Republished from California Nevada Credit Union League dated April 25, 2022. By James McCabe. Over the past few years, the increased risk...

On my work laptop, I use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) whenever I am working remotely including in my home, my hotel room or any other...

The just released 2022 Javelin Strategy Annual Identity Fraud Study found that identity theft and fraud losses totaled $52 billion and...

Last month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report stating “about one fourth of all fraud losses reported to the FTC stem...

Two years ago I wrote an article asking the question Is Your Digital Identity Safe? Two days ago I read an Infosecurity Magazine article...

In the past five years, identity theft and cybercrime have significantly increased in many industries, including the automotive industry....

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center or ITRC (https://www.idtheftcenter.org/), which has been tracking publicly reported data...

Republished from CU Times dated October 15, 2021. By James McCabe and Mark Pribish. Credit Union executives and risk management teams...

Republished from CU Times dated May 3, 2021. By James McCabe. When many credit unions were figuring out how to protect their institutions...

Republished from CU Times dated February 18, 2021. By James McCabe. As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough, we have entered 2021 with another...

As if the COVID-19 pandemic and its ramifications haven't given members enough to worry about, it is now the time of year when criminals...

Republished from CU Times dated October 19, 2020. By James McCabe. Over the past nine months, our country has experienced an...

It is that time of year when students' vulnerability for ID theft attacks goes up exponentially as they head back to school. And this...

Republished from CU Weekly dated July 8, 2020. By James McCabe. As the country continues its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, there...

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is a tsunami of criminal activity designed to play on your members’ fears and distractions. ...

Republished from CU Times dated April 3, 2020. By James McCabe. In a time when security threats are compounding due to the crisis, CUs...

We are facing an unprecedented time in our lives with the coronavirus upon us and people taking every imaginable precaution to “be safe”...

Republished from CU Weekly dated February 21, 2020. By James McCabe. Over the past year, we have seen a continued incline in data breach...

Republished from CU Times dated October 21, 2019. By James McCabe. Instead of offering free checking accounts that in fact come with...

Over the past couple of years there has been an average of 15 million or more people attacked by an ID theft or fraud event in the United...