The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report last week on data breaches and resulting identity theft. The GAO was asked to investigate the incidence of data breache[...]

The Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX) has released a set of guidelines for agencies to identify insider threats to security. The agency believes that bei[...]

Absolute Software is now protecting even more laptops – signing two of its largest contracts to date. These two contracts, totaling $1.2 million, support the corporate and ed[...]

Fidelity National Information (FNI) subsidiary Certegy Check Services has had a data breach as a result of an employee misappropriating data. This was not an outside attack by data[...]

The Ohio State Government has been faced with increased scrutiny after two data breaches in recent weeks, and subsequent reports of loose laptop security. Now, steps are being take[...]

Synthetic Identity Fraud is even more prevalent than true name ID Fraud. Specifically, it is more probable that your Social Security Number will be stolen and used with a different[...]

Cyberbullying is becoming more of a problem in the US. According to new research from the Pew Internet Project [PDF report link], one third (32%) of US online teenagers have been t[...]

Prince Charles is the latest victim of laptop theft, and is now at risk for ID theft and bank fraud. A laptop computer belonging to Prince Charles’ Moorepay accountant was st[...]

According to a report from RSA, more companies are using wireless encryption software or the Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP). This means that, overall, there are fewer “op[...]

The US Secret Service has exposed an International ID theft ring responsible for more than $14 million in fraud losses. An undercover operation was undertaken to study an online cr[...]