7 Tips To Prevent Business Identity Theft

 MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WEB, WHOS THE FAKEST OF THEM ALL?
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WEB, WHOS THE FAKEST OF THEM ALL?
Beware of Web sites that look like yours and feature similar domain names. There's a chance it was set up to fool potential creditors.

"Spoof Web sites and cybersquatting is a pervasive problem," Siciliano said. "There are actually kits you can buy for as little as $100 that can make anyone into a black hat hacker."

The bad guys can download all your code and images and make simple changes to replicate a site with the ability to send usernames, passwords or credit card numbers to a botnet, Siciliano said.

"Google yourself. Take your own Web site and content to see if there are any spoof sites that have your info on them," he said. "There are software programs that will search the Net and look for pirated content. They're like Google, but a little more sophisticated. It looks for entire Web sites mirroring your Web site. Your IT security team should be doing that now."

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