UCM Students Indicted After Trying to Sell 90,000 Classmates Personal Information

Two former University of Central Missouri students have been charged with stealing the identities of thousands of their classmates and faculty. According to court documents, Joseph Camp, 26, and Daniel Fowler, 21, worked together in a computer hacking scheme while they were students during the fall semester of 2009. The two made a computer virus [...]

Botnets Lead to Identity Theft

When a virus recruits an infected PC into a botnet, a criminal hacker is able to remotely access all the data on that computer. Robot networks, or botnets, have a varied history. A bot, which doesn’t necessarily have to be malicious or harmful, is essentially a program designed to connect to a server and execute [...]

Come On “Crime Stoppers:” Help Law Enforcement Capture ID Theft Criminal Who Defrauded 500 People

We often lean on law enforcement to do the dirty work wen it comes to fighting identity theft. And, rightly so…they are the professionals and are doing a fine job in fighting the battle everyday. But, wouldn’t it be cool to be the person who calls in a tip that leads to the capture and [...]

Data Breaches Cost Hospitals $6 Billion Annually

According to a new study hospitals are struggling to protect patient information and data breaches cost the health care industry $6 billion annually. The survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute included 65 health care organizations.   Of the 65 surveyed, an alarming 60 percent of respondents said they have suffered more than two breaches in the [...]

PODCAST: Heather K. Wyson of BITS Discusses Financial Accounts Takeovers By Cyber Criminals

Unfortunately, Cyber criminals are getting smarter and more sophisticated in their strategies and tactics. An emerging threat to the financial sector is account takeover, where the cyber criminals obtain access to financial accounts by targeting employees – often senior executives or accounting and HR personnel – and cause the targeted individual to spread malicious software [...]