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10 Tips for Preventing Identity Theft - Cyber Warrior - 06-11-2017
In this tutorial I'm going to talk about identity theft. 10 tips about preventing identity theft will be presented. One of the goals of this tutorial is to increase awareness of the importance of safety culture.
Watch the video to learn more about those tips:
1. You are never alone
2. Destroy the "evidence"
3. Digital Ghost
4. Bank Statements
5. Bills
6. Identification Number
7. Business Scammers
8. Skimmers
9. PIN
10. Personal Information
RE: 10 Tips for Preventing Identity Theft - zorrophreak - 06-12-2017
Nice video, and everything looks good. Definitely for someone not INCREDIBLY tech savvy, this could help them out a lot.
RE: 10 Tips for Preventing Identity Theft - mothered - 06-12-2017
I'm glad you've mentioned dumpster diving In your video, there Is so much Information that can be obtained.
We as Individuals, can be so cautious as to how we dispose sensitive documents and the like, but the question remains, how do corporations that hold our critical credentials operate? For example, when we call advising of a change of address and phone number and they temporarily document It on paper prior to entering It In their system, how do they dispose of It thereafter? Do they shred It, or simply scrunch It up and throw It In the trash can?
When they upgrade their systems (PCs), do they securely erase their HDDs, or simply format them (thinking It's enough to prevent data recovery) before disposal? If their printer has an Internal HDD (hence stores print jobs), what do they do with their current printer once It's upgraded to a new one? Do they perform a "full" background check on a new employee (who may have malicious Intent) that's just landing employment within the firm In the accounts or HR department?
I'll stop It here. I thoroughly enjoyed viewing the video. As per usual, a job well done Indeed.
RE: 10 Tips for Preventing Identity Theft - Cyber Warrior - 06-12-2017
(06-12-2017, 12:54 PM)mothered Wrote: I'm glad you've mentioned dumpster diving In your video, there Is so much Information that can be obtained.
We as Individuals, can be so cautious as to how we dispose sensitive documents and the like, but the question remains, how do corporations that hold our critical credentials operate? For example, when we call advising of a change of address and phone number and they temporarily document It on paper prior to entering It In their system, how do they dispose of It thereafter? Do they shred It, or simply scrunch It up and throw It In the trash can?
When they upgrade their systems (PCs), do they securely erase their HDDs, or simply format them (thinking It's enough to prevent data recovery) before disposal? If their printer has an Internal HDD (hence stores print jobs), what do they do with their current printer once It's upgraded to a new one? Do they perform a "full" background check on a new employee (who may have malicious Intent) that's just landing employment within the firm In the accounts or HR department?
I'll stop It here. I thoroughly enjoyed viewing the video. As per usual, a job well done Indeed.
You do know how to ask the right questions, I can see respectable level of critical thinking there. Your first question referred to corporation. As we all know there is a big organization hiding behind every corporation, many employees of various professions, rule books, different kind of procedures in every part of it.
HR management along with Security and Top manager and more are responsible for prescribing different procedures on how employees should behave, dress up, how to proceed with every information they have about their clients, how do they destroy the hardware or erase every data on it before disposing or selling it, and many more procedures that I cannot think at the moment. Plus on the other side corporation business is conditioned by laws of the country on which they operates.
And when it comes to employing trustworthy people, again it is decided by the law. Because in many countries legal entities could not do the background check on someone using information from for example ministry of interior to check potential employees. That authorization only belongs to state authorities. They use other sources, every legal entity has their personal way of gathering information about potential employees.
RE: 10 Tips for Preventing Identity Theft - mothered - 06-13-2017
You've made some very valid points above.
Depending on the organization, their online security Is appalling to say the least. I've compromised over 4k websites and going on personal experience, schools/education tops the list as the most Insecure entity. And then comes medical, followed by real estate. I've saved everything (original screenshots) on an AES Twofish Serpent encrypted drive (volume), along with a full disk encryption on the same drive (hence double the encryption algorithm). When I get a moment, I'll hand-pick the most Insecure systems and databases I've exploited and share a few examples.
RE: 10 Tips for Preventing Identity Theft - Cyber Warrior - 06-13-2017
(06-13-2017, 03:09 PM)mothered Wrote: You've made some very valid points above.
Depending on the organization, their online security Is appalling to say the least. I've compromised over 4k websites and going on personal experience, schools/education tops the list as the most Insecure entity. And then comes medical, followed by real estate. I've saved everything (original screenshots) on an AES Twofish Serpent encrypted drive (volume), along with a full disk encryption on the same drive (hence double the encryption algorithm). When I get a moment, I'll hand-pick the most Insecure systems and databases I've exploited and share a few examples.
Exactly, it's a big mistake if they upload, keep client personal information online. That's the most vulnerable place.
RE: 10 Tips for Preventing Identity Theft - mothered - 06-13-2017
(06-13-2017, 03:36 PM)Cyber Warrior Wrote: Exactly, it's a big mistake if they upload, keep client personal information online. That's the most vulnerable place.
And the bad thing Is, the moment we reach the age of adulthood and establish an Identity (such as a driver's license, social security number, bank account, gas and electric account etc), our Information In the hands of these entities Is vulnerable to exploitation.
RE: 10 Tips for Preventing Identity Theft - Izabella - 06-29-2017
Dumpster diving is dangerous..
RE: 10 Tips for Preventing Identity Theft - MickelC - 07-10-2017
How to avoid it is you own choice, I can give you a little adivce.
Use windows 10, use Anti-virus like kasper(paid) and use VPN ivacy(paid) to stay secure.
Additionally avoid spam emails and always use tor browser/ incognito.
RE: 10 Tips for Preventing Identity Theft - Blink - 07-10-2017
(07-10-2017, 08:17 AM)MickelC Wrote: How to avoid it is you own choice, I can give you a little adivce.
Use windows 10, use Anti-virus like kasper(paid) and use VPN ivacy(paid) to stay secure.
Additionally avoid spam emails and always use tor browser/ incognito.
There is so many better choices than Windows...
Seriously, don't use it if security is your #1 concern. If you need it, install updates as soon as they roll out, and make use of VMs.
Incognito helps against cookie based tracking, but does little else. I would go with Firefox or Iridium/Inox over Chrome, but Tor browser is a good choice as well.