Computer Security & Identity Theft Author/Speaker John Sileo

http://www.thinklikeaspy.com/audience_testimonials.php Identity theft speaker and expert John Sileo speaking on this video about protecting your computer from security breaches. The professional ID Theft speaker gives keynotes seminars and workshops on personal and business privacy.
According to a new article in the Wall Street Journal, cybercrime has significantly risen 22.3% in 2009 from 2008. Identity thieves and white collar criminals have taken to the internet and caused over $550 million in reported losses. There were also over 60,000 more complaints of cybercrime in 2009. Many experts say the plummeting economy is responsible for the great rise last year.

The article goes on to discuss the new and more technologically savvy way that criminals are stealing our information. Criminals tactics also are changing, with a growing number of crimes involving malicious applications installed on mobile devices and embedded in news and celebrity gossip Web sites. In this type of crime, Web criminals are using search-engine optimization to allow fake Web sites to rise to the top of searches. When users click on the links or pop-ups, malware or key loggers infect their computers, usually with the intent of hijacking personal and financial information such as bank passwords and account information. Scam artists also are switching from email to social-networking sites to perpetrate phishing scams designed to steal sensitive information from victims. Top scams now include nondelivery of ordered merchandise, fraudulent emails claiming to be from the FBI seeking personal and financial information, identity theft, credit-card fraud, online auction fraud, and job and investment scams. Online auction fraud, which was a top complaint in the past, has declined and losses have fallen as awareness and auction-site security protections have improved, officials said.

In order to minimize your risk, share as little personal and identifying information on the internet as possible. The less that is out there, the less there is to steal. Verify web addresses and dont click on unknown links or advertisements that come through on email and other sites. If you are the least bit suspicious dont enter financial information onto the site!

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1 of thing Keep your web browser up to date. Avoid IE and use Firefox or any of the others.

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some good advice. Here is a tip i found online: Never click on links sent in unsolicited emails;

instead, type in a web address you know.