Krebs on Security
AUGUST 26, 2020
For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address. ” MICROBILT.
Malwarebytes
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
That leaves 78 percent that only require usernames and passwords to authenticate account users. billion account hijacking attempts using brute-forced stolen passwords. Google introduced 2FA to Gmail in 2011. Milka revealed that, at the time of his talk, less than 10 percent of Google accounts used 2FA.
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Identity IQ
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The deep web is also made up of content that is not indexed by search engines and requires a login to access. You probably use the deep web all the time — examples may include bank accounts, your email, and login-restricted content such as news or streaming entertainment. From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. Then, we’ll go over the basic, foundational techniques most scammers find themselves using, such as social engineering and phishing.
Malwarebytes
JULY 21, 2021
We’ve written at length about account compromise and identity theft , and how criminals will often hijack accounts belonging to dead people. In many ways, it’s the perfect crime for anyone indulging in social engineering. Finally, Equifax list some of the methods you can deploy to keep your social media identity secure.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 13, 2019
Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) observed the APT group making more than 2,700 attempts to identify consumer email accounts belonging to specific Microsoft customers and then attack 241 of those accounts. The messages include a link and claim to inform the recipient of an attempt to compromise their email account.
Pen Test Partners
JANUARY 29, 2024
It looks like similar techniques were used on Sir Grayson Perry’s stage show , where information was used to identify members of the audience and query details from their social media accounts live on stage. These are common con techniques and used by social engineers. This makes information gathering very hard.
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