privacy and identity theft in the 21st century chattahoochee valley community college april 2008
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Privacy and Identity Theftin the 21st Century
Chattahoochee Valley Community CollegeApril 2008
http://csc.colstate.edu/summers/Research/privacy-in-the-21st-century.ppt
Dr. Wayne SummersTSYS Department of Computer Science
Columbus State [email protected]://csc.colstate.edu/summers
Identity Theft
Citibank Identity Theft commercial - Darrel P.
Babe Magnet- Identity Theft Commercial
Thelma and Norma
Citibank - Computer Geek
Citibank identity theft commercial - underpants on
Digital Armageddon
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Citibank Identity Theft commercial - Darrel P.
Babe Magnet- Identity Theft Commercial
Thelma and Norma
Citibank - Computer Geek
Citibank identity theft commercial - underpants on
Digital Armageddon
OUTLINE Definitions
ID Theft & Privacy Issues
Future ID Theft & Privacy Issues
Regulations
Safe Guards
Q&A
Privacy (Confidentiality)
Limiting who can access your information.
Identity TheftUsing another’s identity for ones benefit
(usually financial gain)
– social security number– credit card account numbers– date of birth– driver’s license– passport– mother’s maiden name– addresses
Social Engineering“getting people to do things
that they wouldn’t ordinarily do for a stranger” – The Art of Deception, Kevin Mitnick
Definitions Spyware - computer software installed on a
computer to intercept the user's activities on the computer, without the user's informed consent.
Phishing - attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information by masquerading as a trustworthy entity.
Botnets - collection of software robots (bots), which run autonomously and automatically on groups of remotely controlled zombie computers.
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8Vulnerabilities How many of you access the Internet
from home?
Wireless networks are rapidly becoming pervasive. – How many of you have web-enabled cell
phones?
– How many of you have networked PDAs?
– How many of you have wireless networks at work? at home?
– How many of you use wireless networks when you are “on the road”?
ID Theft News March 28, 2008 (Computerworld) “
Hannaford Bros. Co. disclosed this week that the intruders who stole up to 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from the grocer's systems did so by planting malware programs on servers at each of its stores in New England, New York and Florida.”
March 24, 2008 (Computerworld) “Unencrypted medical information of about 2,500 participants in a cardiac study conducted by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) may have been compromised by the theft of a laptop PC last month.”
ID Theft News March 2008 (Newsmax.com) “Criminals who seize
control of tens of thousands of home and office computers through what are known as "botnets" are a dramatically growing threat, Shawn Henry, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, tells Newsmax.”
“Since last spring, the FBI has arrested 11 individuals who allegedly infected and commandeered 1 million personal computers and turned them into robots that did their bidding, Henry says. “
April 2008 (AARP Bulletin) “But already scammers are contacting targets by phone, saying they represent the IRS, and explaining that they can direct-deposit rebates right away—if the victim coughs up a bank account number on the spot.”
PayPal Phishing Site Arrives as Attachment
E-mail from "Microsoft“ [email protected]
SUBJECT: {Virus?} Use this patch immediately !
Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
More than 500.000 already infected!
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“You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.”
(Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems, 1999)
Who is Wayne Summers?
Google.com
– http://csc.colstate.edu/summers/ (resume)
– Math geneology
– Naymz.com
– Linked.com
– Blogger.com
peoplefinders.com
– Age, Cities, parents, spouse, and children’s names & ages
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– Name: SUMMERS, WAYNE– Everything you need to know, all in one report.
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Who is Wayne Summers?
Whitepages.com
– Work address
– Columbus Tech
– Home address• Map of neighborhood• Neighbors & home values (zillow.com)
Other personal data websites
Addresses.com
AnyWho.com
InfoSpace
Intelius
MySpace
PeopleFinders.com
PublicRecordsNow.com
USA People-Search
US Search
WhoWhere.com
Yahoo!
ZabaSearch
ZoomInfo
Future ID Theft & Privacy Issues
Minority Report Scene Gap Store (16 sec)
Minority Report Mall Scene (36 sec)
April 9, 2008 (Computerworld) “RFID keeps tabs on Vegas bartenders -- and soon could track you too”
“The Smart Card Alliance isn't too keen on proposed enhanced driver licenses that the Department of Homeland Security is working on with several states bordering Canada and Mexico. The long range-reading RFID technology suggested by DHS raises privacy, security, and operational functionality issues, says the alliance.”
Future ID Theft & Privacy Issues March 28, 2008 (IDG News Service) “Spying
programs for mobile phones are likely to grow in sophistication and stealth as the business of selling spying tools grows, according to a mobile analyst at the Black Hat conference on Friday…. Neo-Call is capable of secretly forwarding SMS (Short Message Service) text messages to another phone, transmitting a list of phone numbers called, and logging keystrokes. FlexiSpy has a neat, Web-based interface that shows details of call times, numbers and SMS messages, and it can even use a phone's GPS receiver to pinpoint the victim's location.”
April 9, 2008 (Washington Times) “D.C. police set to monitor 5,000 cameras.”
Mediacom Online home watch
“Privacy is the future. Get used to it.”
(Marc Rotenberg, Director, Electronic Privacy Information Centre - EPIC) (Fortune, 2001).
Regulations
Privacy Act of 1974– “No agency shall disclose any record which is contained in a
system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom the record pertains... “
– Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Regulations
Financial Modernization Act of 1999["Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act" or GLB Act]: protect consumers’ personal financial information held by financial institutions.
Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 [“Sarbanes-Oxley Act “]:establishes new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards, management, and public accounting firms.
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24Safe Guards
E-mail– should be considered like a postcard
– Don’t transmit personal data unless it is encrypted
Social networks (Facebook, Myspace) are open to others
– Don’t post personal data that could be used for identification
– Don’t post anything you would be ashamed of
What Else Can You Do?
Do not give your personal information out over the phone or Internet.
Take all outgoing mail to a U.S. Postal Service mail box.
Use a P.O. Box for all incoming mail.
Buy a document/credit card/CD crosscut shredder.
Credit Security Use one credit card exclusively for Internet
purchases.
Monitor activity on all credit cards closely.
Checking your credit history at least twice a year.
Your can buy identity theft recovery insurance.
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27Computer Protection
Properly configure all devices
Install firewalls, antivirus, anti-spyware
Monitor logs
Removed unneeded cookies
Do not enter personal information on a website over a non-encrypted connection
Keep patches up to date
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Home Network how many of you:
– protect your wireless device with a password?
– encrypt the data in your wireless device?
– employ any type of security with your wireless device?
– employ security with your wireless network?
Who to contact Equifax: 1-800-525-6285 www.equifax.com
Experian: 1-888-397-3742 www.experian.com
TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289 www.transunion.com
http://www.ftc.gov/idtheft
www.ftc.gov/credit
www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/
www.identitytheft.org/
www.privacyrights.org/index.htm
Conclusions “Security is, I would say, our top priority
because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers.. organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative.. if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back. Businesses will be afraid to put their critical information on it because it will be exposed.” Bill Gates
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Q & ADr. Wayne Summers
TSYS Department of Computer ScienceColumbus State University
[email protected]://csc.colstate.edu/summers