Dec 06 The Naughty List: Three Holiday Scams to Watch Out for this Season By Insurance Feed fraud, holiday safety, identity fraud, identity theft, identity thieves, Insurance, scammers, scams From pilfering personal information to package theft, there’s no shortage of fraudsters having their names added to the naughty list…Read More
Apr 27 How to Lose Your Identity in a Day (If You’re Not Careful) By Insurance Feed Cyber, data risk, data security, identity fraud, identity theft, Insurance, Personal, personal information, Prevention, strong password, Technology A recent poll found 92% of American adults have taken at least one big data security risk in the past…Read More
Mar 02 Protect Tax Returns and Stimulus Payments from Identity Thieves By Insurance Feed credit monitoring, Cyber, CyberScout, identity fraud, Identity Fraud and Credit Monitoring Program, Identity Protection PIN, identity theft, identity theft insurance, Insurance, IRS, Personal, Prevention, Stimulus checks, tax returns, tax season Over the past several years, the IRS actions against tax identity fraud were successful in driving down the rate of…Read More
Feb 02 Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week By Insurance Feed Cyber, federal trade commission, identity theft, Insurance, national insurance crime bureau, Personal, phony tax returns, Prevention, tax season, Technology Tax season is upon us. As consumers wait for tax-related documents to be delivered to their mailboxes, thieves are lying in wait, ready to intercept. According to the Federal Trade Commission, tax identity…Read More
Oct 08 Shining a Light on the Dark Web By Insurance Feed Cyber, cyber attack, cyber crime, cyber insurance, cyber security, CyberScout, Dark Web, identity theft, identity thieves, Insurance, Internet, password, Personal, Personal Cyber Protection, personal information, phishing scams, Prevention, Technology, Two-Factor Authentication It’s estimated the “Surface Web”—websites and data visible to everyone—represents less than five percent of the total information and locations…Read More
Aug 20 Identity Theft: One Subject You Don’t Want to Learn at College By Insurance Feed college student, coverage for college student, credit card, Cyber, cyber crime, cyber security, CyberScout, Education, friendly-fraud, identity fraud, identity theft, Insurance, Personal, Prevention, scams, stolen identity, student away at school, student identity, Technology As students head off to school this fall, they need to stay vigilant against the scams, schemes, and tricks of…Read More
Aug 20 Identity Theft: One Subject You Don’t Want to Learn at College By Insurance Feed college student, coverage for college student, credit card, Cyber, cyber crime, cyber security, CyberScout, Education, friendly-fraud, identity fraud, identity theft, Insurance, Personal, Prevention, scams, stolen identity, student away at school, student identity, Technology As students head off to school this fall, they need to stay vigilant against the scams, schemes, and tricks of…Read More
Jun 26 Protect Your Online Retail Business By Insurance Feed Business, business owner, Commercial, commercial cyber, computer, computer attack, cyber crime, cyber extortion, cyber insurance, cyber insurance coverage, cyber risk, cyber security, cybersecurity, data breach, fraud, hackers, home-based business, Identity recovery, identity theft, Insurance, Internet, Liability, liability coverage, online, online presence, online shopping, Prevention, retail, retailer, Technology, website In my blog post, Protect Yourself While Shopping Online, I shared how to protect yourself as a consumer. Now, let’s…Read More
Jan 28 Happy Data Privacy Day! Are You Protected? By Insurance Feed Central, computer, Cyber, cyber crime, cyber criminals, cyber insurance, cyber insurance coverage, cyber risk, cyber security, cyberbulling, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, Financial, hackers, Home, Household Inventory, identity theft, identity thieves, Insurance, Internet, internet safety, laptop, Personal, personal computer, Personal Cyber Protection, personal data, personal information, Prevention, protect online privacy, protect your home, protecting your data, protective devices, Safety Tips, smart phone, smartphone, software, tablet, Technology There’s no doubt people spend A LOT of time on the Internet. Hence the need for an annual Data Privacy…Read More
Aug 01 Protecting Your Identity After a Data Breach By Insurance Feed credit card, credit freeze, credit report, cyber security, data breach, Financial, hacker, identity fraud, identity theft, identity theft insurance, Insurance, Internet, passwords, Personal, personal information, Prevention, protection, Risk Management Capital One announced recently that a hacker had accessed the personal information of 100 million individuals in the United States…Read More