Archive for March, 2010

 Top 10 Cities for Cyber Crime

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
“I love that dirty water, oh Boston you’re my home.” Boston Legal, “Cheers,” Boston Bruins, Red Sox, Celtics, Chowda, Lobsta, Pahkin the Cah in Havad Yahd and home to the second worst ranking of cyber crime in America. Lovely! Seems whatever advice I give in Boston media, means squat. After all, [...]



 Top 10 Cities for Cyber Crime

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
“I love that dirty water, oh Boston you’re my home.” Boston Legal, “Cheers,” Boston Bruins, Red Sox, Celtics, Chowda, Lobsta, Pahkin the Cah in Havad Yahd and home to the second worst ranking of cyber crime in America. Lovely! Seems whatever advice I give in Boston media, means squat. After all, [...]



 Kickball is DEAD, 1 in 4 Children Hack

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
A few months ago I interviewed a criminal hacker who hacks out of a hut in Ghana stealing data all over the world. He has children ages 9 and 12 and he stated “they hacked all over the world man.” He teaches his kids to hack. It’s not just a [...]



 Kickball is DEAD, 1 in 4 Children Hack

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
A few months ago I interviewed a criminal hacker who hacks out of a hut in Ghana stealing data all over the world. He has children ages 9 and 12 and he stated “they hacked all over the world man.” He teaches his kids to hack. It’s not just a [...]



 Cold, Dumb and Drunk Intruder Crawls in Dudes Bed

This is precious. An intoxicated 33 year old Pennsylvania man had 2 too many. An apartment resident was sleeping when he felt someone crawl into bed next to him. Thinking it was his girlfriend he called out her name, something like “Honey is that you?” The drunk dude says in a deep male voice “No [...]



 Cold, Dumb and Drunk Intruder Crawls in Dudes Bed

This is precious. An intoxicated 33 year old Pennsylvania man had 2 too many. An apartment resident was sleeping when he felt someone crawl into bed next to him. Thinking it was his girlfriend he called out her name, something like “Honey is that you?” The drunk dude says in a deep male voice “No [...]



 Police Looking into Tax Return Scam

Leading up to April 15th, I’m going to keep reminding you it’s that time of the year again, yes, Tax Scamming Season. This is when identity thieves come out of the woodwork and steal from good standing Americans who do the right thing and pay their taxes.
There are no shortages of bad people looking to [...]



 Report 1.8 Billion Cyber Attacks Per Month

You read that right. While the US government sits high on its perch, snipers are taking aim 60 million times a day. The Senate Security Operations Center alone receives 13.9 million of those attempts per day.
The US National Security Agency is probably the most sophisticated group of security hackers in the world. Many will argue [...]



 Hollywood Burglars Dubbed the “Bling Ring”

Lots and lots of people are looking for their 15 minutes of fame. Some get on reality TV shows, others rescue someone from being hit by a speeding train. But then there are the ones who break into celebrity homes.
Victims include Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Megan Fox and others. A half dozen [...]



 National Identity Card Focuses on US Workers & Immigrants

Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
The Wall Street Journal reports under the potentially controversial plan still taking shape in the Senate, all legal U.S. workers, including citizens and immigrants, would be issued an ID card with embedded information, such as fingerprints, to tie the card to the worker.
There are too many forms of identification floating around [...]