According to a recent study, Juniper Research (a market intelligence, analysis & research consultancy), predicted the number of mobile users using mobile banking was expected to exceed 400 million globally by the year 2013. Compared to 2009 estimates for 2013 mobile users that estimated 53 million users, it’s clear that users accessing their bank accounts […]
Phishing, Vishing, & Smishing = Fraud
According online security site Krebs on Security, phishing scams are on the rise. Readers wrote in to the site, reporting that they’d been targeted by automated phone calls warning them of fraudulent activity on their credit cards or bank accounts asking them to call in to a number and verify their credit card numbers. If […]
Wiretapping, the Law, & the Public
Did you read the one about the motorcycle-rider who–while riding his bike–was confronted by a plain-clothed police officer in an unmarked car? While the biker was breaking the law (speeding), the officer’s actions were all caught on video from the biker’s helmet cam. Once said biker, Anthony John Graber III, posted the video snatched by his […]
Phone Apps & Security
Apps. Everyone loves them, and cell phone providers are happy to provide them. Google has apps, iPhone has apps. You could say that everyone is very “appy” with their apps. In fact, the Wall Street Journal online cited that there are “more than 250,000 applications” that range from social media location-based games to financial tools […]
