SCAM ALERT Everyday, it seems, we hear about hacking, identity theft or some other invasion of our digital privacy. Here's how to protect your online life from cyber criminals on the road, because vacations are not the time to relax your personal safety, including taking internet security precautions. Before You Go Patch Up. Check all your electronic devices for software updates, both … [Read more...]
Scam Alert: Chipotle Credit Card Breach
If you used a credit card or debit card to purchase anything recently at Chipotle Mexican Grill, you could be a victim of credit card fraud or identity theft. Chipotle is working with authorities to identify customers at risk. At issue is what Chipotle calls "malware" designed to steal information from customer credit cards and debit cards at certain Chipotle and Pizzeria Local restaurants, … [Read more...]
Keeping your digital life safe on vacation
Everyday, it seems, we hear about hacking, identity theft or some other invasion of our digital privacy. Here's how to protect your online life from cyber criminals on the road, because vacations are not the time to relax your personal safety, which includes taking internet security precautions. Before You Go Patch Up. Check all your electronic devices for software updates. That means both … [Read more...]
Target credit card hacking gets worse
Scam alert: Even if you weren't one of the 70 million or more Target customers affected by the headline-making data breach, it's a good reminder to protect yourself from identity theft. As ecoXplorer reported earlier, everybody - whether or not you are a Target customer - is entitled to one free credit report a year. Target tells us that the credit card hacking problem is much worse than … [Read more...]
Protect your privacy: cellphone warning
Identity theft is a growing problem, and a top reason I do not publish my cellphone number or put anything intensely personal, like private family photos, on any public social media outlet such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest, where anything I post is exclusively work related (I communicate privately with my family by telephone and email). So you can imagine my surprise when I … [Read more...]