Monday, January 13, 2014

IT Guys get duped Pretty Girl on Social Media

Defenses of a U.S. government agency were duped by an experimental scam created by security experts. The “scam” involved Emily Williams, a fictitious attractive woman with a credible online identity (including a real photo that was allowed by a real woman), posing as a new hire at the targeted agency.

http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2014/01/13/it-guys-get-duped-pretty-girl-on-social-media/

Sunday, January 05, 2014

Why Should You Shop on Sites with Trustmarks?

With the holiday season in full swing, this is a busy time for a lot of us with parties, gift buying and possibly even figuring out travel arrangements. With all there is to do, many of us will turn to online shopping to help beat the crowds, find deals and not have to worry about what time we shop.

http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2014/01/01/why-should-you-shop-on-sites-with-trustmarks/

Thursday, January 02, 2014

False Alarms are costly

Unfortunately, cheaper, older security motion detectors can’t distinguish between a 150 pound man and a squirrel or even some papers blowing around. This causes police and firefighters to respond to false alarms. False alarms caused by the elements or animals are common (in the millions each year) and occur with business as well as residential systems. On average, a police officer uses 20-40 minutes to respond to an alarm. Multiply that out by millions of false alarms. This problem drains resources. The Drain In the U.S., 94-95 percent of police responses to burglar alarms are false. The cost comes to $30-$95 per incident $1.8 billion total in the year 2000, says the Center for Competitive Government at Temple University. Some of this money goes towards preventing and remedying wear and tear on first responders’ vehicular equipment. Wind, papers and animals aren’t the only problem; prank or ridiculous 9-1-1 calls also factor in, and so do carelessness, mistakes and even frighten

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IdentityTheftExpertSpeakerProtectionPreventionResourceBlog/~3/0A2W17z6hKU/

Wednesday, January 01, 2014