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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

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.

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ID theft ghouls targeting Surfside victims is appalling, but no surprise

Malwarebytes

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.

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Financial cyberthreats in 2023

SecureList

With trillions of dollars of digital payments made every year, it is no wonder that attackers target electronic wallets, online shopping accounts and other financial assets, inventing new techniques and reusing good old ones. Online shopping brands were the most popular lure, accounting for 41.65% of financial phishing attempts.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Last Watchdog

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations.

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BazarBackdoor phishing campaign eschews links and files to avoid raising red flags

SC Magazine

Here, workers prepare a presentation the day before the CeBIT 2012 technology trade fair. They know that most current technical controls and filters have a blind spot to social engineering and BEC and that sending the right message in the right context will bypass those solutions and lure engagement from the end users.”

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Data Breach: Turkish legal advising company exposed over 15,000 clients

Security Affairs

Inova has been operating since 2012 and has handled thousands of cases since then. With some social engineering, bad actors or criminals could contact a GSM operator, masquerading as the victim, and verify all kinds of verification questions GSM operators would ask to clone a SIM card.

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How to Prevent Data Leaks

Spinone

There have been some very high profile data breaches in the last couple of years, all of which have cost thousands of dollars of damage and a severe blow to the reputation of the company involved: In late 2014, hackers stole the account information of over 500 million Yahoo email accounts.