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Is IdentityIQ a Scam?

Identity IQ

Is IdentityIQ a Scam? Is IdentityIQ a scam? Since 2009, IDIQ has offered the IdentityIQ product for industry-leading identity theft protection and credit report monitoring. IdentityIQ services are not a scam. The post Is IdentityIQ a Scam? IdentityIQ. BestCompany has rated IdentityIQ identity theft protection No.

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Happy 14th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

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As of this birthday, I’ve officially been an independent investigative journalist for longer than I was a reporter for The Washington Post (1995-2009). Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks Who’s Behind the Domain Networks Snail Mail Scam? Being Used to Phish So Many of US?

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

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The SocksEscort home page says its services are perfect for people involved in automated online activity that often results in IP addresses getting blocked or banned, such as Craigslist and dating scams, search engine results manipulation, and online surveys. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com

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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

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Junk email campaigns touting employment or “money mule” scams cost $300 per million, and phishing emails could be blasted out through Severa’s botnet for the bargain price of $500 per million. One was Alan Ralsky , an American spammer who was convicted in 2009 of paying Severa and other spammers to promote pump-and-dump stock scams.

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Personal info of 90k hikers leaked by French tourism company La Malle Postale

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Founded in 2009, the company provides luggage and passenger transportation services on many popular hiking routes, including the famous Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage trail. Leaked data might also lead to phishing scams. The services are well-reviewed by their clients, with an overall four-star rating on TripAdvisor.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

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When I first began writing about Vrublevsky in 2009 as a reporter for The Washington Post , ChronoPay and its sister firm Red & Partners (RNP) were earning millions setting up payment infrastructure for fake antivirus peddlers and spammers pimping male enhancement drugs.

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Experts found 20 Million tax records for Russian citizens exposed online

Security Affairs

The experts found an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster that was containing personally identifiable information on Russian citizens spanning from 2009 to 2016. “The first database contained more than 14 million personal and tax records from 2010 to 2016, and the second included over 6 million from 2009 to 2015.”