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Written by lirva32
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Monday, 25 January 2010 |
 Identity thieves are constantly dreaming up new ways to con you into sharing your personal information via the telephone or
email. The best advice that can be provided to you is to always be on guard when asked for your driver's license, your social
security number, your date of birth, your credit card number or any other identifiable information. The more cautious you are
about who you choose to do business with and who you are willing to share information with, the less likely you are to be
victimized. There are many unsuspecting individuals who are too easily convinced to open their wallet or expose their information
to strangers. This means that simple questioning of a third party by you of the legitimacy of an offer or the validity of the need for
your personal information may help you avert an identity theft disaster.
Following are some of the typical telephone scams to be on the lookout for:
Pay-Per-Call Services:
A typical telephone scam involves the use of bogus collect calls. The victim accepts what he or she believes to be a legitimate collect call, but rather than an actual call from a friend or relative, the victim gets a recorded message soliciting for a so-called charity or offering some kind of service. In reality, the victim has been connected to a pay-per-call service and is charged excessive rates for information that wasn't requested. Low Rate Credit Card Offers:
Someone calls your home offering a low credit card rate. The caller says that in order to offer the lower rate, they will need to verify the customer's current credit card account number and account information. Securing the customer's credit card account number will allow the scammer to make purchases with the card.
Using a Phone in Public Areas Take care when making telephone calls in public places such as airports, train stations, and public phone booths. Skilled identity thieves can look over your shoulder to see and record the account number and PIN number that you dial. Once these numbers are acquired, calls can be made on your account, or the numbers can be sold. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 25 January 2010 )
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Written by lirva32
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Friday, 22 January 2010 |
Hi friends... are u headache like me today...??
don't worry guys... i still can write some articles for you.... this is about Identity Theft...  Most of the time identity theft revolves around a thief charging up bills in your name with no intent of paying off the accounts.
These delinquent accounts end up on your credit report and can ruin your credit rating. In certain cases the thief will even file for
bankruptcy in your name to avoid paying the debts that have been incurred or to avoid eviction.
Following are some of the most common types of identity theft scams:
Credit Card/Charge Card
The identity thief uses your existing credit card number or your personal information to open a new credit card account in your
name to make unauthorized purchases or take out cash advances. Phone and/or Utility Service
The identity thief establishes local, long distance, or wireless phone service in your name. Sometimes the thief will open an
account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in your name. In other cases, the thief will use your personal information to obtain
utility services. Bank Account
The identity thief opens a bank account in your name and writes bad checks against the account or creates counterfeit checks or
debit cards in order to drain your existing bank account or arrange for a transfer of funds out of your account. |
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Friday, 22 January 2010 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 22 January 2010 )
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Written by lirva32
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
EVIDENCE Collector
 Evidence Collector is a free forensics program used to manage other utilities to collect useful information you may need to investigate on some IT Incidents. Features :
- * System information : Get owner, IP, MAC address before going through forensics.
- * Shares and policies applied on shares : very handy to detect if someone gets into computer from opened shares.
- * Started and stopped services : Some services could be a wide opened doors to get unauthorized accesses.
- * Installed softwares : Unwanted softwares could be installed without your knowledge. See what inside your computer
- * Installed Hotfixes : Enumerating installed hotfixes. Note that a missed critical patch is a potential exploitable vulnerability.
- * Enumerated Processes : List whole processes starting on system.
- * Events logs : Application, system and security events logs are collected.
Events logs keep traces of what happened to system. - * TCP / UDP mapping endpoints : See what hidden behind TCP / UDP ports. Generally,
most of remote administration tools and trojans don't hide their activities. - * Process handles tracking: See what processes did when started. From accessing Registry keys to writing into files. Useful to see if evil activities are not disguised behind some processes.
- * List start-up programs : When rebooting computers, many evil programs stick into registry keys in order to be reloaded again.
- * Suspected modules : Scanning modules to see if they are rootkitted.
- * USB history : Reveals if any USB key has been plugged into system.
- * Users policies : Collecting users and their policy. You can easily identify any unknown user.
- * And more...
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Written by lirva32
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
SSA : Security System Analyzer
Based on OVAL framework, Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language
By Security-database.com
 SSA (Security System Analyzer) is free non-intrusive OVAL-Compatible software. It provides security testers, auditors with an advanced overview of the security policy level applied.
Features : - . OVAL-compatible product
- . Fully support of open security standards and initiatives (CVE, OVAL, CCE, CPE, CWE, CAPEC, CVSS, CRF)
- . Perform a deep inventory audit on installed softwares and applications
- . Scan and map vulnerabilities using non-intrusive techniques based on schemas
- . Detect and identify missed patches and hotfixes
- . Define a patch management deployment strategy using CVSS scores
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