Blog Entries tagged 'trusted ID'

Identity Theft and the US Mortgage Crisis

rweavis@gmail.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The big news right now is the current US financial crisis. It all started when lenders loosened the requirements and incentives for mortgages. New mortgages featured cash up front and minimal required qualifications. Sure enough, when payments came due a large number of borrowers couldn’t afford them, but by this time institutions had combined them with legitimate investments, shopped them around and presented them as safe to buy – and now, we’re all paying the price [...]

Wireless ID Theft Part 2: RFID Fraud

development@gill-media.com — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

In our last article about wireless identity theft we covered wardriving: the practice of finding and exploiting open wireless connections. Identity fraud via wardriving is unnerving, to say the least, but RFID-enabled fraud is downright spooky. Security experts fear that this may allow fraudsters to steal personal information from your wallet at a distance. RFID Basics

To understand how this works you need to know what an RFID chip. RFID stands for Radio Frequency ID. An RFID [...]

Wireless Identity Theft

development@gill-media.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We want you to protect your good name, but we don't want you to get paranoid about it! Nevertheless, some recent developments in identity theft are pretty frightening. What if we told you a criminal could steal your personal information out of thin air? Scary? Yes - and absolutely possible. New technology lets fraudsters steal your identity through wireless communications channels

There are two forms of wireless ID theft that security analysts ro [...]

TrustedID Review

development@gill-media.com — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

TrustedID provides a "total identity” protection package for the entire family. TrustedID procedures are designed to significantly reduce the risk of credit fraud, with a service guarantee backed by $1,000,000 in identity theft insurance from AIG and Lloyds of London.

TrustedID’s Lender DoubleCheck™ and IDFreeze™ services require credit grantors to get your approval by phone before taking any action that may affect your credit. For an additional charge, [...]