In the immediate aftermath of the revelations of the Hewlett-Packard spying scandal, outraged legislators on Capitol Hill promised to do something about the evils of pretexting — the shady practice of ...

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Ten private investigators in several states were indicted for identity theft this week after using pretexting methods similar to those used by Hewlett-Packard investigators to obtain the personal ...

After news reports early this year revealed how remarkably easy it was to unearth someone else's phone records, politicians vowed quick action on new legislation. "There needs to be a federal law that ...

Before politicians go home for the year at the end of the week, the U.S. Senate may vote to generally prohibit telephone "pretexting," a stealthy and usually fraudulent investigative technique made ...

Among the wide range of hacking techniques known collectively as social engineering, pretexting is a tactic that hinges on telling a compelling (and, spoiler alert, fake!) story. With pretexting, ...

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Investigations weighs in on the Hewlett-Packard scandal with a hearing on the use of deceptive measures to obtain personal information, a practice called ...

When the Hollywood gumshoes do it, it’s considered good detective work. When a real private investigator’s consultant, who happens to have been hired by Hewlett-Packard’s chairwoman, does it – as was ...

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With pretexting, hackers attempt to deceive their targets by establishing a false sense of trust. The hacker uses a fabricated story, or pretext, to get you to download malware, send money, or share ...