May 16, 2017
You can’t help but notice the number of data breaches that occur. Yahoo, Target, the Federal government, Sony and many more have been hit with data breaches. There was one that may have gone unnoticed and it did not involve […]
March 28, 2017
We are sure that you have heard humorous stories about a credit card company issuing a card and extending a line of credit to one of our furry friends. It’s not really so funny when they get extended a better […]
February 7, 2017
We are all aware of the threat posed by skimmers to steal personal information and to perpetuate fraud. The new EMV cards were a major advancement in combating them as the skimmers could only read the magnetic stripe and it […]
January 31, 2017
2016 was not a good year for Yahoo. First over the summer a data breach that compromised the records of 500 million users. As if that was not bad enough it was revealed in December that in 2013 there was […]
January 17, 2017
You probably stared at it the first time that you saw it. You probably even thought it was to coolest thing that you had ever seen. No we’re not talking about that new phone or computer. We’re talking about the […]
November 8, 2016
Hopefully you have never received a call from your bank or your credit card issuer asking if you just purchased an expensive item from someplace that you have never been. If you have (and you weren’t the one doing the […]
October 18, 2016
One would think that it could be easy to crack someone’s PIN. It’s only 4 digits, how hard can it be? If you are going to try, well good luck. Those four numbers give 10,000 different combinations for a PIN […]
September 27, 2016
Do you watch late-night TV? Chances are then that you have seen advertisements for RFID protecting wallets. Is that something that you might need? Check your credit cards to find the answer. RFID credit and debit cards were introduced in […]
August 30, 2016
With the new EMV cards being issued (albeit slowly) we should be seeing a decline in stolen credit cards shouldn’t we? After all, these new cards are advertised as being able to cut down on credit card fraud which should […]
August 23, 2016
Do you remember the old Tootsie Pop commercial where the kid asked the owl how many licks it takes to get to the center? Two was the answer. Do you know how long it can take a credit card thief […]
June 29, 2016
There has been another round of data breaches. While this is nothing new, the information that has been gleaned from this breach should give us all pause. While hopefully this does not apply to you, if it does you need […]
June 21, 2016
Nearly everyone in today’s world has used the world wide web for something. Your using it right now to read this after all. We use it every day to get email, check sports scores, keep up with our friends, or […]