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5 Tips to Help Avoid Charity Scams This Giving Tuesday

Identity IQ

5 Tips to Help Avoid Charity Scams This Giving Tuesday IdentityIQ Giving Tuesday is a day to extend a helping hand, support charitable causes, and share kindness with those in need. However, despite the noble intention of Giving Tuesday, there is an alarming concern that continues to grow – the presence of Giving Tuesday scams.

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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. Digging into identity theft. Depending on the region, identity theft of the dead can take many forms. ” Preventing identity theft.

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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. Although your data may not have been found by anyone else, in case any ill-intentioned hacker discovered it, here are some of the risks people exposed could face: Phishing Scams and Malware. Identity theft.

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Cyber nonprofits ask billionaire philanthropists to show them some love

SC Magazine

That percentage shrinks if you look at the data since 2012; however, in recent years, cybersecurity has become more of a priority. When people come to us looking for help, one of the number one places they say they were scammed was on social media. percent (or $15.2 million) of the $376.8

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How to Prevent Data Leaks

Spinone

In March 2014, hackers used login information leaked by eBay employees to access sensitive user data of 145 million customers , putting these users at risk of identity theft, password theft and phishing risks. The breach was not fully disclosed until September 2016.