfFakes.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13805036.htm Posted on Mon, Feb. 06, 2006 Auction sites try to knock out knockoffs By Dean Takahashi Mercury News If you find a deal at an online auction site for a price that seems too good to be true, look twice. ==========> 06-02-06-StanfordCIS-OnlineDisputeResolution-EBayExperience.txt========== The Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society (CIS) and The Stanford Law and Technology Association (SLATA) Online Dispute Resolution, Democracy and the EBay Experience Colin Rule Director of Online Dispute Resolution eBay and PayPal CIS Fellows February 6, 2006 ==========> 06-02-23-AP-NetherlandsArressts12InEmailScam.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13943437.htm Posted on Thu, Feb. 23, 2006 Netherlands arrests 12 in U.S.-Dutch online scam probe AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch authorities have arrested 12 suspects in two cities as part of a joint U.S./Dutch investigation into a criminal gang operating the so-called ``419'' e-mail scam. The arrests took place during raids of seven houses in Amsterdam and ==========> 06-02-28-AP-AOLSeeks18MFromPhishingRings.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13981590.htm Posted on Tue, Feb. 28, 2006 AOL lawsuits seek $18 million from 'phishing' rings Associated Press America Online is taking advantage of a first-of-its-kind anti-``phishing'' law in Virginia to sue three international groups that allegedly stole information from unsuspecting AOL users by sending e-mail that appeared to be legitimate messages from the company. ==========> 06-03-01-AP-WebsitesSellCallerIDSpoofingService.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13991593.htm Posted on Wed, Mar. 01, 2006 When a stranger calls, Caller ID might not be trustworthy NEW YORK (AP) - Last fall, U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy's office started getting phone calls from constituents who complained about receiving recorded phone messages that bad-mouthed Murphy. The constituents were especially upset that the messages appeared to come from ==========> 06-03-08-EGoldman-ClickFraudLawsuitNearSettlement.txt========== http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2006/03/lanes_gifts_cli_1.htm Technology & Marketing Law Blog March 08, 2006 Lane's Gifts Click Fraud Lawsuit Near Settlement By Eric Goldman Google announced that it is near a settlement in the Lane's Gifts class action lawsuit over click fraud. The way I read the announcement, the parties have agreed to the terms, so the settlement just needs the judge's approval. ==========> 06-03-09-AP-GoogleToPayUpTo90MInClickFraudCase.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14055152.htm Posted on Thu, Mar. 09, 2006 Google to pay up to $90 million to settle 'click fraud' case SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. has agreed to pay up to $90 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the online search engine leader overcharged thousands of advertisers who paid for bogus sales referrals generated through a ruse known as ``click fraud.'' ==========> 06-03-09-PCWorld-NewBillsWouldProtectPhoneRecordsFromFraudulentSales.txt========== http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124973-c,privacylegislation/article.html Tech.gov: Your Phone Records in Peril Unscrupulous companies have conned phone records from carriers in order to sell them. Will Congress protect your privacy? Anush Yegyazarian, PC World, March 09, 2006 12:00 AM PST By now you've heard the stories. Countless phone records have been stolen using a practice known as pretexting: Someone pretending to be you calls up your telephone or cellular carrier and asks for a copy of your latest bill, or ==========> 06-03-09-Wired-ClickFraudCouldSwallowTheInternet.txt========== http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/fraud.html How Click Fraud Could Swallow the Internet Pay-per-click advertising is big, big, big business. So are bogus hits on Internet ads. It's search giants against scam artists in an arms race that could crash the entire online economy. By Charles C. Mann Wired [Accessed March 9, 2006] Stuart Cauff launched a charter-jet service in Miami Beach back in 2002. Being ==========> 06-03-13-AP-IRS-MorePhishingAttemptsDuringTaxFilingSeason.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14089781.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 13, 2006 IRS notices more 'phishing' identity theft attempts during filing season WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service, noting an escalation in identity theft scams, is raising alarms about e-mails designed to dupe taxpayers into revealing personal financial information. IRS and Treasury Department officials have noticed an increase this winter in ==========> 06-03-13-SJMerc-NewCompanyToProvideIDFreezeAndCheck.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14088905.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 13, 2006 Redwood City start-up strives to stop ID theft By Matt Marshall Mercury News Beginning today, a Redwood City start-up called TrustedID will provide people an easy way to force lenders to check with them before new credit cards and bank accounts are opened up under their names. ==========> 06-03-23-SJMerc-FidelitySaysRecordsFor196KH-PEmployeesOnStolenLaptop.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14168041.htm Posted on Thu, Mar. 23, 2006 HP worker data stolen FIDELITY ALERTS 196,000 RETIREES OF LAPTOP THEFT, MONITORS THEIR ACCOUNTS By Nicole C. Wong Mercury News A laptop computer containing the names, Social Security numbers, compensation and other information for 196,000 current and former Hewlett-Packard employees ==========> 06-03-24-SJMerc-LossOfLaptopsAGrowingProblem.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14177713.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 24, 2006 Mobile workforce puts data at risk LOSS OF DEVICES REPRESENTS A GROWING PROBLEM By Nicole C. Wong Mercury News The risk of identity theft is rising as the workforce becomes more mobile and people tote around sensitive personal data on computer equipment, observers say. ==========> 06-03-26-CompWorld-OutsourcingCitedInFloridaDataLeak.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,109938,00.htm l Offshore outsourcing cited in Florida data leak State employees are being warned that their personal data may have been compromised News Story by Robert McMillan MARCH 26, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Florida state employees are being warned that their personal information may have been compromised after work on the ==========> 06-04-00-CACM-BiometricAppliancesOfferedForSale.txt========== Communications of the ACM, Volume 49, Number 4 (2006), Page 120 Inside Risks: Fake ID: batteries not included, Lauren Weinstein It was only a matter of time. We've come to expect almost anything imaginable to be sold on late-night TV infomercials—from feel-good "health" bracelets to "get rich quick" real-estate schemes. So I shouldn't have been too surprised to stumble across a 3 a.m. full-hour ad for a firm offering biometric "appliances" (for legal applications only—the superimposed fine print notes—not responsible for customer misuse!). ==========> 06-04-00-CACM-PhishingSchemesRangeFromCleverToClumsy.txt========== Digital village: Phishing mongers and posers Hal Berghel April 2006 Communications of the ACM, Volume 49 Issue 4 Unmasking deceptive schemes that range from clever to clumsy. The following definition from the Antiphishing Web site (www.antiphishing.org) is a useful place to begin this column: ==========> 06-04-04-USACM-DataSecurityLegislationInchesForward.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.3 4 April 2006 ============================================================= [3] MIXED BAG DATA SECURITY LEGISLATION INCHES FORWARD, USACM COMMENTS ON PROPOSAL Congress took another step forward in trying to deal with the numerous data ==========> 06-04-05-BBC-ManyFakeWebsitesCatchPhishingTargets.txt========== http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4879468.stm Research reveals phishing hooks Sophisticated phishing scams could be catching out 90% of those that see them, research suggests. BBC NEWS, April 5, 2006 The academic study looked at whether web users could tell legitimate online bank websites from the fakes produced by phishers. ==========> 06-04-05-PCWorld-WillNewBillsProtectYourPersonalData.txt========== http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125293-c,privacylegislation/article.html Tech.gov: Data Protection, the Federal Way Congress wants to protect your data and make sure you're notified when there's a problem. Will the latest bills do the job? Anush Yegyazarian, PC World, April 05, 2006 12:00 AM PDT Practically from the moment that ChoicePoint and its data breaches first hit the national consciousness last year, Congress has been trying to find the right way to protect the data handled by information brokers and to set ==========> 06-04-17-SJMerc-ClickFraudLoomsOverGoogleAndYahoo.txt========== http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/columnists/mike_langberg/143 60231.htm Posted on Mon, Apr. 17, 2006 Langberg: Click fraud looms over Google, Yahoo By Mike Langberg Mercury News Click fraud is to Google and Yahoo what bird flu is to world health -- a problem that's manageable today, but could grow into a crisis without ==========> 06-05-00-ACMInteractions-HumanComputerInterfacesCanPromoteSecurity.txt========== HCI and security: Firefighters and engineers Ka-Ping Yee May 2006 interactions, Volume 13 Issue 3 Computer security can be described in two different ways: keeping users away from dangerous things, or enabling users to do useful things safely. The former perspective is attack-oriented; the latter is task-oriented. In the attack-oriented mindset, users trudge along a dark path through the ==========> 06-05-00-ACMQueue-PhishingPresentsChallengingProrammingTasks.txt========== http://www.acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=printer_friendly&pid=390&pag e=1 Vol. 4, No. 4 - May 2006 by Kode Vicious Phishing provides a cornucopia of challenging programmatic puzzles ACM Queue Kode Vicious could devote every month to security questions and never run out. Whether it's the latest worm or ongoing problems such as this month's ==========> 06-05-00-CACM-TheComputersRoleInIdentitiyTheftsMayHaveMisgaugedImpact.txt========== Security watch: Scoping identity theft Rebecca T. Mercuri May 2006 Communications of the ACM, Volume 49 Issue 5 The computer's role in identity theft incidents may have been misgauged through overestimates of reported losses. The alert that "identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the U.S." and "computer technology is right at the heart of the problem" might sound familiar ==========> 06-05-05-NetWorld-USDataDataBreachNotificationLawUnlikelyThisYear.txt========== http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/050506-data-breach-notification-law-unlike ly.html?fsrc=netflash-rss Data breach notification law unlikely this year By Grant Gross, IDG News Service, 05/05/06 Network World In the wake of a series of data breaches in early 2005, the U.S. Congress seemed ready to move quickly on legislation that would require companies to notify customers when their personal information had been compromised. ==========> 06-05-08-AP-ClickFraudConcernsContinueToHoundGoogle.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14530012.htm Posted on Mon, May. 08, 2006 Click fraud concerns hound Google despite class-action settlement SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - John Thys still hasn't figured out how much his company has paid Google Inc. for bogus sales referrals caused by ``click fraud'' -- a sham aimed at a perceived weakness in the Internet search leader's lucrative advertising network. ==========> 06-05-10-AP-FormerGoogleInvestorSuesToBlockClickFraudSettlement.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14548096.htm Posted on Wed, May. 10, 2006 Former Google advertiser sues to block click-fraud settlement MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - A former Google Inc. advertiser sued Wednesday to block a proposed $90 million class-action settlement, arguing the amount grossly understates how much the online search engine leader has benefited from a ruse known as ``click fraud.'' ==========> 06-05-22-USACM-VALaptopWithPersonalInformationStolen.txt========== May 22, 2006 ACM-USACM VA Department Loses Personal Information On 26.5 Million Vets Many privacy advocates dubbed 2005, “The Year of Data Breach.” Perhaps the term should be amended to “the years” or even “decade” with yet another announcement of a massive loss of data. This time a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee took a laptop home, which was then stolen, that had personal information (including social security numbers) on 26.5 million veterans. It doesn’t look like the data was encrypted. ==========> 06-05-22-VetAffairs-VALaptopWithPersonalInformationStolen.txt========== http://www.va.gov/ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT [Accessed May22, 2006] The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has recently learned that an employee, a data analyst, took home electronic data from the VA, which he was not authorized to do. This behavior was in violation of our policies. This data contained identifying information including names, social security numbers, and dates of birth for up to 26.5 million veterans and some spouses, as well as ==========> 06-05-25-AP-TeensAttemptToExtortMySpaceByStealingPersonalInfo.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14665921.htm Posted on Thu, May. 25, 2006 Two teens charged with trying to shake down MySpace LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two New York teenagers were in police custody Wednesday facing illegal computer access and attempted extortion charges after they allegedly threatened to shake down the popular Web site MySpace.com unless its operators paid them $150,000, prosecutors said. ==========> 06-05-25-AP-VADiscoversTheftOfPersonalDataForMillionsOfVeterans.txt========== http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060525/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/vets_id_theft_3 VA breach discovered through office gossip By HOPE YEN, Associated Press WriterThu May 25, 7:25 PM ET The theft of personal data for 26.5 million veterans came to the attention of the Veterans Affairs inspector general only through office gossip, he told Congress Thursday. In four hours of testimony, IG George Opfer said the department failed to heed ==========> 06-05-25-AP-VAEmployeeImproperlyTookDataHome.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14666861.htm Posted on Thu, May. 25, 2006 VA employee improperly took data home for 3 years, investigators say WASHINGTON (AP) - The theft of personal data for 26.5 million veterans came to the attention of the Veterans Affairs inspector general only through office gossip, he told Congress Thursday. In four hours of testimony, IG George Opfer said the department failed to heed ==========> 06-05-29-BusWeek-CybercrooksAreStealingBillions.txt========== http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_22/b3986093.htm MAY 29, 2006 Meet The Hackers Cybercrooks are stealing billions. An inside look at law enforcement's biggest targets Business Week Dimitry Ivanovich Golubov doesn't look like an arch criminal. A baby-faced 22-year-old Ukrainian, he is described by his lawyer as an unassuming part-time ==========> 06-06-01-AP-PersonalDataOnOverOneMillionLostByStudentLoanCompany.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14716836.htm Posted on Thu, Jun. 01, 2006 Personal data of 1.3 million lost by student loan company AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Equipment containing the names and social security numbers of about 1.3 million Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. borrowers has disappeared, company officials said. There was no evidence the information had been misused, but Texas Guarantee ==========> 06-06-09-Reuters-HackersGetSSNsFor1500OnDOEComputers.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/09/AR2006060901421. html Data on nuclear agency workers hacked: lawmaker By Chris Baltimore Reuters Friday, June 9, 2006; 7:26 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A computer hacker got into the U.S. agency that guards the country's nuclear weapons stockpile and stole the personal records of at ==========> 06-06-10-AP-HackersGetSSNsFor1500OnDOEComputers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14789954.htm Posted on Sat, Jun. 10, 2006 DOE computers hacked; info on 1,500 taken H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press WASHINGTON - A hacker stole a file containing the names and Social Security numbers of 1,500 people working for the Energy Department's nuclear weapons agency. ==========> 06-06-19-AP-PettyThievesBiggerThreatToDataSecurityThanHackers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14853654.htm Posted on Mon, Jun. 19, 2006 Petty thieves, not hackers, are driving data-security fears By Stephen Manning, Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. - Reports of data theft often conjure up images of malicious hackers breaking into remote databases to filch Social Security numbers, credit-card records and other personal information. ==========> 06-06-27-AP-NewCenterFormedToStudyIdentityTheftAndFraud.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14914415.htm Posted on Tue, Jun. 27, 2006 Experts form research center to battle identity fraud UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - An alliance of businesses, colleges and federal crime fighters will combine their expertise at a new research center that will study the problems of identity theft and fraud. Founding partners of the Center for Identity Management and Information ==========> 06-07-00-CACM-BankruptcyAndFraudMonetaryLossesNotTheSame.txt========== Comm. ACM Juy 2006 Don't Equate Bankruptcy and Identity Theft Rebecca T. Mercuri's "Security Watch" column ("Scoping Identity Theft," May 2006) was seriously misleading on the subject of U.S. bankruptcy. It claimed that $47.6 billion is attributable to identity theft and that the annual cost of bankruptcies is $34.5 billion. It further claimed: "Since scammers tend to take the road of least resistance...bankruptcy fraud may continue to seem a lot more attractive as a source of free buying power than identity theft." The next ==========> 06-07-06-USACM-SpaffordTestifiesAboutVADataBreach.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.6 July 6, 2006 ============================================================= USACM's Chair Testifies on VA Data Breach Testifying before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee about the recent databreach at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department, Eugene Spafford argued ==========> 06-07-21-AP-CourtReportsGooglesEffortsToFightClickFraudReasonablyWell.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15095044.htm Posted on Fri, Jul. 21, 2006 Court report analyzes Google's efforts to fight click fraud SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. appears to be doing reasonably well protecting advertisers from scam artists preying upon the Internet's largest marketing network, but it remains unclear how much the system is being bilked under a ruse known as click fraud, according to an independent report filed in court Friday. ==========> 06-07-24-AP-SomePlaintiffsObjectToGoogleClickFraudSettlement.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15111322.htm Posted on Mon, Jul. 24, 2006 Some plaintiffs object to settlement in Google click fraud case TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - A set of plaintiffs in a class-action suit argued Monday that Google has not exercised reasonable care to prevent ``click fraud'' and has misrepresented efforts to stop swindlers from repeatedly clicking Web site links to drive up advertising costs. ==========> 06-07-26-SJMerc-GoogleBeginsToReleaseInformationOnSuspectedClickFraud.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15126416.htm Posted on Wed, Jul. 26, 2006 Google shares its suspicions on click fraud COMPANY HOPES DATA ASSURES ADVERTISERS IT'S ADDRESSING PROBLEM By Elise Ackerman, Mercury News Google began releasing information about suspected fraud to its advertisers Tuesday night, after months of parrying accusations that it wasn't doing enough to filter out malicious or illegal clicks on its online advertising network. ==========> 06-07-27-AP-90MSettlementApprovedInGoogleClickFraudCase.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15137420.htm Posted on Thu, Jul. 27, 2006 $90 million settlement OK'd in Google click fraud case TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas judge Thursday approved a $90 million settlement between Google Inc. and advertisers who claimed the Internet search engine company improperly billed them for ``clicks'' that didn't lead to genuine customers seeking their products. ==========> 06-08-02-AP-LeadingSearchEnginesAgreeToFightClickFraud.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15180954.htm Posted on Wed, Aug. 02, 2006 Leading search engines agree to team up to fight click fraud SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Internet's leading search engines are teaming up with an advertising trade group to find a better way to identify and measure ``click fraud,'' a scam that has raised doubts about the Web's trustworthiness as a marketing vehicle. ==========> 06-08-09-AP-GoogleWarnsUsersAboutMaliciousWebsites.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15236054.htm Posted on Wed, Aug. 09, 2006 Google warns about malicious sites NEW YORK (AP) - Google is issuing this warning to people who try to click on links to sites with spyware and other malicious code: ``The site you are about to visit may harm your computer!'' Users can search again, learn more about malicious code at the site ==========> 06-08-14-BBC-UKBankAccountDataFoundOnPCsInNigeria.txt========== http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4790293.stm UK bank details sold in Nigeria Bank account details belonging to thousands of Britons are being sold in West Africa for less than £20 each, the BBC's Real Story programme has found. BBC, Published: 2006/08/14 13:55:11 GMT It discovered that fraudsters in Nigeria were able to find internet banking data stored on recycled PCs sent from the UK to Africa. ==========> 06-08-17-CompWorld-USFirmsDataLossIsPervasive.txt========== http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/17/HNdataindanger_1.html?source=NLC-TB200 6-08-17 Survey: U.S. firms frequently lose sensitive data Dangers to data include networks, employees' and contractors' laptops, and other portable storage devices By Linda Rosencrance, Computerworld, August 17, 2006 Loss of confidential data -- including intellectual property, business documents, customer data, and employee records -- is a pervasive problem among ==========> 06-08-21-CompWolrd-PasswordHassingFoilsPhishingAttacks.txt========== http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName =security&articleId=9002549&taxonomyId=17 2006 Horizon Awards Winner: Stanford University's Password Hash A browser plug-in helps customize a user's password for each site, putting a stop to Web spoofing. Stacy Collett August 21, 2006 (Computerworld) --In May 2006, nearly 12,000 malicious phishing Web sites were identified by the Anti-Phishing Working Group, a Los Altos, ==========> 06-08-28-SJMerc-MostIDTheftNotOnline-HypeScaresUsers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15379483.htm Posted on Mon, Aug. 28, 2006 Most ID theft not online, but hype scares users By Mike Langberg, Mercury News You're sitting at a public WiFi ``hotspot,'' perhaps in a coffee shop or a hotel lobby, and you really want to buy a book from Amazon.com or check your bank balance. ==========> 06-08-31-CMU-ResearchersCreateNewSystemToAddressPhishingFraud.txt========== http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases06/060831_phishing.html For immediate release:, August 31, 2006 Carnegie Mellon CyLab Researchers Create New System To Address Phishing Fraud Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Adrian Perrig (far right) and Ph.D. Students Cynthia Kuo and Bryan Parno have developed a Phoolproof Phishing System that protects users against all network-based attacks even when they make mistakes. ==========> 06-09-11-AP-AOLOffersUsersInsuranceAgainstIDTheftAndComputerDamage.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/15494310.htm Posted on Mon, Sep. 11, 2006 AOL to offer insurance to subscribers, ANICK JESDANUN, Associated Press NEW YORK - Free insurance coverage for identity theft and computer damage is among the premium security offerings AOL is making available to its dwindling base of paying subscribers. The move, which AOL said it would announce to its members Tuesday, follows last ==========> 06-09-22-IndianaDaily-ResearchersRevealHowScammersCouldUseClickFraudToTargetAdvertisers.txt========== http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=37697&adid=campus Researchers reveal potential 'click fraud' Study looks at possible Internet advertising scam by Kristi Oloffson, Indiana Daily Student, Published Friday, September 22, 2006 Informatics researchers at IU have revealed how scam artists could target online advertisers in a recent study. The researchers, Associate Professor of Informatics Markus Jakobsson along with ==========> 06-09-25-JohnsHopkinsU-ResearchersOrganizeNewRFIDSecurityProject.txt========== http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2006/25sep06/25smart.html The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University September 25, 2006 | Vol. 36 No. 4 Johns Hopkins Joins Effort to Boost 'Smart Tag' Security Adam Stubblefield Computer scientists seek to prevent fraud, protect privacy in wireless devices By Phil Sneiderman, Homewood Johns Hopkins researchers will take part in a new multi-institution project to ==========> 06-09-28-AP-PayPayAgreesToClarifyAndSimplifyUserFraudProtectionAgreement.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15631536.htm Posted on Thu, Sep. 28, 2006 PayPal clarifies fraud protection, terms in agreement with 28 state attorneys general NEW YORK (AP) - The online-payment service PayPal will simplify its user agreement and better inform users about fraud protection under an agreement announced Thursday with 28 state attorneys general. ==========> 06-09-29-SJMerc-PayPayAgreesToClarifyAndSimplifyUserFraudProtectionAgreement.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15639421.htm Posted on Fri, Sep. 29, 2006 PayPal agrees to settle lawsuits FIRM TO GIVE USERS BETTER INFORMATION By Elise Ackerman, Mercury News EBay's PayPal unit announced Thursday that it agreed to provide clearer information about the extent of fraud protection offered by the online payment service and pay $5.2 million in separate settlements with consumers and with 28 ==========> 06-10-06-CACM-FakeWebSitesUnderminesConsumersTrustInECommerce.txt========== Communications of the ACM Volume 49, Number 10 (2006), Pages 76-82 Why spoofing is serious internet fraud Tamara Dinev Fake Web sites fool the unwary into divulging personal data, undermining all consumers' trust in e-commerce, no matter how trustworthy the authentic online business truly is. Identity theft topped the list of consumer complaints about fraud, according to ==========> 06-10-12-IndianaU-Study-MoreUsersFallingForPhishingThanOriginallyThought.txt========== http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4216.html IU study: More Internet users may be taking 'phishing' bait than thought Indiana University, Oct. 12, 2006 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A higher-than-expected percentage of Internet users are likely to fall victim to scam artists masquerading as trusted service providers, report researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics. "Designing Ethical Phishing Experiments: A Study of eBay Query Features" ==========> 06-10-17-BusWire-W3CLaunchesSecureBrowsingInitiative.txt========== http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ne wsId=20061017005222&newsLang=en Business Wire, October 17, 2006 10:00 AM Eastern Time W3C Launches Secure Browsing Initiative "Security Context" Important Step Toward Fraud Prevention http://www.w3.org/--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recognizing the challenges people face when browsing the Web, W3C today launched an initiative to build a foundation ==========> 06-11-13-StanfordLaw-Panel-LitigatingClickFraudCases.txt========== Litigating "Click Fraud" Cases November 13, 2006 Stanford Law School, Room 290 Search engines make virtually all of their money by serving ads people actually want to read. Advertisers pay only when a viewer clicks on the ad link. Some advertisers complain, however, that competitors and affiliates are engaged in "click fraud" to make money or drive up their rivals' costs, and a number of class action suits will be filed. This evening panel brings together experts from the world of practice, government, and academia to discuss developments in ==========> 06-11-20-TechWorld-StudyFindsAntiPhishingToolbarsAreIneffective.txt========== http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=7386&pagtype=all Phishing toolbars: all as hopeless as one another Reality check courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University. John E. Dunn, Techworld, 20 November 2006 A new study of anti-phishing toolbars has come to a stark conclusion about their effectiveness - none of them are any good. A week ago, a report from SmartWare told the world that Mozilla’s Firefox 2.0 ==========> 06-11-28-AP-TaiwanConcernedLackOfUSHelpOnCyberCrime.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16117527.htm Posted on Tue, Nov. 28, 2006 Taiwan official bemoans lack of U.S. cooperation against cyber crime TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A senior Taiwanese law enforcement official said Tuesday he could not get American authorities to help the island fight cyber crime -- even in cases that directly affected the United States. Lee Hsiang-chen, director of the High-tech Criminal Center of the National ==========> 06-12-00-CACM-DigitlTechnologyLoweringBarriersForANewGenerationOfCriminalFraud.txt========== Communications of the ACM Volume 49, Number 12 (2006), Pages 15-19 Digital village: Fungible credentials and next-generation fraud Hal Berghel Digital technology is easing access and lowering barriers for a new generation of criminal. One of the most dramatic effects of global digitization is the transformation of white collar crime. Computer and network technology makes it possible for ==========> 06-12-07-IndianaUniv-ResearchersSayActiveCookiesProtectInternetUsers.txt========== http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4548.html Informatics scientists' ‘active cookies’ put bite on cyber crooks Indiana Univ., Dec. 7, 2006 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics and RSA Laboratories have written a recipe to protect Internet users from identity theft and other kinds of cyber attacks. Whereas regular computer cookies, which are often used for authentication ==========> 06-12-11-AP-SoftwareDevelopedToCombatInternetAuctionFraud.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16215960.htm Posted on Mon, Dec. 11, 2006 CMU researchers developing tool to combat Internet auction fraud PITTSBURGH (AP) - Carnegie Mellon University researchers are relying on an old adage to develop anti-fraud software for Internet auction sites: It's not what you know, it's who you know. At sites like eBay, users warn each other if they have a bad experience with a ==========> 06-12-14-AP-PersonalDataCompromisedAtUTDallas.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16234587.htm Posted on Thu, Dec. 14, 2006 Personal data hacked at Texas college, Associated Press RICHARDSON, Texas - Hackers might have obtained the personal information of 6,000 people who worked for, applied to or attended the University of Texas at Dallas, school officials said Wednesday. The information includes names and Social Security numbers, the school said. In ==========> 06-12-18-NYT-100MDataRecordsCompromisedIn2Years.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/technology/18link.html?_r=1&oref=slogin The New York Times , December 18, 2006 An Ominous Milestone: 100 Million Data Leaks, By TOM ZELLER Jr. ON Thursday, Kevin Poulsen, senior editor for Wired News, noted in his blog (blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/), a milestone in the number of records that have been compromised in data breaches since the ChoicePoint breach nearly two years ago: ==========> 06-12-22-InfoWorld-CongressionalDemocratsExpectedToFocusOnBackburnerTechIssues.txt========== http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/22/HNcongress07_1.html Congress in '07: Privacy, patents on agenda Many technology advocates expect Democrats will focus on backburner issues under Republicans By Grant Gross, IDG News Service, December 22, 2006 Some technology vendors and advocacy groups see new opportunities in the U.S. Congress in 2007, with issues such as patent reform and data protection getting fresh life under a Democratic-controlled legislature. ==========> 06-12-27-WashPost-2006SawMoreSophisticatedCriminalAcitvityOnComputers.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/26/AR2006122600922. html Cybercrooks Deliver Trouble With Spam Filters Working Overtime, Security Experts See No Letup in '07 By Brian Krebs, Washington Post, December 27, 2006; D01 It was the year of computing dangerously, and next year could be worse. That is the assessment of computer security experts, who said 2006 was marked ==========> 07-01-03-SJMerc--2006SawMoreSophisticatedCriminalAcitvityOnComputers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16374909.htm Hackers' infections slither onto Web sites ONLINE SECURITY EXPERTS ISSUE WARNINGS ABOUT ORGANIZED INTERNET CRIME EFFORTS By Elise Ackerman, Mercury News, Jan. 03, 2007 It was the year when cybercriminals targeted everything from MySpace to Wikipedia, and even a Web site maintained by a Kentucky Boy Scout troop wasn't safe for casual browsing. ==========> 07-01-07-NYT-ZombieComputersAGrowingThreat.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07net.html?_r=1&oref=slogin The New York Times, January 7, 2007 Attack of the Zombie Computers Is Growing Threat By JOHN MARKOFF In their persistent quest to breach the Internet’s defenses, the bad guys are honing their weapons and increasing their firepower. With growing sophistication, they are taking advantage of programs that ==========> 07-01-17-APRetailerMarshallsReportsCustomerDataTheft.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16482506.htm Posted on Wed, Jan. 17, 2007 Parent of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls reports customer data theft FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) - TJX Cos., operator of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls discount stores, said Wednesday its computer systems were hacked late last year and customer data has been stolen. The company said the full extent of the intrusion is not yet known, but it is ==========> 07-01-22-AP-MySpaceSuesSpammerForUInauthorizedAccess.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16520621.htm Posted on Mon, Jan. 22, 2007 MySpace sues Colo. man for alleged spam, GARY GENTILE, Associated Press LOS ANGELES - The popular online hangout MySpace.com has sued a Colorado man once accused of being one of the world's top three spammers, saying the man gained access to MySpace profiles using stolen passwords and used the information to send spam bulletins. ==========> 07-01-22-InfoWeek-MySpaceSuesAllegedSpammerForUInauthorizedAccess.txt========== http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196902597 MySpace.com Sues Alleged Spammer Lawsuit seeks monetary damages and a permanent injunction barring Scott Richter from the online community. By Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek, Jan. 22, 2007 MySpace.com has filed a federal lawsuit against a man who allegedly sent millions of spam "bulletins" advertising Web sites where users of the popular online social network could buy ring tones, polo shirts, and other products and ==========> 07-01-24-AP-CusomerDataStolenInFromTJXUSedInFrauds.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16536289.htm Posted on Wed, Jan. 24, 2007 Customer data stolen in TJX hack used in frauds, banks report BOSTON (AP) - Customer data stolen by computer hackers from TJX Cos. has been used to make fraudulent debit card and credit card purchases in the United States and overseas, the Massachusetts Bankers Association said Wednesday. The fraudulent purchases have been made in Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, and ==========> 07-01-24-AP-NationawideInsuranceCoCustomerDataStolenFromVendor.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16537359.htm Posted on Wed, Jan. 24, 2007 Information of Nationwide insurance customers taken in theft COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Computer records containing medical claim information, health data and Social Security numbers of 28,279 health insurance customers of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. were stolen from the office of a vendor in Massachusetts, the company said. ==========> 07-01-25-BBCNews-CriminalsControllingMillionsOfComputersThreatenInternetFuture.txt========== http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6298641.stm Criminals 'may overwhelm the web' By Tim Weber, Business editor, BBC News website, Davos, 2007/01/25 Criminals controlling millions of personal computers are threatening the internet's future, experts have warned. Up to a quarter of computers on the net may be used by cyber criminals in so-called botnets, said Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the internet. ==========> 07-02-01-AP-FraudsDueToIdentityTheftDeclineIn2006ButStillMajorProblem.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16600657.htm Posted on Thu, Feb. 01, 2007 Study: U.S. identity thefts decline, but still major problem NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- While identity theft remains a multi-billion-dollar problem for businesses and individuals, incidents of this fraud dropped significantly last year, according to a report released Thursday. Identity fraud occurring in the United States declined in 2006 by 12 percent ==========> 07-02-05-NYT-OnlineBankingUsersIgnoreAntiFraudMeasures.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/05/technology/05secure.html?_r=1&oref=slogin The New York Times, February 5, 2007 Study Finds Web Antifraud Measure Ineffective By BRAD STONE Internet security experts have long known that simple passwords do not fully defend online bank accounts from determined fraud artists. Now a study suggests that a popular secondary security measure provides little additional protection. ==========> 07-02-06-AP-MSGatesSaysBiggestChallengeIsKeepingDataSecure.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16637223.htm Posted on Tue, Feb. 06, 2007 Gates says technology's biggest challenge is keeping data secure SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Keeping information secure in this age of laptop-lugging workers is the tech industry's most formidable challenge, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday. Speaking to an annual gathering of 15,000 computer security experts in San ==========> 07-02-06-OReilly-MSAnnouncesSupportForOpenID.txt========== http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/02/openid_gets_a_b.html OpenID Gets a Boost From Microsoft By Brady Forrest on February 06, 2007, OReilly OpenID (Radar post) got a big boost today when it gained support from Microsoft. Open-identity company JanRain, Dick Hardt's Identity 2.0 company Sxip, and Verisign were also a part of the announcement. As a part of the agreement, OpenID is going to focus more efforts on phishing ==========> 07-02-07-OpenID-UsersCanHaveUniversalIdentifierAndProtectPasswords.txt========== http://openid.net/ What is OpenID? [Accessed Feb. 7, 2007] OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity. OpenID starts with the concept that anyone can identify themselves on the Internet the same way websites do-with a URI (also called a URL or web ==========> 07-02-07-USACM-USACMAdvisesUSGovtToAdoptStrongIDTheftProtection.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol. 11.1 February 7, 2007 ============================================================= [4] USACM ADVISES FEDS TO ADOPT COMPREHENSIVE ID THEFT PREVENTION MEASURES USACM submitted comments on the technical implications of several different proposals under consideration by the President's Identity Theft Task Force. The Task Force is a joint effort of the Justice Department and the Federal ==========> 07-02-12-CompWorld-WillSpamVirusesAndBotnetsDestryTheInternet.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomy Id=16&articleId=279934&intsrc=hm_topic Spam, viruses, botnets: Can the Internet be saved? Gary Anthes February 12, 2007 (Computerworld) Advances in IT over the decades have come mostly in small increments — Release 2.3 yields to 2.4, transistors shrink a few more nanometers, Ethernet gets another speed boost, bugs are fixed, and algorithms get tweaked. That kind of evolutionary approach has served users ==========> 07-02-16-AP-VAToSuspendSomeProjectsAfterDataTheft.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16716558.htm Posted on Fri, Feb. 16, 2007 VA to suspend some medical research after computer data breach WASHINGTON (AP) - Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson has stopped activities at seven specialized research centers across the country after an unprotected computer hard drive disappeared from one of the facilities in Alabama last month. ==========> 07-02-19-IndianaU-UsersOftenByPassAntiPhishingTechnologies.txt========== http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4875.html Security experts draw bead on how malware targets and dupes Internet users Indiana Univ., Feb. 19, 2007 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- In the good old days, computer-savvy rogues used malware mainly to wreak havoc with others' computers. But cyber crooks now are stealing users' personal and financial information and defrauding businesses with more sophisticated attacks. ==========> 07-02-26-AP-SECSuesBlueBottleLtdOverHackingSystemToGetInfoForIllegalStockTrades.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16788986.htm Posted on Mon, Feb. 26, 2007 SEC sues company for hacking systems to get news releases, then trading on information NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission sued an overseas company and its chief executive on Monday, alleging the firm made more than $2.7 million by hacking into computer systems to retrieve press releases prior to their release and improperly trading on that nonpublic information. ==========> 07-03-07-AP-USFreezesLativianOnlineBrokerageAccountToStopScam.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16853966.htm Associated Press, Posted on Wed, Mar. 07, 2007 Feds stop money flow in online brokerage scam, but hackers unknown WASHINGTON - An court order froze $3 million in proceeds from a Latvian account allegedly used to scam investors and manipulate trading by hacking into online brokerage accounts, federal officials said Wednesday. Account intrusions hit seven U.S. brokerage firms, causing about $2 million in ==========> 07-03-08-AP-SECSuspends35StocksInCrackdownAgainstSpamHyping.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16862092.htm Associated Press, Posted on Thu, Mar. 08, 2007 SEC suspends 35 stocks in crackdown against spam hyping WASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday suspended trading in 35 companies whose shares were touted in e-mail spam campaigns. The SEC said it took the action to protect investors from fraud, because the accuracy of information in e-mails about the companies was questionable. The ==========> 07-03-12-AP-3FromIndiaIndictedForHackingBrokerageAccountsToPumpUpStockValues.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16888219.htm Associated Press, Posted on Mon, Mar. 12, 2007 3 Indian men indicted in online stock hacking scheme WASHINGTON - Three men from India were indicted Monday on federal charges of hacking into online brokerage accounts and pumping up stock values to turn a hefty profit for themselves, the Justice Department said. The alleged ``hack, pump and dump'' scheme has cost one brokerage firm at least ==========> 07-03-12-UWash-2BPersonalRecordsCompromised-HackersNotAlwaysToBlame.txt========== http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=31264 University of Washington Office of News and Information, Mar. 12, 2007 Hackers get bum rap for corporate America's digital delinquency Peter Lewis, pblewis@u.washington.edu If Phil Howard's calculations prove true, by year's end the 2 billionth personal record -- some American's social-security or credit-card number, academic grades or medical history -- will become compromised, and it's corporate America, not rogue hackers, who are primarily to blame. By his ==========> 07-03-19-SJMerc-HPScandalSpotlightDetersSomeDataBrokers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16933876.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 19, 2007 Spotlight from HP scandal deters some shady data brokers By Therese Poletti, Mercury News The Hewlett-Packard boardroom scandal put a harsh glare on the shady and now illegal practice of using deception to obtain the personal phone records of others. The practice, known as pretexting, fueled a once thriving industry of data brokers who obtained information illicitly and sold their services to ==========> 07-03-19-SJMerc-NewIdentitiesReadilyAvailableOnline.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16933863.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 19, 2007 Report: Data theft getting more businesslike By Ryan Blitstein, Mercury News How'd you like to be somebody else -- for under 20 bucks? Online, for as little as $14, you can pick up a new identity, complete with working U.S. bank account, credit card with security code, date of birth and ==========> 07-03-19-StanfordCIS-2BPersonalRecordsCompromised-HackersNotAlwaysToBlame.txt========== The Center for Internet and Society and The Stanford Law and Technology Association present A Case of Misplaced Blame? News Accounts of Hacker, Consumer, and Organizational Responsibility for Compromised Digital Records, 1980-2006 Dr. Philip N. Howard Assistant Professor of Communications University of Washington Monday, March 19, 2007 ==========> 07-03-19-WashPost-NewIdentitiesReadilyAvailableOnline.txt========== http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/03/stolen_identities_two_dollars .html Stolen Identities Sold Cheap on the Black Market Washington Post | By Brian Krebs | March 19, 2007; 12:01 AM ET Recovering from identity theft can take years and cost thousands of dollars. But how much is your identity worth to the thieves who sell it to other fraudsters? Turns out, less than the price of two tickets to the movies. ==========> 07-03-30-AP-HackersSteal46MCreditCardsDataFromTJX.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5555067 Data from 45.7 million cards stolen, TJX says DISCOUNT CHAINS' OWNER REVEALS SECURITY LEAKS By Mark Jewell, Associated Press, 03/30/2007 01:46:19 AM PDT BOSTON - A hacker or hackers stole data from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards of shoppers at off-price retailers including T.J. Maxx and Marshalls in a case believed to be the largest such breach of consumer information. ==========> 07-03-30-WashPost-HackersSteal46MCreditCardsDataFromTJX.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032900237. html Data Theft Grows To Biggest Ever Fraudulent Purchases Pop Up in Breach Of 45.7 Million Shoppers' Records By Ellen Nakashima and Ylan Q. Mui, Washington Post Staff Writers, March 30, 2007; D01 At least 45.7 million credit and debit card numbers from customers in the United States, Britain and Canada were stolen over a period of several years ==========> 07-04-05-AP-UCSFNotifies46000OfPossibleCompromiseOfPersonalInformation.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5600801 UCSF notifies 46,000 of possible computer system breach Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News, 04/05/2007 SAN FRANCISCO - About 46,000 students, faculty and staff at the University of California, San Francisco may have had their personal and financial information compromised, officials warned Wednesday. Officials notified those affected of the possible breach, which was discovered ==========> 07-04-10-VaTech-NewResearchToProtectPersonalInformationFromThjeftAndAbuse.txt========== http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2007&itemno=215 Protecting electronic information from theft and abuse is the goal of Virginia Tech CAREER research By Liz Crumbley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ. BLACKSBURG, VA., April 10, 2007 -- Learning to design computers so that personal and security information can be protected from theft or abuse is the goal of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Patrick Schaumont, who has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career ==========> 07-04-18-AP-ATTAndFataBrokersSettleSuitsOverCustomerRecords.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5693038 AT&T, data brokers settle suits over customer records The Associated Press, 04/18/2007 01:38:53 AM PDT SAN ANTONIO (AP) - AT&T said Tuesday that it has settled with 13 data brokers it accused of fraudulently obtaining customer phone records after the brokers agreed to an undisclosed cash settlement and not to seek customer data in the future. ==========> 07-04-27-AP-GoogleHaltsAdsUsedToStealPersonalInformation.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5762859 Google halts `hijacked' ads used to steal personal data By Jordan Robertson, Associated Press, 04/27/2007 01:36:04 AM PDT Google yanked paid advertisements that online criminals were using to steal banking and other personal information from Web surfers looking for the Better Business Bureau and other sites. The ads, linked to 20 popular search terms, directed those who clicked on them ==========> 07-05-00-419Eater-ScambaitingWastesScammersTime.txt========== http://www.419eater.com/ WELCOME TO 419EATER.COM May 2007, Welcome to the world of Scambaiting! Does somebody want to transfer millions of dollars into your account? Does someone want you pay you to cash cheques and send them the money? Met a new friend/penpal on a friendship/dating site who's asking you for money? Has a dying person contacted you wanting your help to give his money to charity? Have you sold an item and are asked to accept a payment larger than the item ==========> 07-05-08-AP-UnivOfMissouriStudentDataCompromised.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5846931 Missouri reports computer breach revealed of more than 22,000 students' personal information Associated Press, 05/08/2007 12:44:47 PM PDT COLUMBIA, Mo. - A computer hacker accessed the Social Security numbers of more than 22,000 current or former students at the University of Missouri, the second such attack this year, school officials said Tuesday. The FBI is investigating. ==========> 07-05-11-IdahoNatlLab-CriticalInfrastructureInSeriousJepardyFromHackerAttacks.txt========== http://www2.csoonline.com/exclusives/column.html?CID=32893 U.S. Critical Infrastructure in Serious Jeopardy Our electrical service, transportation, refineries and drinking water are at serious risk from very simple hacker attacks. Aaron Turner, Idaho National Lab [Accessed May 11, 2007] WHITE PAPER Security Beyond Today: Layered security for addressing fraud today ... and adapting to tomorrow ==========> 07-05-17-AP-StudyIndicatesMoreThan10PercentOfAdClicksFraudulent.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5920147 Study raises more questions about click fraud Associated Press, 05/17/2007 03:30:02 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO - Deceptive clicks on Internet advertising links distributed by Google, Yahoo and other online marketing vehicles are probably occurring far more frequently than the network operators acknowledge, according to a study by fraud detection specialist Fair Isaac Corp. ==========> 07-05-18-AP-10PercentOfInternetAdvertisingClicksAreFraudulent.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5925778 1 in 10 online ad clicks are fraudulent, study says By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press, 05/18/2007 01:41:56 AM PDT Deceptive clicks on Internet advertising links distributed by Google, Yahoo and other online marketing vehicles are probably occurring far more frequently than the network operators acknowledge, according to a study by fraud-detection specialist Fair Isaac. ==========> 07-05-22-AP-USHousePassesBillToCombatSpywareAndOtherScams.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/latestheadlines/ci_5959477 House approves legislation to combat Internet spyware, other scams Associated Press, 05/22/2007 12:50:27 PM PDT WASHINGTON - The House passed legislation Tuesday to combat the criminal use of Internet spyware and scams aimed at stealing personal information from computer users. Spyware, said bill sponsor Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., "is one of the biggest ==========> 07-05-24-IndianaUniv-ResearchersSaySocialWebsitesPresentOpportunitiesToPhishers.txt========== http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5726.html Phishers can use social Web sites as bait to net victims: Informatics study Indiana University, May 24, 2007 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Internet sites such as MySpace and Facebook are popular ways for friends to stay in touch, but they also can be used by cyber sharks posing as "friends," enabling them to steal personal and financial information. That's one of the conclusions found by researchers at the Indiana University ==========> 07-06-00-USGAO-ReportOnOnSocialSecurityNumberSecurity.txt========== http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07752.pdf Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate United States Government Accountability Office, June 2007 Federal Actions Could Further Decrease Availability in Public Records, though Other Vulnerabilities Remain GAO-07-752 Letter 1 ==========> 07-06-05-ArsTechnica-ExpertsSayGovernmentInvolvementNeededToCombatPhishing.txt========== http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070605-internet2-security-boss-pcs-need-u niversal-healthcare.html Internet2 Security Honcho: PCs Need Universal Healthcare By Ken Fisher | Published: June 05, 2007 - 11:52AM CT | ArsTechnica Joe St Sauver, manager of Internet2 Security Programs, gave a presentation last week at the Anti-Phishing Working Group Counter e-Crime Summit in San Francisco that argued government involvement will eventually be necessary to combat the growing menace of botnets. ==========> 07-06-08-WashTech-TestimonySaysElectronicEmploymentVerificationWouldIncreaseSeverityOfIdentityTheft.txt========== http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/30806-1.html?topic=&CMP=OTC-RSS Washington Technology, 06/08/07 -- 08:57 PM That price tag should make them think twice, By Alice Lipowicz Imposing a mandatory Electronic Employment Verification System for all employers to check Social Security numbers of workers could cost $370 million to $470 million a year and increase the severity of identity theft, according to testimony given at a congressional hearing Thursday. ==========> 07-06-15-ACM-USACMTestimonyOnSSNsAndIDTheftAndPrivacy.txt========== http://www.acm.org/usacm/PDF/Advisory.pdf Hearing on Social Security Numbers, ID Theft and Privacy/USACM Testimony US Congress [Accessed June 15, 2006] "The Subcommittee will examine what role the SSN plays in identity theft, and the steps that can be taken to increase SSN privacy and thereby limit its availability to identity thieves and other criminals. The hearing will examine how SSNs are currently used, what risks to individuals and businesses arise from its widespread use and options to restrict its use in ==========> 07-06-19-NetTrust-SystemUsesDataFromSocialNetworksForTrustRatings.txt========== http://www.ljean.com/NetTrust/ Net Trust [Accessed June 19, 2007] Researchers: L Jean Camp, Alla Genkina, Lead Developers Team Members Alex Tsow, Camilo Viecco Allan Friedman, Shreyas Kamath Preeti Hariharan Farzaneh Asghapour, Varun Vasudev Code is now available using Google Projects, http://code.google.com/p/nettrust/. The code is under an Apache license. Please ==========> 07-06-21-Ascribe-ComputerExpertWarnsOfRisksToSocialSecurityNumbers.txt========== http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20070621.071859&time=08%2054% 20PDT&year=2007&public=1 Thu Jun 21 08:54:16 2007 Pacific Time Computer Privacy Expert Warns of Growing Risks to Social Security Numbers; USACM's Dr. Ana I. Anton Proposes Actions to Prevent Identity Theft NEW YORK, June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- At a Congressional hearing today on protecting the privacy of social security numbers, Ana I. Anton testified on behalf of the U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing ==========> 07-06-21-USACM-TestimonyOnSocialSecurityNumberSecurity.txt========== http://www.acm.org/usacm/PDF/SSN_Anton_USACM_testimony.pdf USACM, June 21, 2007 Testimony before the House Committee on Ways and, Means Subcommittee on Social Security on Protecting the Privacy of the Social Security Number from Identity Theft Statement of, Ana I. Antón, Ph.D., Associate Professor, North Carolina State University Director ThePrivacyPlace.Org On Behalf of USACM (the US Public Policy Committee of the Association for ==========> 07-06-21-USGAO-TestimonyOnSocialSecurityNumberSecurity.txt========== http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071023thigh.pdf Highlights of GAO-07-1023T, a testimony before the Committee On Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security Government Accountability Office, June 21, 2007 Text Box: Since its creation, the Social Security number (SSN) has evolved beyond its intended purpose to become the identifier of choice for public and private sector entities, and it is now used for myriad non-Social Security purposes. This is significant because a person’s SSN, along with name and date ==========> 07-06-22-SearchSecurity-LawmakersSaySSNsAtRiskInGovernmentRecords.txt========== http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1261867,0 0.html SSNs at risk in government records, lawmakers say By Caron Carlson, Contributor, 22 Jun 2007 | SearchSecurity.com WASHINGTON--Americans concerned about ID theft have to worry not only about the vulnerability of their Social Security numbers floating around in the private sector, but also about the numbers' use by the federal government, which leaves them widely exposed in a variety of records, according to a report released by ==========> 07-06-25-SFChron-EmployerIDCheckingSystemCouldBoostIdentityTheft.txt========== http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/25/MNGI0QL6VH1.DTL&hw=w orker+id&sn=001&sc=1000 San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, June 25, 2007 Planned worker ID called vulnerable Effort to control immigration could boost identity theft Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau (06-25) 04:00 PDT Washington -- The linchpin of all new proposals to control illegal immigration, including a Senate bill up for reconsideration this week, ==========> 07-07-03-APFidelityNationalInfoServicesReportsTheftOf2.3MCustomerRecords.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6289216 Fidelity National reports theft of 2.3 million consumer records Associated Press, Article Launched: 07/03/2007 07:19:30 AM PDT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Fidelity National Information Services, a financial processing company, said Tuesday a worker at one of its subsidiaries stole 2.3 million consumer records containing credit card, bank account and other personal information. ==========> 07-07-03-IowaStUniv-ResearchersDescribeIdentityTheftViaWirelessTechnologies.txt========== http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/jul/wireless.shtml Iowa State University, 07-03-07 ISU experts weigh in on identity theft through new wireless technologies AMES, Iowa -- Cell phones and BlackBerry handhelds have become necessities that many Americans don't want to live without. But they may be rethinking those decisions after recent news reports of identity theft through wireless technology. ==========> 07-07-03-USACM-ComputerExpertsTestifyOnEmploymentEligibilityVerificationSystems.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 11.6 July 3, 2007 ============================================================= USACM MEMBERS GO TO THE HILL: EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYSTEMS During a Congressional hearing in June, Dr. Peter G. Neumann, Principal ==========> 07-07-05-AP-GAOReportSaysConnectingDataBreachesToIDTheftDifficult.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6306043 GAO: Connecting data breaches, ID thefts is difficult Associated Press, Article Launched: 07/05/2007 02:07:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON - Personal information about Americans is stolen or lost from some government or private computer almost daily, but congressional auditors can link only a few identity thefts to the breaches. That's primarily because links are so hard to find that nobody knows how ==========> 07-07-08-SJMerc-SanJosePoliceCrackInternetFraudRing.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/ci_6326347 Busting an Internet fraud ring DOGGED POLICE WORK SENDS 4 TO PRISON By Elise Ackerman, Mercury News, Article Launched: 07/08/2007 01:35:03 AM PDT It was an out-of-place detail in an out-of-town theft that tipped San Jose police detective Mike Niehoff to a massive Internet fraud. The case involved a small criminal crew that took advantage of three of the ==========> 07-07-11-AP-BritishDataWatchdogOutlinesHorrifyingNumberOfSecurityBreaches.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6348946 British data watchdog outlines 'horrifying' number of security breaches by banks, firms Associated Press, Article Launched: 07/11/2007 09:40:47 AM PDT LONDON - Britain's data watchdog outlined a "horrifying" number of security breaches by major retailers and banks Wednesday, saying they risked losing customer confidence. ==========> 07-07-11-AP-OhioTaxpayerDataStolenFromLaptopInCar.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6349004 Ohio governor: Even more personal data was on laptop stolen from intern's car Associated Press, Article Launched: 07/11/2007 09:45:30 AM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio - The names and Social Security numbers of a half million more Ohio taxpayers were on a computer storage device stolen from a state intern last month, more than tripling the number previously reported, Gov. Ted Strickland said Wednesday. ==========> 07-07-14-InfoWeek-DataTheftToBecomeBiggerProblem.txt========== http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=QT04JFQAJID0IQSNDLRC KH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201001203 InformationWeek, July 14, 2007 IT Security: The Data Theft Time Bomb, By Larry Greenemeier While viruses and worms remain the most pesky security problems, data theft concerns simmer beneath the surface, according to InformationWeek's 10th annual Global Information Security survey. ==========> 07-07-20-AP-PersonalDataOf500KMilitaryfamiliesCompromisedByLackOfEncryption.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6422863 SAIC warns data on a half-million military personnel may have been compromised Associated Press, Article Launched: 07/20/2007 08:29:11 AM PDT SAN DIEGO - Pentagon contractor SAIC Inc. said Friday the personal information of more than half a million military personnel and their relatives may have been compromised because the company did not encrypt the data before transmitting it over the Internet. ==========> 07-07-21-WashPost-PersonalDataOf500KMilitaryfamiliesCompromisedByLackOfEncryption.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/20/AR2007072001422. html Military Medical Breach Revealed - Unencrypted Data Sent Via Internet By Ellen Nakashima and Renae Merle, Washington Post Staff Writers, July 21, 2007; D01 A government contractor handling sensitive health information for 867,000 U.S. service members and their families acknowledged yesterday that some of its employees sent unencrypted data -- such as medical appointments, treatments and ==========> 07-07-26-AP-OnlineScammersUsingFakeGovernmentEmailsOnline.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6471346 Online scam artists increasingly using fake government e-mails to commit fraud Associated Press, Article Launched: 07/26/2007 02:08:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON - The federal agency charged with protecting consumers from Internet scams now finds itself wrapped up in one. Identity thieves have sent thousands of bogus e-mails purporting to be from the Federal Trade Commission - as well as the Internal Revenue Service and Justice ==========> 07-07-30-UnivHouston-UHReearchersDevelopNew3DFaceRecognition.txt========== http://www.uh.edu/media/nr/2007/07july/073007urxd.html University of Houston, July 30, 2007 THE NEW FACE OF IDENTITY PROTECTION: YOU Innovative New Technology Developed at UH Could Play Role in National Security HOUSTON, July 30, 2007—Trying to remember dozens of personal identification numbers (PIN), passwords and credit card numbers may not be necessary for much longer, thanks to a University of Houston professor and his team. ==========> 07-08-03-USACM-USHouseCommitteePassesBillToRestrictTheUseOfSocialSecurityNumbers.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol. 11.7 August 3, 2007 ============================================================= HOUSE COMMITTEE MOVES TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS By a 41-0 vote, the House Ways and Means Committee passed legislation intended to reduce identity theft through restricting the use of the Social Security Number (SSN). After a series of hearings on the issue, including ==========> 07-08-06-UCSDNews-MostSpamAdvertisedOnlineScamsHostedOnIndividualWebServers.txt========== http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/08-07InternetScamsDK-.asp UC San Diego Computer Scientists Shed Light on Internet Scams 94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual Web servers August 6, 2007, UCSD News, By Daniel Kane Computer scientists from UC San Diego have found striking differences between the infrastructure used to distribute spam and the infrastructure used to host the online scams advertised in these unwanted email messages. This discovery should aid in the fight to reduce spam volume and shut down illegal online ==========> 07-08-15-SJMerc-ManyFacebookUsersExposeThemselvesToVulnerabilities.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6627039 Report: Facebook users lax on privacy FAKE `FRIEND' EASILY SCOOPS UP LOADS OF PERSONAL DATA By John Boudreau, Mercury News, 08/15/2007 01:37:32 AM PDT Four out of 10 users of Web site Facebook unwittingly expose themselves to the risk of identify theft and virus attacks, according to a new study that underscores growing concerns among security experts about online social networking. ==========> 07-08-16-AP-WealthyPersonsTargetsOfIdentityTheftRing.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6641122 NYC prosecutors: Texas billionaire target of identity theft ring Associated Press, 08/16/2007 02:21:22 PM PDT NEW YORK - Texas billionaire Charles J. Wyly Jr. and other wealthy victims were targets of an identity theft ring that sought to steal more than $12 million by mining the Internet for personal information about their finances, authorities said Thursday.