Started with Real Social Security Numbers From the Securitymagazine.com blog. It pays to advertise, maybe. A Palisades Park, New Jersey man admitted January 9 he ran an identity theft ring that peddled Social Security cards to scores of Korean clients who used them to steal millions through fraudulent bank loans, credit card bust-outs, and other [...]
Researchers in Japan are developing a car-seat scanner that may prevent auto theft by identifying you by your bottom (base) line. By Giselle Smith on msn.com. Video: Cars Most Likely To Be Stolen Forget fingerprinting, iris scanning and face recognition — soon, your car may know you by a more, ahem, dominant feature: your [...]
From Security Magazine The U.S. Healthcare Industry Facing More Threats The Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by ID Experts, surveyed 72 healthcare organizations and found the average cost of data breaches to these organizations rose from $183,526 in 2010 to $2,243,700 in 2011. [...]
Tech giants Google and Apple are working on cloud security technology that will make the humble password redundant. The firms are set to introduce devices that will use facial recognition as a means of unlocking them, which could bolster the security of work-issued mobile phones. The move is, in part, to address the growing trend [...]
