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...information, such as today is my birthday, can be exploited by cybercrimals to build up personal profiles and hack into online accounts. The move to life on the web is happening, so businesses need to start dealing with that as soon as possible... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/17/237751/more-businesses-block-social-networking-sites.htm

... Research by security specialists Sophos, found that 40 percent of people use the same password for all their online accounts, raising concerns that victims of the scam may be vulnerable to futher attacks. Security experts are urging people... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/07/238037/scale-of-webmail-phishing-scam-widens.htm

Risk Management HSBC denies online accounts vulnerability HSBC has played down reports that a flaw in its online banking system could give fraudsters using keylogging software... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/08/15/217705/hsbc-denies-online-accounts-vulnerability.htm

...it made me consider whether I should devise a secure way of storing password and security information for all my online accounts that require this. But if this information fell into the wrong hands it would leave all my accounts open to fraud... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/editors-blog/2008/05/paypals-security-features-take-1.html

Risk Management HSBC denies online accounts vulnerability Banking giant HSBC has played down reports that a flaw in its online banking system could give fraudsters using... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/08/10/217620/hsbc-denies-online-accounts-vulnerability.htm

...task that means you end up with post-it notes stuck all over your desk, or reverting to one password for all your online accounts that require it .... which I guess negates the security of having passwords somewhat! Ironically, I found the... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/editors-blog/2008/08/irony-of-not-allowing-everyone.html

Risk Management HSBC accused of leaving three million online accounts vulnerable Banking giant HSBC has a flaw in its online banking system which could give fraudsters using keylogging software... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/08/10/217611/hsbc-accused-of-leaving-three-million-online-accounts.htm

...identity thieves. A parliamentary group on identity fraud reported that identity thieves are targeting customers' online accounts as bank credit dries up. Downtime has every confidence government will see the fraudsters through these tricky... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/it-downtime-blog/2008/10/profiteers-bank-on-government.html

Legislation and Regulation Skipton Building Society deploys new anti-fraud system for online accounts Skipton Building Society has implemented Compliance Alert from Northland Systems as its anti-money laundering and fraud detection... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/11/20/228211/skipton-building-society-deploys-new-anti-fraud-system-for-online.htm

...are vulnerable. This risk is higher among users under 30, where 51% said they used the same password for all online accounts. Social networkers should use privacy setting to restrict access to personal information, restrict personal information... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/26/236661/study-shows-high-vulnerability-of-social-networkers.htm

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...Study Shows Need for Americans to Focus on Securing Online Accounts and Backing Up Critical Data Study Conducted...don't use different passwords for their various online accounts. Computer users have a high level of control... http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-shows-need-for-americans-to-focus-on-securing-online-accounts-and-backing-up-critical-data-67198502.html