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Social Web Loaded With Profile Misrepresentation

“Social fakes” are invented profiles on social media (often referred to as profile misrepresentation), which can be used to harass or mock victims anonymously. But the more lucrative fake profile is one that imitates a legitimate business, damaging that business’s online reputation. The imposters’ ultimate goal? Spam leading to scams. Social-web security provider Impermium published […]

Online Auto Sales Often Involve Scary Scams

Online auction and classifieds websites are unwittingly participating in car sale scams. Ads gain credibility by appearing on eBay, Craigslist, and other online automobile sales websites, but some are either completely phony or have been copied and pasted from other websites. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received nearly 14,000 complaints from 2008 through 2010, from […]

Tips to Create a Safe and Protected Working Environment

Office safety is very important these days. Not only is it vital but also very essential to increase awareness on many office safety rules and regulations as this could slow down the smooth operations in your office because of legal issues. Having a safe workplace makes you a more effective worker; therefore, you can easily […]

Phishing Properly – The Criminal’s Secret

Almost every week, we hear of a big company that has been hacked or has been breached. After that, we think to ourselves and can not help but wonder why this has become a common news for most people. After all, we get all these different news of fraud and anomalies that happen to the […]

Email Encryption is Vital Under New HIPAA Regulations

The rules protecting patients’ personal health information has become even more stringent under the new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Health care organizations must now be more diligent in taking the necessary precautions to ensure patients’ information is handled safely and kept private. One of the major causes for concern is the transfer […]