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...Cambridge Police Department (CPD) reported a Norwood resident was assaulted and hit in the back of the head by an assailant in the Harvard Square Pit. The victim suffered lacerations to the back of the head and facial bruising but refused medical treatment...
...identity theft, which the FBI says is the nation's fastest-growing white-collar crime. An estimated 500,000 Americans have their identities stolen each year. A sign of the times: at least four insurance companies now offer ID-theft policies. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, which works with victims, says it takes an average victim of identity theft two years to clear his credit rating. A growing worst-case scenario: "criminal-identity theft," in which thieves use the stolen identity when they are arrested, leaving their victims with a criminal record that can be difficult to expunge...
...through the files on your hard drive. VBS.Noped.A@mm invades computers and searches for child pornography. If it finds picture files with suspect-sounding names, it notifies the police and e-mails some of the files to them--and sends copies of itself to addresses in the victim's e-mail address book. A big problem with Noped, in addition to the privacy concerns: it's often wrong...
Dellapenta met his victim off-line, at church, but more often the first encounter occurs online. There are few hard statistics on cyberstalking. But Working to Halt Online Abuse, a group that helps cyberstalking victims, says it receives reports of nearly 100 cases a week. The stalkers meet their victims, according to the group, mainly via e-mail, chat groups, newsgroups and instant messaging...
...read this week's cover story on Internet security, but how do you know you're not the next victim? Take Time.com's interactive quiz to find out how to protect yourself. Question 1: Is your password your mother's maiden name, your birthdate or the last four digits of your SSN? If so, watch out! www.time.com/idtheft...