Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

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 What is Account Takeover?

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2021

When normal computer users fall into the nasty habit of recycling passwords, the result is most often some type of financial loss. Our passwords can say a lot about us, and much of what they have to say is unflattering. Interestingly, one of the more common connections involves re-using or recycling passwords across multiple accounts.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

12, 2017 — just five days after Equifax went public with its breach — KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the administrative account for a separate Equifax dispute resolution portal catering to consumers in Argentina was wide open, protected by perhaps the most easy-to-guess password combination ever: “admin/admin.”

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

Google noted a more than 600% spike in phishing attacks in 2020 compared to 2019 with a total of 2,145,013 phishing sites registered as of January 17, 2021, up from 1,690,000 on Jan 19, 2020. Business email compromise is a sticky, multifaceted cybercrime that almost inevitably starts with a phishing attack. Whale Phishing.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

It’s a good idea to prepare for cybercrime, and whenever possible avoid becoming a victim of it. The incidence of ransomware attacks has continued to climb, over 700% by some estimates in 2020 in comparison to 2019, with phishing emails being the primary vector. Beware of fake or misleading shopping apps.

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Security Through Education

APRIL 7, 2021

“Phone scammers were able to get 270% more personal information in 2020 than in 2019.” ” “Cybercrime apparently cost the world over $1 trillion in 2020.” Bad actors can then use this information for future medical insurance or identity theft schemes. ” Fight Security Fatigue.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

In September 2019, ProPublica revealed millions of medical images were being exposed online through unsecured Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS). The combination of data could readily enable social engineering attacks, fraud, full-fledged identity theft attacks, and other cybercrimes, he warned.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2021

military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has been charged once again with fraud and identity theft. In the years leading up to his arrest, Ferizi was the administrator of a cybercrime forum called Pentagon Crew. Junaid Hussain’s Twitter profile photo.

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 1, 2021

For example, a group known as Cosmic Lynx, who’ve been operating since April 2019, meticulously research their M&A targets, craft their email campaigns and set up a secondary email chain that appears to be from a major law firm who is brokering the deal. Now the payoffs from an attacker’s perspective can be huge.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2020

Cybercrime nearly always increases during times of crisis as criminals take advantage of panic and unease. The COVID-19 pandemic is certainly no exception, but victims of cybercrime often don’t know where to turn for help. Kristin Judge, founder of the Cybercrime Support Network, hopes to change that. billion in victim losses.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. As with any potential cybercrime, deterrence here will be aided by an awareness of what deepfakes are, how they work, and what they can and can’t do.

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