The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

That said, here are what I consider to be the Top 5 online threats seniors face today: •Computer tech support scams. These scams take advantage of seniors’ lack of computer and cybersecurity knowledge. Once they get remote access, fraudsters hack confidential details of older adults and scam them. Identity-theft.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The report also stated that the FBI received more than 1,600 SIM swap complaints in 2021, dramatically up from 320 from 2018 to 2020. It’s best to verify these requests by contacting your network provider or company to establish the authenticity before providing such details. Minimizing SIM Swapping Attacks.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 24, 2019

The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images — were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. billion in 2018. No authentication was required to read the documents.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2022

The “catchers” 52-year-old Igwilo has been on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s watch list since 2018. This only makes the entire scheme appear all the more authentic. ” He is also the alleged ringleader of an international criminal network of “catchers.” pic.twitter.com/iLTWuQ98MO — U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The problem stemmed from an authentication weakness in a USPS Web component known as an “application program interface,” or API — basically, a set of tools defining how various parts of an online application such as databases and Web pages should interact with one another.

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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. To lend an air of authenticity and to motivate the victim to enter valid information, the swindlers warned that the victim could be prosecuted for providing false information.

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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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