Tag: Identity theft
How to protect yourself from drop account fraud – tips from...
Kurt Eichenwald, The Conversation
The types of crimes that use drop accounts are multiplying rapidly, but there are ways...
Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data, supply...
Christian Jordan Howell, University of South Florida and David Maimon, Georgia State University
It is common to hear news...
Government agencies are tapping a facial recognition company to prove you’re...
Beginning this summer, you might need to upload a selfie and a photo ID to a private company, ID.me, if you...
How cybercriminals turn paper checks stolen from mailboxes into bitcoin
David Maimon, Georgia State University
While cybercrime gets a lot of attention from law enforcement and the media these days, I’ve been documenting a less...
As digital threats grow, will cyber insurance take off?
Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Cyberattacks cost the world more than natural disasters – US$3 trillion in 2015, a price that may...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
