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Account Takeover: What is it and How to Prevent It?

Identity IQ

What is Account Takeover? Account takeover, also known as ATO, is a form of identity theft in which a malicious third party gains access to or “takes over” an online account. It’s one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity threats today, growing a staggering 300% since 2019 and leading to consumer losses of $3.5

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SEC Sanctions Several Companies over Email Account Hacking

Hacker Combat

Hackers took advantage of the mishap to gain unauthorized access to email accounts and lots of customer’s data was exposed. SEC insisted Cetera was responsible for exposing the personal data of more than 4,300 clients and customers between 2017 November and 2020 June. Often, hackers use phishing emails to target employees.

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T-Mobile customers were hit with SIM swapping attacks

Security Affairs

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after some of its customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after it became aware that some of its customers were allegedly victims of SIM swap attacks.

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Twitter Fined $150 Million for Misuse of 2FA User Data

SecureWorld News

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Twitter with a $150 million penalty for " deceptively using account security data for targeted advertising.". Twitter, like many other social media websites, asks users to provide their phone number and email address to better protect their account.

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Poloniex forces password reset following a data leak

Security Affairs

On December 30th, 2019, users began receiving a message from the Poloniex exchange notifying them of the data leak. According to the company user name and password for the platform may have been included in a data leak disclosed on Twitter by a user that goes online with the handle @charlysatoshi. charlysatoshi.

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Pwned Passwords, Version 5

Troy Hunt

Shortly after that blog post I launched Pwned Passwords with 306M passwords from previous breach corpuses. I made the data downloadable and also made it searchable via an API, except there are obvious issues with enabling someone to send passwords to me even if they're hashed as they were in that first instance. Thanks everyone!

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Internet safety tips for kids and teens: A comprehensive guide for the modern parent

Malwarebytes

Whether you’re looking for a smartphone, a laptop, a gaming device or something else, or even just signing up for an account online, you want to make sure your kids are protected. Keep your online accounts secure. After a breach, cybercriminals often sell and re-sell the stolen data. C O N T E N T S.

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