- Terrorism and Identity Theft
- Who Are Identity Thieves?
- What Do Identity Thieves Do?
- College Students and Identity Theft
- Malware and Macs
- Dumpster Diving
- You Are Only As Safe As the Places That Have Your Information
- They Should Know Better
- Hackers
- Identity Theft Risk in Old Gaming Consoles
- The Drug Connection
- Phishing
- Federal Express Phishing Scam
- Newegg Phishing Scam
- Former Good Advice
- More Good Advice to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Phishing
- The Dangers of Aquaman
- Iron Man 3
- Nude Photos of Carla Bruni
- Debit Card Phishing Scam
- Another Debit Card Phishing Scam
- Phishing with a Large Net
- Phishing Around the World
- Spearphishing
- How Do You Know That You Have Become a Victim of Phishing?
- Reloading
- Identity Theft Through Internet Phone Calls
- What Do Kim Kardashian and Michelle Obama Have in Common?
- USB Sticks and Identity Theft
- Internet of Things
- What You Can Do to Prevent Identity Theft
USB Sticks and Identity Theft
Curiosity killed the cat, and it can also invade your computer and result in an identity thief getting access to your computer through malware such as a keystroke-logging program that can read and steal all the information stored on your computer, such as your Social Security number, credit card numbers, and passwords. It can lead to your becoming a victim of identity theft. Identity thieves leave USB sticks in parking lots of companies that they want to hack, hoping that people who work there will see the USB sticks and then, being curious about what is on them, put them into their computers at work and unknowingly download the malicious software. Never put a USB stick that you are not absolutely sure is clean into your computer. The risk is too great. Let the cat live.