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Breaking News & Related Articles 10-25-2024

These articles are breaking news or new articles related to services provided by Kimmons Investigative Services: NSA Tells iPhone And Android Users: Reboot Your Device Now Oct 24, 2024,06:59am EDT Update, Oct. 24, 2024: This story, originally published Oct. 22, includes details of new security recommendations issued by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency […]

Credit Card Launderer for Tech Support Scams to Pay $6.75 Million to Settle FTC Charges

A Canadian company, RevenueWire, and its CEO, Roberta Leach, will pay $6.75 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they laundered credit card payments for, and assisted and facilitated, two tech support scams previously sued by the FTC. “Finding ways to get paid – without getting caught – is essential for scammers who steal money […]

What is TSCM? – Texas Private Investigator Technical Surveillance Countermeasures

Here’s what the FreeDictionary.com says: Techniques and measures to detect and neutralize a wide variety of hostile penetration technologies that are used to obtain unauthorized access to classified and sensitive information. Technical penetrations include the employment of optical, electro-optical, electromagnetic, fluidic, and acoustic means as the sensor and transmission medium, or the use of various […]

SECURITY EXPERTS SAYS FLEEING IS YOUR FIRST OPTION IN AN ATTACK

By Miya Shay Monday, November 16, 2015 HOUSTON (KTRK) — Anastasia and Dmitry Gudkov know all too well about threats and violence in their homeland. “It’s a difficult situation in my homeland, Ukraine,” said Anastasia. So when the attacks struck Paris, they were relieved to be in Texas. “It could happen anywhere,” said Dmitry, “But […]

MAN USES FACEBOOK TO BEFRIEND, THEN SCAM ELDERLY WOMAN

By Jessica Willey Friday, April 08, 2016 HOUSTON (KTRK) — A Houston widow was swindled out of thousands of dollars by a man she met on Facebook. The 74-year-old wants to remain anonymous because she’s embarrassed but she also wants to tell her story to warn others. There are hundreds of online dating scams and […]

Trust but Verify

Ronald Reagan gave us this quote, and it is a reality in a world full of “reality TV.”  We all know that wrestling is staged, and we know that reality TV is a whole lot of made-up stuff too.  We choose to enjoy these things anyway, but we do so with a knowing that it’s […]

Company Keeps Spies Out Of Your Life

From Chron.com By Sandra Bretting Published 11:11 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2012 Like the characters in Mad magazine’s long-running Spy Vs. Spy comic strip, the employees of Kimmons Investigative Services spend their days matching wits with would-be snoops.   Read the Full Article