Joker’s Stash Carding Market to Call it Quits Good news for us decent folks: One of the largest shops for stolen credit card and identity information on the dark web is closing it’s doors. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Tag: Identity Theft
26 Secrets an Identity Thief Definitely Doesn’t Want You to Know
26 Secrets an Identity Thief Definitely Doesn’t Want You to Know Good information on a problem that effects thousands of people every month in this country. Security begins with forming GOOD habits. If you are not doing the things suggested, start now! Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
U.S. Army Changing Dog Tags For First Time In 40 Years
For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. Army is making changes to a century-old piece of hardware, dog tags, the identification implements that hang around each soldier’s neck. For a low-tech thing like the aluminum dog tag, the reason for the change is decidedly high-tech, the threat of identity theft. On the new…
Reversing the Cyber-Crime Paradigm: The “Cyber-Robin Hood”
ID THIEF HACKS INTO FAMILY’S NETFLIX, AT&T ACCOUNTS TO PAY OFF THEIR BILLS STOLEN CREDENTIALS; USER ACCOUNTS COMPROMISED An Orange County, Fla. family says a hacker breached their phone and Netflix accounts to pay off the family’s bills. The Hennigs discovered the sorta well-meaning hack when AT&T alerted Kathy Hennig that she owed $1,300 because…
Skimming Off the Top
by HCS Technical Staff “What is a card skimmer?” Card skimmers are nasty little devices that are designed to surreptitiously steal information off your bank card or credit card by reading the magnetic strip when you conduct a transaction at either an ATM machine, a self-checkout lane at a store, gas pump, a DVD rental…