WVEC.com posted an article from USA Today about the rise of identity theft within the medical industry. With everything moving towards being digitally and online-based, hackers are becoming an even more prevalent part of security and privacy concerns. According to a study done by the Ponemon Institute, the healthcare industry accounted for 44% of datacontinue reading…
Credit Reporting Disputes
Suffolk Woman Guilty of Repeated Identity Theft.
Do you wonder how people can steal your identity and purchase cars, homes, and student loans? You can see how they can get ahold of credit cards, but medical care and mortgages? These usually require picture identification and yet it happens every day. The case of Suffolk resident Shelia Clark Lewis shows that there arecontinue reading…
Tips on Where and How to Shop Online.
A now-annual tradition, for the upcoming holidays this month I’m sharing my favorite online shopping places and tips. The first place I check is Amazon. In addition to good prices, there are also usually great reviews of the items I am considering. You should consider their Prime service to get free 2-day shipping and a hostcontinue reading…
DropBox Not Hacked – Facts About Your Secured Information
Periodically there have been raised concerns about the file-sharing service Dropbox, with a report in October 2014 that it had been hacked. Although 400 account passwords and usernames were leaked by hackers, they appear to have been stolen from other services, not from Dropbox. The hackers then used this stolen information to try to accesscontinue reading…
Technology Driven Virginia Attorney Discusses Protecting Yourself Against Cyber Theft.
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month and so I am going to focus on information and tips regarding online/mobile security. As I’ve written about a few times, you must have strong, secure passwords. My favorite password manager is LastPass. LastPass will even check the strength of your existing passwords to see what you should change. continue reading…
