Business easy target for identity thieves Australian businesses are placing their customers and staff at risk of identity fraud through the sloppy handling of sensitive personal information, Crime Stoppers Australia has warned. Speaking ahead of National Identity Fraud Awareness Week, which runs from October 5 to 11, the chairman of Crime Stoppers Australia, Peter Price, urged businesses to treat customer applications and records as carefully as they would cash and pin numbers. “We know of

Police in Coventry have requested townspeople not to put outgoing mail in their mail boxes after they say thieves are stealing mail right from the boxes.

The Illinois National Guard is a victim of identity theft.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Starting Thursday, North Carolina residents need to be more careful about what goes in the trash and what goes in the recycling bin.

Plastic bottles are no longer allowed in state landfills, but don’t expect garbage pickup to become a police-style search for curbside contraband. A new state law that takes effect today places the recycling burden on landfill operators, who

You've heard of identity theft leading to an empty bank account, but thanks to a new computer virus, it's even easier to end up with a zero balance. The latest in Trojan horse viruses is known as URL Zone, and it steals money from your bank account while you are logged into it online.   The virus is so advanced; it can display a fake balance, making you think your money is still there. Experts ...

From The Internet Security Alliance Friday, October 2 : IT Sector Coordinating Council Risk Assessment working group meeting at 1pm . The Risk Assessment working group completes the initial comprehensive Sector Baseline Risk Assessment, and works with the Communications and Outreach committee to spread awareness of the results and of the final report. This group will also map out a plan for the ongoing maintenance and update of the Sector Risk Assessment. Sunday, October 4 :

Cyber criminals are increasingly focusing their attacks on the hundreds of millions of users of social networks and on loopholes in bank security systems, security software vendors said on Wednesday.

THE South West’s renters are falling prey to identity fraud as post is stolen and personal details used for illegal purposes.

Prompt Med complies with state attorney general's demands for procedure documents.