Fraud Drivers
Fraud Drivers 
There are three fraud drivers which facilitate the execution of a fraud. They are Opportunity, Incentive and Justification. Lets briefly explore them one at a time.
For fraud to occur, there must first be an opportunity for fraudsters in order to commit fraud. Depending on the type of fraud, the opportunities might exist abundantly. For example, a cashier might see the opportunity to take money from the cash register if there is no management supervision or watchful recording cameras. In the case of identity fraud, there are also many opportunities in many areas which we can spend countless hours and pages to discuss, however, consider the following example.
Best Person of the Week: Grandmother Wrongly Accused of Running Identity Theft Ring
As many of our reader know, we like to shine a light on those who are doing extraordinary things when it comes to fighting identity theft. We like to focus on members of law enforcement, consumer advocates, law makers and the like. But, every so often, we like to deviate a bit. And, this is exactly what we are doing by naming this week’s “Best Person” a Colorado grandmother who was wrongly jailed for being accused of running a massive identity theft ring.
Margot Sommerville (not her in the photo – that’s Estelle Getty from Golden Girls!) had her purse stolen in June 2006 in California. Five mont
Thieves Hit Real Estate Open Houses
Then, to make it even more interesting, have another stranger (or someone you only have a brief relationship with) show them around the house. Meanwhile you go out, run some errands or have lunch.
Keep the block of knives on the counter and leave everything pretty much where you normally would and when you get home maybe it will still be there. Sound like a sound plan? It’s one that thousands of people execute hundreds and thousands of times a year.
Open houses are (in my mind) a weird process that is otherwise a good way to bring attention to the sale of a home. If the homeowner is smart, they will hire a professional real estate agent to facilitate the process. H
The State of Information Security Sucks
The sheer volume of potential targets coupled with the vast amounts of money to be made has captured the attention of the global criminal hacking community.
Enterprise networks are becoming hardened and they are still vulnerable. Some are being penetrated directly while others are accessed through 3rd parities such as their clients or end users. Unprotected networks are being sniffed out and data breaches continue.
The organizations that track these breaches are bored, frustrated, hate the industry and offer no good news. Innovation isn’t happening fast enough and new laws and regulations aren’t effective in solving the problems.
PCI and all those who fall under its requirements are chasing their tail. Inf
Navy Vice Admiral Discusses The Use of Approved Secure Removable Storage Devices at the Department of Defense
In November 2008, the US Department of Defense banned the use of USB flash drives and other removable medial on all Defense Department networks, after a DoD network was infected by a USB flash drive that had an autorun malware on it.
Today, Navy Vice Admiral Carl Mauney, deputy commander of the United States Strategic Command said: “After extensive testing of mitigation measures, DoD decided to make this technology available again on a strictly controlled basis on DoD computers. Since the order restricting use of removable media, DoD developed capabilities and processes that allow safe use of these devices. R