Our goal at HV Shred is to help the community increase all avenues of security—including safe web browsing. Here is the latest on a what the FBI is calling a malware scare: Domain Name System (DNS) is an Internet service that converts user-friendly domain names, such as www.fbi.gov into numerical addresses that allow computers to…
Data destruction includes confidential paperwork as well as hard drives and electronic equipment. Read on to learn about the best options: WHY PHYSICALLY DESTROY OBSOLETE HARD DRIVES? Many of the programs available for sanitizing a hard drive do not completely wipe the data from the drive. The software used may leave traces of data or…
As the Chair for the Dutchess Chamber’s Living Green Committee, it is my pleasure to encourage one and all to help us celebrate Earth Day 2012 with our 2nd annual Living Green Symposium to be hosted at the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries Center for Environmental Innovation and Education (CEIE) on the grounds of…
In a recent USAA article, Stacy Cowley, tech editor for CNNMoney shared her nightmare of being a 6 time survivor of identity theft. The central message she imparted was the importance of using big, reputable, well-fortified cash machines. Seems like the culprit for the majority of her ID Theft experiences were sketchy ATMs, usually those…
Unfortunately, ID theft appears to be on the rise again. According to Javelin, a leading research firm, in 2011, identity fraud increased by 13 percent. More than 11.6 million adults became victims of identity fraud in the United States, while the dollar amount stolen held steady. Their latest findings in a nutshell: • Identity fraud…
The Federal Trade Commission recently released its list of the top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2011. For the 12th year in a row, identity theft complaints topped the list. Of more than 1.8 million complaints filed in 2011, 279,156 or 15 percent, were identity theft complaints. Nearly 25 percent of the identity…
Thanks again to all our partners for Shred Events in 2011 Over the course of the 2011 events in conjunction with the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (HVFCU), Walden Federal Savings (Now Hometown Bank of the Hudson Valley), Wallkill Valley Federal Savings, Mid Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union we are thrilled to have helped community…
Many people still feel protected from identity theft as long as they stay off the internet. This week’s post is a reminder that much of identity theft is still low tech. It’s dumpster diving and, in this case, capitalizing on low security in a health provider’s facility. The message is we need to be vigilant…
At HV Shred, we use our blog to educate the community about the latest scams. Caller ID Spoofing is far from being a “funny ha ha” spoof. It could be a serious attack on your personal information. How does it work? A Caller ID Spoofer logs on to one of several websites that enable them to create an account by…
In this season of Valentine’s and budding romances, we just want to help make everyone aware of a scam found to be more and more prevalent by The Internet Crime Complaint Center (a private/public partnership established to deter/detect/and defend again identity theft. The IC3 has warned the public to be wary of romance scams in…