With smart-phone theft reaching epidemic proportions, a coalition of more than 50 law enforcement agencies, scholars, consumer advocates—including Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports—and others is demanding ...
Savvy, confident organized retail crime gangs - who steal billions of dollars worth of merchandise each year only to sell that merchandise online or at physical fence locations – continue to test retailers to the core, oftentimes ...
Tags: Retailers, Retail Crime, Apparel&Accessories
When it comes to smartphone safety, the single most important thing a mobile phone owner can do is lock the device with a unique, four-digit PIN. That's been the opinion of many experts for years, but the advice still holds, including ...
Buried in a 100-page report issued last week by the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property was a recommendation to copy a tactic cyber scammers use to extort money from innocent victims. The IP Commission -- a private ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Buried in a 100-page report issued last week by the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property was a recommendation to copy a tactic cyber scammers use to extort money from innocent victims. The IP Commission – a ...
Tags: Computer Products
U.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property. The 100-page report, ...
Tags: IP, US, Computer Products
A cottage industry is growing up around virtual padlocks that consumers can place on cloud services so that the vendors themselves can't get to the information -- even if the government requests access. And in recent years there have been ...
Tags: Cloud Data, Computer Products
Alberto Yusi Lajud Pena, found dead in the Dominican Republic two weeks ago, was the leader of the New York cell of an international gang of cyber thieves that authorities allege stole a staggering $45 million from ATM machines around the ...
Tags: Bank Security, Computer Products
The New York State attorney general has sent letters to the chief executives of Apple, Microsoft, Google and Samsung asking them for help in combating cellphone theft and hinting he may pursue legal action if they don't cooperate. The ...
A bill proposed in the U.S. Senate aims to block imports of products containing U.S. technology stolen online, a move that appears primarily directed at China. Introduced by four senators, the Deter Cyber Theft Act would require the U.S. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Microsoft late Friday confirmed that a "zero-day," or unpatched, vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), the company's most popular browser. According to multiple security firms, the vulnerability has been used in active ...
Good outdoor lighting can increase the safety and security of your home, make your house more beautiful, and make you want to spend time outside in the evening. But with so many choices, putting an outdoor lighting plan together can be ...
Tags: Outdoor Lighting
Relying on old professionals for home repairs, installation, and connected services may be a common follow, serving not solely the will to avoid wasting time and energy, however serving to individuals feels that their homes are treated with ...
Research has highlighted the need for homeowners to protect themselves from 'summertime thieves' by making sure that sheds are locked and garden objects such as furniture and children's toys are secured. However, people may also like to ...
Tags: Garden furniture, Furniture, Furnishing, Construction, Decoration
It doesn't, at first, sound like it, but the title of this post is a mind numbingly stupid (yes, another pun) pun. I'll explain it later. Around 2010, I wrote a novel entitled "Vengeance is Mine!" Toward the end, a Mexican drug cartel ...
Tags: Smart Programming, Robots, mobile robot