Verisign plugin turns the address bar of  Firefox green for highly-trusted sites that use EV SSL encryption in a way that mimics IE 7 behavior. The Internet security services provider has released a Firefox extension that
will show the same type of green address bar that is shown by Internet
Explorer 7 when it lands on  highly trusted Web sites that use EV SSL
(Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer) certificates.

The U.S. Department of Defense has begun blocking access to MySpace and YouTube on its network, citing security concerns and the need to prevent the network from being slowed by video traffic.

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is the global pan-industrial and law enforcement association focused on eliminating the fraud and identity theft that result from phishing, pharming and email spoofing of all types.

Breaking into somebody else's MySpace account has gotten a lot of attention recently, with a wicked fight between hot celebrities  Shanna Moakler, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton.

Information stolen from the systems of big retailer TJX was being used illegally in Nov. 2006 in an $8 million gift card plot, one month before TJX officials said they found out of the breach, declares Florida law enforcement officials.

Google brand is used in a new a phishing con intended to truly get your attention ! It’s called the Google Email Lottery International and pretends to be some type of lottery by Google, the Internet's most popular search engine..
It is all a scam and by all means, DO NOT respond to it. It is designed to steal your money and if you fall for this, you will never recover it.

A new bill initiated at the Ohio Statehouse would permit Ohioans to automatically freeze their credit report history if they suspect they've become a victim of identity theft. It would also establish tougher sentences for those convicted of identity crimes.

As you know by now, the Texas Attorney General issued an Opinion (GA-0519) last week (2/21/07) that basically said it is a crime (that could subject a County Clerk to fines, jail time or both) to disclose SSNs in public records (land records and other courthouse records may be public, but people have a right for personal identification in them, such as SSNs, to remain confidential).  The AG opinion cited both state (Sec. 552.147 of the Texas Government Code) and federal (Public Information Act) laws.

During the past week roughly 750 CCSU students have received mail from the Bursar’s office that exposed their social security numbers in the name and address window of the envelopes. The letters were folded incorrectly by a malfunctioning machine in the office.

Finjan Inc., declared that it backs up recent reports that Google have accidentally exposed private user names and passwords on the Google anti-phishing blacklist, without using any access protection. Such sensitive data could potentially have been used to compromise user privacy, and could even have been used for identity theft or financial profit .