11 Ways To Prevent Home Invasions
Distress: If someone is in distress tell him or her you will call the police for them. Don’t open the door for them.
Make a call: Under no circumstances do you open the door unless you get phone numbers to call their superiors. Even if that means making them wait outside while you call 411.
Money, jewels and drugs : One simple reason your house is chosen is someone tipped off the home-invader that you have valuables. You may have done it via social media or your friends or children or baby sitter might have unintentionally bragged. In states where medical marijuana is legal that may be an additional consideration.
Peephole: Install peepholes, talk through the door.
Do not call the police!: If you live in a high crime area where law enforcement takes a while to respond, and if someone is trying to break into your house while you are in it, calling the fire department will sometimes get help to the scene quicker. Do this only if you are desperate. F
Ban Countries that Harbor Cybercriminals from the Internet?
We all know that much of the cybercrime that is happening in the U.S. is coming from Eastern European and African nations. In some Eastern European countries, hackers that target America are treated like rock stars (no joke). How do we realistically stop this?
Well, Dr. Prescott Winter, the former Chief Technology Officer at the National Security Agency (NSA), has a very unique and bold idea. Countries a that harbour cyber criminals should be locked out of the global internet until their governments do something to reduce the threats.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald article, Winter said that when countries are consistently introducing cyber threats the global community should band together to effectively shut them out of the internet until their governments do something about it
Hmmm…bold proposition for sure. Is is possible? We don’t know. We welcome all thoughts, ideas and feedback.
Aldi Customers Payment Information Breached
The grocery store Aldi reported that the names, account numbers and secret codes of customers in 11 states were exposed to potential theft when they used payment cards at machines that had been tampered with. The breach has affected stores in Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia.
The company is encouraging customers to carefully review and monitor their debit and payment card statements and their credit reports for unusual activity.
It is believed that the altered payment terminals were illegally placed in some stores between June 1 and August 31. The company does not believe that any employees were involved with the fraud.
Aldi spokeswoman Michelle Williams declined to say how many stores or machines or customers were affected or describe any resulting thefts.
But the Chicago Tribune has reported that more than 200 people who had shopped at an Aldi store in Wheeling, IL, told law enforcement officials there were unauthorized withdrawals of $100 to $900 from their accounts related to the data exposure.
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Social Media is a Criminals Playground
Social media has become a playground for adults, teens, and tweens. And like on any playground, when you hit the jungle gym or horseplay on the seesaw, there is always a chance that you may go home with an egg on your forehead. Or, if you are like me, a broken collarbone.
Twitter and Facebook have become the most popular sites for frolicking, and the most popular sites for identity thieves — the bullies in the playground. These criminal hackers make social media very dangerous. They are attacking these sites to get at you, the end user. Users’ computers can become infected after users click links that appear to be safe, but actually prompt a malicious download or lead to a spoofed website.
New worms and viruses are infecting social networking websites every day. As these sites expand, they adopt new technologies that sometimes create holes through which they can be attacked. Social networking websites’ open nature allows users to upload content including files that may contain “scripts,” or code, designed to infect the site. Participa Full Post…
Cyber Criminals Target Airline Industry at Alarming Rate
Let’s face it. Flying is not always a pleasant experience — long delays, new charges for checking bags and being stranded on grounded flights are just some of the normal gripes — and as a result, the airline industry often does not get a lot of public sympathy. Well, cyber criminals are taking their animosity out on the airline industry at an alarming rate.
The bad guys are using stolen credit cards to buy tickets and re-sell them, and this tactic is on the rise. USA Today reported that a Deloitte UK survey taken in 2009 found that 48% of more than 50 responding U.S. and global carriers said online fraud had increased in the past year, and each airline’s losses averaged more than $2.4 million annually.
According to the article, other fraud experts say the amount is far greater. An indu