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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
some security tips from Col. Graham
GPS
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone she knew had their
car broken into while they were at a football match. Their car was parked on
the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted
to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote
control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the
dashboard..
When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked
and just about everything worth anything had been stolen.
The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used
the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the
house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what
time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had
to clean up the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to
empty the house of its contents.
MOBILE PHONE
I never thought of this.......
This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her
mobilephone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her
cellphone, credit card, wallet...etc... was stolen.
20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him
what had happened, hubby says 'I received your text asking about our pin
number and I've replied a little while ago.'
When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the
money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone
to text 'hubby' in the contact list and got hold of the pin number.. Within
20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.
Moral of the lesson:
Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your
contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom,
etc.... And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through
texts, CONFIRM by calling back. Also, when you're being text by friends
or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the
message came from them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about
going places to meet 'family and friends' who text you.
*PLEASE PASS THIS ON
* I never thought about THAT! As of now, I no longer have 'home' listed
onmy cell phone.
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone she knew had their
car broken into while they were at a football match. Their car was parked on
the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted
to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote
control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the
dashboard..
When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked
and just about everything worth anything had been stolen.
The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used
the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the
house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what
time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had
to clean up the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to
empty the house of its contents.
MOBILE PHONE
I never thought of this.......
This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her
mobilephone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her
cellphone, credit card, wallet...etc... was stolen.
20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him
what had happened, hubby says 'I received your text asking about our pin
number and I've replied a little while ago.'
When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the
money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone
to text 'hubby' in the contact list and got hold of the pin number.. Within
20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.
Moral of the lesson:
Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your
contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom,
etc.... And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through
texts, CONFIRM by calling back. Also, when you're being text by friends
or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the
message came from them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about
going places to meet 'family and friends' who text you.
*PLEASE PASS THIS ON
* I never thought about THAT! As of now, I no longer have 'home' listed
onmy cell phone.
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