Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Postal Service just fixed a security weakness that allowed anyone who has an account at usps.com to view account details for some 60 million other users, and in some cases to modify account details on their behalf. Image: USPS.com. A USPS brochure advertising the features and benefits of Informed Visibility.

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Accountability Authentication Identity Theft Advertising 269

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“The British Council takes its responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) very seriously. ” The impacted individuals are exposed to a broad range of malicious activities, including identity theft, phishing attacks, and scams. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

” The Elasticsearch database was first indexed by search engines in May 2018, Diachenko discovered it on September 17, 2019, and on September 20, 2019 it was secured. The exposed data could be used by threat actors to carry out tax scam and frauds. ” concludes the experts. ” concludes the experts.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2020

The other choice of crime is enhanced by the internet, like identity theft and credit card fraud," Judge said. 450,000+ people or small businesses reported a crime to IC3 (an increase of 100,000 from 2018). What we're finding with romance scam victims, is many of them have suicidal thoughts and are afraid to tell their family.

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Cybercrime Scams Small Business Identity Theft 54

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes. For example, one website offered users to obtain a COVID vaccination certificate by entering their British National Health Service (NHS) account credentials.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The massive shift to work from home in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has meant a rush to secure a wider range of home devices and networks, and an instant spike in demand for training and services that protect employees in identifying attempted cyberattacks and scams. Economic stimulus checks were targeted.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Leaked data contained information about more than 15,000 clients of Inova, people who had accidents and hired Inova between the start of 2018 and end of summer 2020. Identity theft. With large amounts of identity information being leaked about the clients in this breach, criminals can use it for identity theft.

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Webroot

JANUARY 20, 2021

In this Employee Spotlight, we talk to Account Development Executive, Jordan Gray, who works with C-level executives to integrate threat intelligence solutions within their environments. In 2018, I was looking for a career change away from insurance. Coronavirus scams are spreading nearly as fast as the virus itself. As of Jan.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

According to the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report : … Rates of successful breaches have reached an all-time high for both mid-sized and enterprise class organizations, with more than two-thirds (67%) of global organizations and nearly three fourths (71%) in the U.S. The Threat Level Is Rising. having been breached at some point in the past.

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