Federal agents recently arrested 13 people in four different states in connection with what is being described as one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever. A handful of others had already been previously arrested. According to the FBI, at least $200 million...
It’s amazing what kind of information about you is floating around in cyberspace: Your bank account numbers, financial transactions, medical records, and other details of your personal life that you trust is being kept private. Perhaps for the most part, only...
Hacking continues to be a costly problem for US businesses, according to a Ponemon Institute report released in October 2012. For each the businesses and organizations studied, the average cost of cyber crime is $8.9 million annually, an increase of 6% from last...
Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is responsible for collecting trillions of dollars in federal taxes and processing about 140 million tax returns. Because the agency’s computers house a vast amount of personally identifiable information, the potential...
As the nation’s baby boomers age, retirement communities and nursing homes are expanding. These senior living facilities often emphasize physical security as one of the main benefits they can provide to potential residents and their concerned families. Frequently,...
Hackers have a variety of ways to unleash cyber attacks on individuals and businesses, and they use their nefarious toolbox each and every day to steal sensitive information. According to Symantec’s 2011 Cybercrime Report, the daily cost of hacking in the US is a...
