Home burglars are cashing in on our gadget and technology culture, with the 10 most commonly stolen items in Queensland able to fit into a thief's backpack*. Read »

Featured on Channel 9 News in NYC pet shipping company Animals Away adds pet adoption scam warning and video to their site. Read »

Rave Wireless, Inc. (ravewireless.com), the leading provider of safety applications for mobile users, today announced the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched the Rave Guardian personal mobile alarm system to offer all students, faculty and staff a direct connection with campus police, whenever and wherever they need it. Rave Guardian (a phone-accessed application) can be armed, and when triggered, automatically sends the user's picture, mobile number and personal information to campus police. Rave Guardian works on any cell phone from any provider in the U.S., can be used with any emergency notification system, and in many cases can even display the user’s GPS location on a map for campus police to provide assistance more quickly. Read »

National Futures Association (NFA) has issued an Investor Alert to help individuals avoid becoming victims of fraudulent investment offers targeted to specific ethnic communities, religious organizations and social clubs. Read »

See the golden arches, taste the 11 herbs and spices, and hear the tinkling ice cream truck and you immediately know what food chain you're dealing with — or do you? North American Investigations' Darrin Giglio recently sat down with American Public Media's Marketplace host to discuss the topic of trademark infringement. These days, brand recognition is often more than meets the eye, and nothing escapes North American Investigations' eyes. Read »

Arlan McMillan, Director of Global Information Security Operations at ABN AMRO, explains how his organization collaborated with Intellitactics to get the perfect product in order to improve workflow processes, accuracy and depth of intelligence Read »

Computer forensics and e-discovery firm seeks, documents, and securely destroys vulnerable Personal Identifying Information (PII) to protect and educate community; statistics posted online. Read »

A new study suggests consumer information is at heightened risk. Sensitive consumer information in the hands of the public sector has an increased chance of being lost, stolen or unintentionally disclosed compared to consumer information possessed by the private sector. Although public sector enterprises make up as little as one-percent of all U.S. enterprises, public sector mishaps account for 58% of all information security breach incidents and as much as 45% of all the consumer profiles that have been compromised in typical breaches. Read »

Centrix Solutions, Inc., has announced the addition of Payee Match functionality to Exact/TMS™, the comprehensive check positive pay, ACH positive pay and check reconcilement system developed by Centrix and used by banks across the United States. Payee Match electronically compares the payee name from the check image to the original payee name that was on the check at the time the check was issued. This enhancement allows financial institutions to take the fight against fraud to a new level, while also providing a marketable competitive advantage. Read »

FairWarning, Inc., the world’s leading supplier of cross-platform healthcare privacy surveillance solutions, today announced they have been selected by Weill Cornell Medical College to further automate patient privacy auditing. Read »