article thumbnail

GUEST ESSAY: The Top 5 online privacy and data security threats faced by the elderly

The Last Watchdog

Phishing emails may ask for personal information like a log-in or Social Security number to authenticate your account, or they may urge you to share your credit card payment details. Identity-theft. A criminal exploiting someone’s medical or insurance details to make fraudulent claims is known as medical identity theft.

article thumbnail

Are You Ready for the FTC MFA Requirements?

Security Boulevard

The Safeguards Rule took effect in 2003 as part of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and aims to protect U.S.-based based consumers from data breaches, cyberattacks and their resultant effects, such as fraud and identity theft. In October 2021, the FTC announced that it was updating the Safeguards Rule.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What is Phishing?

Identity IQ

In 2003, customers with eBay and PayPal were hit with phishing emails requesting them to update account information, leading customers to give out log-in information. They send the same email to many people, knowing that at least a few will become identity theft targets. How Does Phishing Work? Spear Phishing. Ignore these.

article thumbnail

First American Financial Corp. Leaked Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records

Krebs on Security

NYSE:FAF ] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this week by KrebsOnSecurity. No authentication was required to read the documents. The earliest document number available on the site – 000000075 — referenced a real estate transaction from 2003.

Insurance 275
article thumbnail

A Close Up Look at the Consumer Data Broker Radaris

Krebs on Security

Such information could be useful if you were trying to determine the maiden name of someone’s mother, or successfully answer a range of other knowledge-based authentication questions. The reports also list address and phone records for the target’s known relatives and associates. monthly subscription fee just to view the results.

Media 250
article thumbnail

Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity product categories: Advanced threat protection, managed services , endpoint security , encryption , web gateway , email security, network security, cloud security, antivirus, identity theft protection, website security, mainframe security. Founded: 2003. McAfee Enterprise. Headquarters: Santa Clara, California.

article thumbnail

Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

After being released in 2003, he uses WiFi to commit attacks, program malware and steal credit card information. 2003 — Operation CyberSweep — The U.S. 2011 — RSA SAFETY — Sophisticated hackers steal information about RSA’s SecurID authentication tokens, used by millions of people, including government and bank employees.