2012 – The Year of Cyber Espionage?

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 9, 2012 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft

Lucian Constantin’s recent article “Expect more cyber-espionage, sophisticated malware in ’12, experts say” states that cyber-attacks in 2012 will increase with more sophisticated malware. Certainly companies like MicroTrend, Symantec and...

Don’t Surrender Your Privacy Just Because a Store Clerk Asks For Your ID!

by Dovell Bonnett | Dec 14, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft

Well the Christmas season is upon us and we’re all out there shopping for presents for our loved ones. Just recently I was shopping at Best Buy to purchase some computer components, but when I got home I found that one items was broken. So of course the next...

The 25 Worst Passwords

by Dovell Bonnett | Nov 21, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft

SplashData published their annual list of the 25 Worst Passwords on the Internet. Here is the list that all IT directors should block as acceptable logon password to websites, networks, computers, etc. Not taking precautions could result in another sort of list such...

Yet ANOTHER Avoidable Security Breach At UCLA

by Dovell Bonnett | Nov 16, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft

UCLA recently agreed to pay a penalty of $865,000 for a series of HIPPA violations and now they are forced to reveal that the theft of an external hard drive from a former employee’s home has created the fears of yet another security breach. Plus, UCLA is...

The Growing Threat of Medical Identity Theft

by Dovell Bonnett | Oct 27, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft

I have been following a very disturbing trend for a couple of months now, and it is that of Medical Identity Theft. When we think of identity theft, we typically worry about credit cards or store credit being taken out in our name. Somebody attempting to purchase a...

Privacy Policy Interview

by Dovell Bonnett | Sep 26, 2011 | Appearances, Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft

I had a great interview earlier this week with Mari Frank of Privacy Piracy.  We discussed solutions to reduce security risks for individual users, small businesses and large corporations. Here is the interview information. Sept 12, Dovell Bonnett, Computer...