identity theft

Anti-fraud firm Trusteer warns that spear phishers have expanded their repertoire by faking IDs in phone calls to get data they need to either hook a phish, or maneuver past obstacles using malware that's already planted.

A healthcare contractor working for the Pentagon is suing the Dept. of Defense for a data breach caused when a subcontractor left unencrypted tapes containing records with Social Security numbers, medical records and all the other juicy personal data sitting in a car.

Enterprise breaches involving personal-identity data are higher this year, according to a report by an identity-fraud prevention service vendor.

LulzSec has topped off its string of high-profile hacks over the last weeks with the gratuitous post of data on private citizens, which is already implicated in incidents of fraud. Lulz, bro. Lulz.

The only surprise about another data breach at a government agency holding sensitive personal data is that it's happened AGAIN. What does it take to justify a lockdown?

Identity theft has saddled thousands of children with debt, sometimes for years before they ever discover their personal information has been stolen, a study says.

A Delaware man is sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on ID theft-related charges.

Identity theft related to credit and debit cards dropped by 28% in 2010 over 2009—but the out-of-pocket cost to victimized consumers rose by 68%.

Chris Roberts, founder of One World Labs, too often meets people who assume they have nothing worth stealing. His Colorado-based consultancy assists businesses with security assessments, including what Roberts calls "the human side of pen testing." In other words, he helps organizations find out which employees pose a security risk because they're likely to fall prey to social engineering traps and other cons.

Just days after Colorado officials warned businesses about scammers who are forging corporate identities to commit financial fraud, an official in Georgia said the same has been happening in that state as well.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has once again pushed back its enforcement deadline for an identity theft --lated regulation called the Red Flags Rule.

It may be OK for identity theft protection vendor Lifelock to publish its CEO's Social Security number, but when it comes to other company employees, that's another story.