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Showing 1-17 of 17 results foundCoalition launches ID theft center
June 28, 2006 A group of corporations, universities and law enforcement agencies looks to counter identity theft.Facebook users open to cyberattacks, ID theft?
July 30, 2007 Facebook Platform creates channel for malicious third-party applications. Users also face identity theft, VeriSign says.Illinois university hit with security breach
July 5, 2006 Data on more than 180,000 people is at risk after hackers get into servers at Western Illinois University.Symantec CEO advocates fair play and Macs
May 15, 2006 John Thompson thinks more folks should buy from Apple, worries Microsoft won't give him a fair fight in security.Playing it safe with Windows Vista
December 11, 2006 Microsoft wants to sell Web sites and businesses on security checks of customer PCs. That may not go over so well.Class action suit over ID theft tossed out
October 12, 2006 Acxiom, a data warehouser, had its databases looted at least twice. But judge throws out an ID-theft class action suit.Year in review: Insecurity over ID theft
December 13, 2005 High-profile hack of Paris Hilton's phone and a huge credit-card leak brought worries over ID theft to the fore.ZoneAlarm adds ID theft protection
June 5, 2006 Update to ZoneAlarm security products includes tools to keep personal data safe. It's priced to compete with Microsoft's OneCare.Federal student aid site exposes borrowers' data
August 24, 2006 Education Dept. disables online payment feature of site, following security gaffe that could affect up to 21,000.How we went wrong on identity
November 1, 2007 Steven Gal says the current ID infrastructure has left consumers annoyed and feeling victimized, and needs to be completely re-engineered.Officials say PR campaign may boost Real ID popularity
September 24, 2007 DMV officials tell colleagues that now's the time to start plotting ways to counteract negative messages about the forthcoming ID cards.Neither safe nor secure on the Internet
October 4, 2006 Jerry Archer asks whether Congress has the stomach to tackle big problems looming in cyberspace.Short shelf life for data breach laws?
March 2, 2006 Privacy expert Thomas Oscherwitz says given the rapid advancement of technology, these laws may quickly become obsolete.Security adviser: Cyberthreats keep growing
November 22, 2006 Howard Schmidt, former security adviser to the White House, warns of upcoming threats to businesses and the Net itself.Zombie PCs being sent to steal IDs
March 14, 2005 Botnets, or networks of compromised PCs, are increasingly being used for identity theft and installing spyware, a new report says.One less data breach method to fret about
February 7, 2006 Security watcher Jon Oltsik says there are plenty of reasons to worry about ID theft, but lost backup tapes does not number among them.Homeland Security dismisses Real ID privacy worries
March 21, 2007 One official is "puzzled" by concerns about a uniform national ID system, while another takes issue with supposed misinformation about it. Sponsored matches for "security"
