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January 6, 2010 at 7:18 am · Filed under Security Hall
Are you worried that someone will talk to you and then renege on
a verbal agreement? Has someone been making threats to you? You
can get all the evidence you need when you use a spy phone to
record all of your conversations. There are a variety of devices
that can help you turn your own phone into a spy phone. And this
will help you record your conversations and can help you use
them to ensure that all agreements are carried out and that you
can prove when threats are made against you. Regular tape
recorders with special adapters are perhaps the most inexpensive
and easy ways to turn your phone into a spy phone. These devices
allow you to record conversations and then play them back later.
Today, with digital voice recorders, it is possible to even flag
important parts of the conversation while you are recording. You
can listen to what the other person is saying, and when it gets
to the point where you are making an agreement, you can flag
that on your digital recorder so that you can easily find the
part of the conversation that you would like to refer to. It is
also possible to use a spy phone to record what is going on in
the room, even if you are not there, and if the parties are not
using the phone. Many spy phones can be outfitted with special
receivers and transmitters that effectively turn the phone into
a room monitor. This means that when you are not there, you can
listen in to make sure that important plans are not being laid
with you out of the loop. You are always in the loop, and you
can protect yourself from ambush business tactics by making use
of a spy phone. A spy phone does not just have to be used in
order to eavesdrop on information you have no business hearing.
The best uses of these spy electronics are those that allow you
to protect yourself by providing a record, and by allowing you
to remain privy to information that does concern you, even
though others may try to keep it from you. Protect yourself by
using a spy phone. (c) 2005 Copyright www.spyassociates.com.
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June 2, 2009 at 8:20 am · Filed under Online Home Improvement, Online Real Estate Resources, Security Hall
I have been shopping for a home security system for one month now and I finally bought a home alarm device that seems to fit my house, my family and our lives.
We looked through a bunch of different security companies to learn the lowest cost alternative versus the most high-ticket option. I must say, that I was bummed out with most of the internet sites we looked at but one stood out above all the others and that was FamilyHomeSecurity.com. Their monitoring information was special, eye opening and enlightening. I wish they were a company that installed protection systems themselves because I know it would be done smartly and with very much of care to detail.
What made it a bad experience? Well, we had a break-in one months ago that wasn’t very fun. Fortunately, we were out of town and they solely selected jewelry and cash. Now there are children in the house and a lot more priceless stuff like computers, electronics, and above all - family and family memories and photographs. We simply preferred to find the best home alarm system that we could all expend and feel dependable with. It was emphatically time to receive one this year.
So, how did the family discover the powerful alarm system? We initiated by looking ‘home security’ on the search engines, then ranged all over thorough of the websites on the basic page. A lot of them were trash…and I was bitter about that. Everybody I says Ask is the greatest…anyways, after looking over those pages we couldn’t determine what we were looking for. We aren’t looking for require a serious sales process and we didn’t want to guess much about it. Nearly all of these websites were abrasive sales pitches - I wanted information!
Some of the corporations we viewed were GE, Brinks, APX, ADT and Pinnacle. Several of them appear to utilise analogous home security systems…and we finally wound up with a Pinnacle Security system after perusing the serious information heard at homesecurityguru and FamilyHomeSecurity.
It’s nice to see tremendous enlightening sites out there on the matter of security systems.
Enjoy the search for a great alarm system!
February 23, 2009 at 9:46 am · Filed under Security Hall
Phishing is the act of some individual sending an email to a user in an attempt to scam the user to release personal information. Is it easy to determine if it’s a scam? Sometimes - but not always. I hope to give you enough examples and information to help you to safeguard yourself from these unsavory individuals.
In addition, sometimes the email is sent to malicious software so as to render your computer helpless. Thus, it is important that you do not click on the link they provide, because that is the trigger that will load the software to your system.
EXAMPLES OF PHISHING
You receive hundreds of emails in your mailbox, but one email catches your eye - it directs you to a website, requesting that you need to update your personal information. It requests such personal information as:
passwords
credit card numbers
social security number
bank account numbers
“It appears to be legitimate”, you say to yourself. And you also notice that the emails are from companies that you have been doing business with for a while. Warning: The website could be bogus.
Here are several examples of phishing in action.
1. E-mails stating they are from E-bay and they feel that your account may have been compromised and would like you to verify your information with they so conveniently supply. DO NOT click on it.
2. E-mails from Paypal or your bank asking that you verify your information because they feel that your account has been compromised, or heaven forbid, suspended. Same scenario, different company. DO NOT click on the link.
3. E-mail that states that an unauthorized transaction has occurred on your account. Please click the link below and confirm your identity. DO NOT.
4. Here’s a work at home scam - We have seen your resume on Monster and feel you would fit our position. If you are interested, please go to our website, look over the experience required and submit your resume if you have this background. Website is professional looking, offer looks good - but it could be a scam.
WHAT ARE THEY AFTER
In the above examples they are after information about you, be it passwords, credit cards, social security numbers, anything that can identify you - and that which they can use to profit from you.
The job email is used to verify that the email address is a true blue, active email address. What do they do with this info - they sell these accounts to spammers for good money. They need to verify your email addressbecause if the spammers come up empty - this person’s business is dead.
HOW TO VERIFY SAFELY
1. If they want you to verify your account, do not cut and paste, or use the link they provide in the email. Close your Internet session, open a new session and enter the site that you have on record to verify.
2. Emails requesting resumes - Verify their account before you send your resume. When verifying - these red flags should be considered:
1) If they are hesitant to provide a phone number - might be a scam. 2) If their business address is not verifiable -might be a scam. 3) If the website is new - might be a scam. 4) If they use a large company’s nameand that company never heard of them - might be a scam.
5) Again, verify this information before you send your resume.
WAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF
Here are some quick tips to protect you and your computer system.
1. Use anti-virus software and a firewall - keep them up to date.
2. If you have a broadband connection make sure you have a firewall in place.
3. Don’t email personal or financial information.
4. Before providing personal information - search to see if the site is secure - look for a lock icon. However, remember not all phishers are stupid - in fact, they could be computer savvy enough to forge security icons. Thus, look for a site whose link looks like this:
https://www.somename.com — this shows that it is a secure site.
5. Coupons from respected companies - Verify that it is a true-blue coupon from the company - I had one coupon sent to my email address from what I thought was Staples. Verified it with Staples - not a coupon honored by Staples. When on the Internet - if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it still may not be a duck!
6. When making transactions on the Internet - be it online banking, Paypal, Internet Gold, etc. - complete your transaction, log out of the website, and close out of your Internet Explorerand then continue with a new session of Internet Explorer.
WHERE TO FORWARD SPAM THAT IS PHISHNG
If you encounter spam that is phishing, or are a victim of a phishing scam, you can forward the information to spam@uce.gov and to the company, bank or organization that the email may have stated they are from. In many cases, the other organizations have information on their website where you can report the attempted scam.
In addition, if you have been scammed, and you wish to file a complaint - go to ftc.gov.
To conclude, no one is immune to spam or a scam. But try to be ever vigilant and do your due diligence with anything you do on the Internet. But being human is a scammer’s hope - they know that most will ignore the bait, but some will be tempted. So, if you so humanly slip, and succumb to a phishing scam, you can report them to ftc.gov.
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December 27, 2008 at 5:52 pm · Filed under Security Hall
Welcome back to part 7, if you have implemented the recommendations we have made so far you will have gone a long way toward protecting your home. Nobody can promise that you will not fall victim to a thief, so in this article I want to give you a few tips on how you can help the police retrieve your goods if it should be stolen.
Make an inventory of your property.
Keep a list of your processions in a secure place, perhaps in a safe deposit box or with a friend, this will help the police if you do have a burglary, and it will also help to support a claim if you have a house fire or some other kind of loss.
The better the job you do on the property inventory the more help it will be. Now that digital cameras are readily available take pictures of all the rooms in your home and their contents. In case of a loss by fire or flood etc. it will help you in your claim with your insurance provider.
On your property list, show, which room the goods, were in. Describe the article as fully as feasible; include the manufacturer model number, size, color, and the material the article is made of as well as its price. It is also a good idea to include damage marks, repairs, etc because these are unique to your things.
Mark your goods with your Post Code, your Drivers License Number or some other number that is exclusive to you but do not use your Social Security number! Properly marked property is hard for a burglar to sell on to someone else, and it makes it easier to trace them back to you.
Always mark your assets by engraving in an area that cannot be simply removed and is not in plain sight, if you cannot engrave the thing use a permanent marker or an ultra violet pen. Some items are not suitable for marking and this is where a digital or video camera comes into its own.
Now that you have a catalogue of your property make certain you keep it up to date!
Having marked your property make sure that any possible burglar knows about it, a small sticker displayed on doors and windows will do the job. These are generally available from your local police station or crime prevention officer.
Burglary is the most frequent form of theft in the United States; by marking your property you are taking an important step in protecting your home and avoiding the distress that this type of home invasion causes.
In the next part of this series I will be giving you a few dos and don’ts to help you with your personal and home security, see you soon.
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November 14, 2008 at 12:16 am · Filed under Consumer Planet, Security Hall
Another possible way in which cookies can negatively affect your computer is when they are stored on your hard drive for too long. Generally, the information there is safe because it is non-executable text files. However, if malware or spyware is installed on your computer, it may be possible for it to access those cookies and start retrieving your login, email, and personal information and sending it back to whomever installed the spyware. Quality depends and so does the price.
Minority SMBs and entrepreneurs that don’t have an IT department or somebody’s son/ daughter is your IT department then they will have some form of anti-spyware to keep computers free of spyware and running at the speed/reliability it was intended. Spyware can eventually or sometimes immediately bring any computer to the point where you cannot even logon to your account or computer. Your web browser will look like a neon sign for toolbars and other ‘browser helpers’ that only help to send hackers info you don’t want them to have in the first place. Data loggers, key loggers and Likelock + Todd Davis Identity Theft are just a few vices which harvest info from your computer. Some people mistakenly assume that anti-virus software protects them from keyloggers and Spyware. That is why every computer owner who’s worried about Likelock + Todd Davis Identity Theft needs Winclear.
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June 10, 2008 at 5:07 pm · Filed under Living With The Web, Security Hall, University of Networking
What is ID Theft?
Identity theft is one of the major threats that plague consumers, particularly those who regularly conduct business using electronic means such as credit cards and online payment systems. However, identity theft can also happen to people who do not even use these transaction methods.
Identity theft is a form of fraud that involves getting money or other gains illegally by using someone else’s identity. The victim often suffers major financial consequences as a result of this fraudulent activity.
Identity theft can be committed using several methods. Identity thieves sometimes go through garbage bins to look for credit reports, old bills or any other document that could contain information that can allow an identity thief to do a lot of things, including applying for a credit card or a loan under the victim’s name. The identity thief can then use these benefits to their fullest, while the victim is only made aware of the extent of the damage when it’s already too late. Sometimes identity thieves use public information to pretend to be someone they are not and thereby lure private information out of unsuspecting victims. This crime is called pretexting. Pretexting is illegal.
Governments all around the world have recognized the risk of identity theft and the damage it can pose to their economies, and have thus implemented laws to address this. In the United States, the GrammLeach-Bliley Act of 1999 was installed to prevent companies from misusing customers’ information, while the United Kingdom implemented the Data Protection Act to achieve similar purposes.
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