Archive: July 1, 2007 - July 7, 2007
Scammers Play Robin Hood to Test Stolen Credit Cards
The Symantec security blog today talks about a trend its authors are seeing more of: Scammers using stolen credit cards to make small donations to online charities. The prevailing theory is not that the criminals are being altruistic Rather, security...
By Brian Krebs | July 6, 2007; 1:15 PM ET | Comments (9)
A Word of Caution About Google Calendar
I've been playing around with Google Calendar, a beta service from the search-engine giant that lets users store -- and share -- calendar data online. It's a great Web-based tool, but in experimenting with it I found that far too...
By Brian Krebs | July 6, 2007; 6:00 AM ET | Comments (11)
Terrorism's Hook Into Your Inbox
Want an extreme example of what can happen to your personal and financial information if you fall for a phishing scam? Check out my story, published on washingtonpost.com today, which follows the trail of a woman's stolen personal data back...
By Brian Krebs | July 5, 2007; 4:41 PM ET | Email a Comment
Credit Freeze Now an Option for D.C. Residents
Residents of the District of Columbia now have the right to "freeze" their credit reports as a way to ward off identity thieves. As of July 1, people living in the nation's capital can request a "credit freeze" from the...
By Brian Krebs | July 2, 2007; 5:21 PM ET | Comments (10)
