Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

billion, or roughly half, of the total losses in 2019 were attributed to generic email account compromise (EAC) complaints. Taking into account unknowables, we’re talking about a ballpark cost of roughly $75,000 per BEC-related complaint. billion in BEC scam-related losses the year before.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Data Breach: WizCase team uncovered a massive data leak containing private information about Turkish Citizens through a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket. Inova is an actuarial consultancy company, which means they compile statistical analysis and calculate insurance risks and premiums. How Did the Data Breach Happen?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Of course, using an identity theft protection service that provides insurance to help recover those costs lost in the crime will greatly reduce the out-of-pocket cost due to Identity Theft. Identity theft happens when someone uses your personal or financial information — like your Social Security or financial account number — to commit fraud.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Supply chain issues, inflation, a red-hot housing market, labor shortages and data breaches are just a few of the topics that affected our credit and personal finances. Our readers have been primarily concerned with avoiding malicious scams, from fake shopping websites to account takeovers. 8 Common Identity Theft Scams.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Your data is stored across countless databases for various purposes, making it a prime target for criminals. With access to your personal information, bad actors can drain your bank account and damage your credit—or worse. But it’s just as important you don’t use the same password for multiple accounts.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2024

“But after receiving the payment ALPHV team decide to suspend our account and keep lying and delaying when we contacted ALPHV admin,” the affiliate “Notchy” wrote. “Sadly for Change Healthcare, their data [is] still with us.” “They are exit scamming their affiliates.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. based First American [ NYSE:FAF ] is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. It employs some 18,000 people and brought in $6.2 billion in 2019.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Related: How Google, Facebook enable snooping In fact, a majority of scams occur through social engineering. Exploitation drivers From the case of Hegestratos committing insurance fraud by sinking a ship in 300 B.C., One common misconception is that scammers usually possess a strong command of computer science and IT knowledge.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The fact is, older Americans are a popular target for criminals who seek to scam their victims out of their identity and money. Seniors often interact more with medical providers and government agencies, two sectors that are vulnerable to hacks and data breaches. Scams that Target Seniors. Impersonation Scams.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

Phishing scams can take many forms, and ransomware is one of the most dangerous. Addresses can easily lead to phone numbers, making people easy targets for phishing scams. Our researchers felt that downloading it would be an ethical breach , as they would then illegally own personally identifiable data sets without peoples’ consent.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The risk of identity theft is a concept that most of us are probably familiar with given the rise of cybercrime and data breaches. Works has revealed that most employees do little to protect themselves when they learn their personal information has been exposed in an employer’s data breach.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2024

Final thoughts Understanding HIPAA Many people have misconceptions about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and disclosure/privacy. However, most have users create accounts and fill out some version of an "intake" questionnaire prior to using/enrolling in services.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 9, 2023

Twitter Bitcoin Scam In July of 2020, a number of high-profile celebrity and brand accounts tweeted out messages stating that all Bitcoin sent to their wallets for a period of time would be returned twofold—if someone sent $1000, they would receive $2000 back. In the end, it cost Cisco $1.4

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Scamalot: police point to ongoing online fraud… It may be the low-hanging fruit of the security profession, but every now and again it’s worth re-familiarising ourselves with how scams work. Tom Whipple, a journalist with The Times , has an excellent thread showing just how close he came to being scammed.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 30, 2024

For example, last year over 69 million players of Neopets, an online virtual pet game, had their customer data exposed — including usernames, emails, passwords, and personally identifiable information (PII) such as birth date, gender, zip code, and country of residence. But some gamers may bully, abuse, or try to scam other players.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The information leaked was prime for exploitation by other threat actors, especially for insurance scams, the researchers said. The hackers dumped the data on December 19, 2020, Raidforums said, with the researchers discovering the exposed DriveSure databases shortly after on Jan. The post Data on 3.2

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Identity IQ

JUNE 30, 2023

Be sure to request that they close or freeze the account you have with them to prevent any new charges and change your passwords and PINs for all accounts. If you create an account on the FTC website, it will update the recovery plan as needed, track progress, and assist with any forms or letters when necessary.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. Many states also lacked the ability to tell when multiple payments were going to the same bank accounts. 77,000 NEW (AB)USERS EACH DAY.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 1, 2022

While criminals can’t open financial accounts and credit cards in your name using only your phone number, they can use it in other ways. Texting Scams. SIM swapping is a scam where criminals get your real phone number transferred to a SIM card in their possession. SIM Swapping. Spoofing Your Number.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Target the human, swipe the cash: Verizon DBIR 2023 highlights crime trends Manage the human risk and mind your money: those are two key takeaways from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. The report contains analysis from 16,312 security incidents, of which 5,199 were confirmed breaches.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

Every year, up to 10% of Americans fall for a scam, which often leads to the exposure of their personal data, according to Legaljobs. Other types of data that you should consider private include: Your bank account number and card details. Login information for online accounts you have. IdentityIQ.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

From ransomware and scams to security frameworks and employee privacy, our 2021 ‘greatest hits’ show how broad the areas of cybersecurity and data protection can be. We begin with a look at a contentious topic: cyber risk insurance. Risk vs reward. The language in phishing emails can be a clue that the message isn’t genuine.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The information compromised includes (but assume is not limited to): name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, Starwood Preferred Guest account information, date of birth, gender, arrival and departure information, reservation date, and communication preferences. Monitor your accounts. Follow the three Ms: 1.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

The leaked Blacklist customer database points to various companies you might expect to see using automated calling systems to generate business, including real estate and life insurance providers, credit repair companies and a long list of online advertising firms and individual digital marketing specialists.

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Identity IQ

MAY 9, 2023

Active-duty service members are three times as likely to report misuse of a debit card or other electronic methods to withdraw money from their accounts. Active-duty service members are 76% more likely than civilians to report misuse of an existing account, like a bank account or credit card.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Banks and insurance companies are telling customers to be wary of scam messages. Phishing and scam emails are – by some distance – the leading cause of ransomware infections, according to Statista. The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report tells us that 82 per cent of security incidents have a human component. .

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam is one of the simplest and most damaging attacks businesses can face with losses ranging from hundreds to millions of dollars. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), losses due to BEC scams since 2013 total around $28 billion dollars and it is the most profitable cybercrime there is.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 15, 2022

The media often covers data breaches and cyberattacks that expose the personal data of large groups of people, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft and other forms of fraud. One of the best ways to help protect yourself from digital threats like these is to safeguard your data online. IdentityIQ. Protect Your Mail.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Exploit Legitimate Accounts With the credit profile set up, the fraudsters move to the next stage, “piggybacking.” This involves unauthorized association with existing, good-standing credit accounts. They add the synthetic identity as an authorized user, thereby absorbing some of the primary account holder’s good credit attributes.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Discovering that your bank account has been emptied or that mysterious charges have appeared on your credit card can be devastating. Thieves can use a child’s clean financial history to open new accounts or even take out loans. Phishing scams often target family members through deceptive emails or messages, putting your data at risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Depending on the jurisdiction, regular security audits ensure compliance with legal obligations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) or General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Organizations may significantly reduce the risk of data breaches.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

According to a recent analysis conducted by Freshbooks on the rise of Covid scams, email remains one of the most vulnerable outlets for cybercriminals. The Revere Health data breach was small scale compared to the 2020 MEDNAX data breach. The data of over 1.2

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The massive shift to work from home in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has meant a rush to secure a wider range of home devices and networks, and an instant spike in demand for training and services that protect employees in identifying attempted cyberattacks and scams. Economic stimulus checks were targeted.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 25, 2022

Criminals can get their hands on your information in many ways, including: Hackers can use phishing scams and malware to trick you into handing over your details. Others can buy their victims’ information on the dark web when a data breach happens. Some criminals can gain information about you via cyberstalking.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 24, 2023

There are many ways that someone may gain access to your PII and use it for employment identity theft: A data breach or hack leaks your personal information online and/or your PII is sold on the dark web. You unknowingly provide your PII to someone running a phishing scam who is impersonating a legitimate organization.

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