Tag Archives: fraud

Posing

Posted on January 22, 2010 by dutcherstiles

Read this bit of oddness from the Statesman this morning – “Pflugerville man posed as model online to elicit cash.” A young man with “very effeminate voice” managed to spend four years shaking down lonely men for cash while posing … Continue reading →

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Fingertips

Posted on October 3, 2009 by dutcherstiles

From today’s Austin American Statesman, this article discusses the fraud deterrent effect of fingerprinting applicants for food stamps, and if it is worth the delay it may be causing in processing (Department of Agriculture says it isn’t).There are lessons to … Continue reading →

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Intent

Posted on September 15, 2009 by dutcherstiles

There’s a whole bunch of the IDC/RSA white paper on insider risk management that puzzles me on one level or another. “Whether the threats are accidental or deliberate, the costs are still the same.” I didn’t see much data in … Continue reading →

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Impacted Molars: Pay Hell Gettin’ It Done Edition

Posted on August 3, 2007 by dutcherstiles

Random Eye-tooth:I’ve been reading the Counterinsurgency Manual, and I’m figuring there is some analogue to a corporate approach to minimize the “insider threat.” Extraction:Mr. Loblaw describes a grisly example of privacy abuse in a recent decision du jour, selecting the … Continue reading →

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Impacted Molars II

Posted on March 28, 2007 by dutcherstiles

OcclusalPanopticonistas Cyveillance say ID theft is so bad, we are all going to die. Seems like shutting down copyright scofflaws got a little too Web 1.0 for them, so they’ve unleashed their vicious crawling spiders on a search for contraband … Continue reading →

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It’s the Crime, Not the Tool

Posted on March 6, 2007 by dutcherstiles

Tim Wilson at Dark Reading on IT Security: The New Big Brother: “To identify potential insider threats, IT must monitor end users’ behavior by scanning email, tracking network activity, and even watching employees for “trigger” events that might cause disgruntlement. … Continue reading →

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