Iphone Dock Fires and Other Holiday Hazards
By Anthony M. Freed, Information-Security-Resources.com Managing Editor
As we all approach the inevitable chaos of the holidays with shopping, company parties, and client gift lists - all on top of Q4 and 2009 reports and wrap ups - please take care care to protect yourself and your family from possible tragedy due to simple oversight.
Be on guard for a spike in scams and phishing expeditions - if something sounds to good to be true…
Cyber crooks and scammers are growing increasingly sophisticated, and capitalize on the holiday madness and our inattention to details to make a score.
Take a minute to double check any transaction that requires any of your personal or financial information before you make that transaction.
And be sure to exercise care with your electronics during the busy season.
As you can see from the following I received by email, small devices can lead to potentially big disasters, and can be of great risk to both life and property.
Be safe, and enjoy the best the holidays have to offer.
Hi All,
As some of you may know, we had a pretty scary incident recently. Attached are pictures of what remains of our 2007 Suburban.
We are all okay but I wanted to warn everyone not to make the same mistake I did.
This fire resulted from leaving an Iphone charger/docking station plugged into the car outlet. It overheated and started a fire, while parked in our garage.
PLEASE unplug anything you have in your car outlets once you turn off your car!
We were VERY fortunate that we found the fire, at 11pm, before going to bed and before it spread to the house.
None of our garage heat detectors or house fire alarms went off (another item to take care of on my to do list).
Feel free to pass this along to anyone you want. Better safe than sorry.
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Anthony is a researcher, analyst and freelance writer who worked as a consultant to senior members of product development, secondary, and capital markets from the largest financial institutions in the country during the height of the credit bubble. Anthony’s work is featured by leading Internet publishers including The Chicago Sun-Times, Business Week’s Business Exchange, Seeking Alpha, and ML-Implode. Anthony is the Publisher and Managing Editor of Information-Security-Resources.com.
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Filed under: Anthony M. Freed, Breach, FEATURE ARTICLE, Insider Threat, Physical Security, Uncategorized, healthcare, identity-theft, malware, privacy
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