Compromised Credit Cards

"Your card has been compromised" is a very scary line to hear from your bank. I was recently called by my bank to notify me that my credit card account had been compromised along with several others that had used their card recently with an online merchant. I always take all the necessary precautions when shopping online at any website. However, you can never really know how secure the particular site is at any given moment, hence, I was "chosen" by the credit card hackers as a fraud victim.

On the more positive note, there are safer measures we can take in reducing the risk of our accounts being compromised. If your card has ever been compromised, you can probably imagine the frustration and hassle it causes, right?

Is Facebook Really Secure?

Facebook keeps "improving" its security features and making it "easier" for us Facebook users to keep our information private, but how much of it is actually making our accounts secure?

Bill Pringle provides us with some helpful techniques on preventing our accounts from becoming victims to security fraud. Most of them seem like common sense, such as "don't put sensitive information in your profile" and "use a strong password". However, these basic techniques will not rid us of the risks arising constantly by using a Facebook account.

A recent post about Facebook's new issues with privacy settings puts me a bit uneasy. Due to Facebook's size and audience, it has become an even bigger target for bugs and hackers. Luckily, I'm not the only one concerned about these security issues!