2025 Identity Theft Scams 
Webroot
APRIL 11, 2025
According to the IRS, almost 300,000 cases of identity theft were reported in 2024, leading to $5.5 Thats why each year, the IRS releases its list of Dirty Dozen Tax Scams. Common tax scams to watch out for in 2025 IRS Impersonation: The most common type of tax fraud starts with a phone call, text or email.
Malwarebytes
APRIL 22, 2025
Here's the email I got: pic.twitter.com/tScmxj3um6 — nick.eth (@nicksdjohnson) April 16, 2025 As a computer savvy person, Nick spotted that the official site should have been hosted on accounts.google.com and not sites.google.com. If a person had all these accounts compromised in one go, this could easily lead to identity theft.
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Zero Day
JUNE 6, 2025
Written by Lance Whitney, Contributor June 6, 2025 at 5:42 a.m. Collectively, they could easily put affected customers at risk for account takeovers and identity theft. PT JuSun/Getty Images Hackers on the dark web are hawking a database of 86 million customer records that they claim were stolen in an AT&T breach last year.
eSecurity Planet
APRIL 2, 2025
Although Hudson Rock flagged the credentials years ago, Samsung reportedly failed to rotate or secure them, allowing the hacker to access the system years later, in 2025, and release the data. Identity theft and account takeover: By impersonating customers using leaked support tickets, hackers can gain unauthorized access to accounts.
eSecurity Planet
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Even McAfee’s most basic plan includes a VPN, identity monitoring, and text scam detection. McAfee Essential offers web browsing protection, VPN, and identity monitoring. For basic identity needs, McAfee Essential or Premium should be sufficient. 5 Pricing: 4.7/5 5 Core features: 3.3/5 5 Advanced features: 4.3/5
Zero Day
JUNE 22, 2025
Written by Charlie Osborne, Contributing Writer and Lance Whitney, Contributor June 22, 2025 at 1:30 a.m. Rather, this is based on 30 different datasets that Cybernews said it's been monitoring since the beginning of 2025. Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. billion records each.
Zero Day
JUNE 20, 2025
Written by Charlie Osborne, Contributing Writer and Lance Whitney, Contributor June 20, 2025 at 9:32 a.m. Rather, this is based on 30 different datasets that Cybernews said it's been monitoring since the beginning of 2025. Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. billion records each.
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