Blog Entries - November 2008

Protect Your Identity: Spot Phishing Scams

development@gill-media.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:51:31 +0100

You can read a quick definition of phishing on our Identity Theft Terms to Know page. Let’s talk about phishing in detail today because it’s one of the identity scams almost everyone’s encountered.

Phishing refers to attempts to steal personal information from you over the Internet. This includes bank account data, credit card numbers and passwords to online banking and e-commerce services. Sometimes, phishing attempts are [...]

The Danger of Social Engineering

development@gill-media.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:44:30 +0100

Social engineering is an old term that computer hackers have been using since at least the 1980s. It can be reduced to a simple adage: “If you can’t hack the computer, hack the user.” In other words, social engineering is the art of stealing electronic information through non-technical means, using deception to gain access to the desired data.

Many of the hackers who pioneered social engineering techniques now fight a [...]