eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Per 6sense, McAfee Cloud Security makes up 12.47% of the worldwide antivirus market share. McAfee benefits organizations wanting features like social media privacy, personal data monitoring, and scans of old internet accounts. Bank transaction monitoring: This feature alerts customers if suspicious activity is found in their accounts.

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NetSpi Executives

JULY 7, 2025

This information is often packaged and sold to other criminals who use it for targeted attacks, fraud, or further data theft. Employees face identity theft risks, customers may experience financial fraud, and organizations face regulatory compliance issues and reputational damage.

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GlobalSign

JULY 16, 2025

” Whether it’s employees facing job insecurity, customers panicking over potential identity theft, or public sector workers left with no access to essential systems—real people feel the shockwaves. Log in to your account to purchase At the next step, you will be redirected to our secure account setup process.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Identity theft will evolve: Stolen identities will fuel new fraud schemes, like creating crypto accounts in victims names. Secure digital identities: Broader adoption of services like Clear and ID.me could reduce identity theft and build trust online.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2025

Identity at a Crossroads: Why Existential Identity Matters madhav Tue, 04/08/2025 - 04:31 Imagine waking up one morning to find your digital identity compromised your accounts hijacked, your access revoked, and your data in someone elses hands. But at what cost?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The virtual currency exchange received criminal proceeds from various illegal activities, including computer intrusions, ransomware attacks, identity theft, corruption, and drug distribution. Vinnik set up numerous such shell companies and financial accounts across the globe to allow BTC-e to conduct its business.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 17, 2025

It described this new addition as the collective knowledge of billions of conversations to help businesses and organizations make “smarter marketing decisions.” Also don’t link your account to your Google or Apple account. Regularly check your account activity for unauthorized access and report anything suspicious.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 18, 2019

Identity theft is getting more subtle: " My job application was withdrawn by someone pretending to be me ": When Mr Fearn applied for a job at the company he didn't hear back. They forwarded the email, which was sent from an account using my name.". This is about as low-tech as it gets.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 6, 2019

Enable two-factor authentication for all important accounts whenever possible. Watch your credit reports and your bank accounts for suspicious activity. Once that happens, the market will step in and provide companies with the technologies they can use to secure your data.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S. info and findget[.]me,

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 5, 2023

Cybercriminals then use this data for purposes ranging from identity theft to phishing attacks to credential stuffing. And in turn, the criminals adapt, which brings us to Genesis Market. In this instance, the data shared emanates from the Initial Access Broker Marketplace Genesis Market. It was that simple.

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Zero Day

JULY 18, 2025

There are plenty of solid password management solutions on the market, so it can be difficult to know which combination of features, cost, and user experience is best for your situation.  You have to create a universal Nord account to set up NordPass, which means you can subscribe to one or more products with a single login.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Attorney for the Western District of Texas unsealed an indictment last week that named Mark Sokolvsky as the core developer for the Raccoon Infostealer business, which was marketed on several Russian-language cybercrime forums beginning in 2019. A selfie pulled from Mark Sokolovsky’s iCloud account. According to the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 29, 2022

Google has for years accepted requests to remove certain sensitive data such as bank account or credit card numbers from search results. According to recent estimates, Google enjoys somewhere near 90 percent market share in search engine usage.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

A year after offering free credit monitoring to all Americans on account of its massive data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 148 million people, Equifax now says it has chosen to extend the offer by turning to a credit monitoring service offered by a top competitor — Experian. for each additional month.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

Norton 360 , one of the most popular antivirus products on the market today, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers’ computers. In 2017, the identity theft protection company LifeLock was acquired by Symantec Corp. Transaction fees fluctuate due to cryptocurrency market conditions and other factors.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 8, 2019

Almost exactly one year ago, KrebsOnSecurity reported that a mere two hours of searching revealed more than 100 Facebook groups with some 300,000 members openly advertising services to support all types of cybercrime, including spam, credit card fraud and identity theft. Facebook responded by deleting those groups.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

who put a freeze on his credit files last year at Experian, Equifax and TransUnion after thieves tried to open multiple new payment accounts in his name using an address in Washington state that was tied to a vacant home for sale. Dune Thomas is a software engineer from Sacramento, Calif. and $24.99 and $24.99

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Having a freeze in place does nothing to prevent you from using existing lines of credit you may already have, such as credit, mortgage and bank accounts. By the same token, freezes do nothing to prevent crooks from abusing unauthorized access to these existing accounts. for each additional month.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

We have seen several high-profile accounts that were taken over on X (formerly Twitter) only to be used for cryptocurrency related promotional activities, like expressing the approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The @SECGov X account was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted. You’re all set.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

What it does mean is when China violates our criminal laws and international norms, we will hold them accountable for it.” 19, 2017, Equifax’s Twitter account told people looking for information about the breach to visit the wrong Web site, which also was blocked by multiple browsers as a phishing site.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. NortonLifeLock and Avast appear to be betting on the next iteration of the huge and longstanding consumer antivirus market. So NortonLifeLock has acquired Avast for more than $8 billion. billion in 2016, for instance.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2018

Identity theft protection firm LifeLock — a company that’s built a name for itself based on the promise of helping consumers protect their identities online — may have actually exposed customers to additional attacks from ID thieves and phishers. million customer accounts. Click to enlarge.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2018

banks issue credit cards to their account holders, said a Web site misconfiguration exposed the names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of thousands of people who applied for cards between early March 2017 and mid-July 2018. TCM Bank , a company that helps more than 750 small and community U.S.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 15, 2021

The automaker said an unauthorized third party obtained personal information about customers and interested buyers from a vendor used for digital sales and marketing by its Audi Volkswagen brands and some U.S. A small number of records included additional data like dates of birth, Social Security numbers and account numbers.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Supply chain issues, inflation, a red-hot housing market, labor shortages and data breaches are just a few of the topics that affected our credit and personal finances. Our readers have been primarily concerned with avoiding malicious scams, from fake shopping websites to account takeovers. 8 Common Identity Theft Scams.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 18, 2022

Such details can also be resold for cash, used in identity theft or the making of a synthetic identity, or used to further cash out cryptocurrencies gained from other online crimes. The underground market accepts cryptocurrency payments of Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Dash.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

They have a range of market insurance products backed by international company, Allianz Group. We already have robust security processes in place for any account access changes, which will require you to confirm your identity using either Biometrics or Two Factor Authentication.” ” continues the notice.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Digital exploitation refers to the abuse and manipulation of technology and the internet for illegal and unethical purposes, including identity theft, sextortion, cyberbullying, online scams, and data breaches. As technology has rapidly exceeded all historical imaginings, opportunities for fraudsters to exploit their victims abound.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Department of Justice charged nine individuals connected to a hacking crew focused on identity theft and SIM swapping attacks. Attackers obtain victims’ information by launching a phishing campaign, or by purchasing them in the underground market. ’ (slang for ‘Original Gangster’) social media account names.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 22, 2022

Going deep into the details, CafePress’s former owner, Residual Pumpkin Entity, was storing critical customer data such as social security numbers, passwords and other account related info in plain text and not with any authentication.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Introduction to Dark Web Data Markets The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that has become a major concern for cybersecurity, especially regarding dark web identity theft. To reduce the risks of dark web identity theft, individuals must adopt strong security practices.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2024

When patient data is compromised, it can lead to identity theft, financial loss, and also the patients’ trust in that healthcare provider. Integrating cybersecurity in healthcare digital marketing What makes the situation even more challenging is the increasing reliance on digital marketing in healthcare.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

Department of Justice charged nine individuals connected to a hacking crew focused on identity theft and SIM swapping attacks. Attackers obtain victims’ information by launching a phishing campaign, or by purchasing them in the underground market. The latter group helped the hackers to steal roughly $2.5

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 20, 2021

While the CDC recently instructed that vaccinators not use for commercial marketing purposes data collected as part of the COVID-19 vaccine process, there is little doubt that compliance with such instructions will be far from perfect both now and in the future.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Example of leaked email addresses: Besides the CSV files, the bucket also contained voice recordings of several sales pitches to digital marketers about RepWatch, which appears to be a long-defunct domain reputation management tool and may or – considering when the files were uploaded – may not be related to the CSV files stored in the bucket.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

” Cybercriminals will attempt to entice their victims in multiple ways including: E-mails advertising hot-ticket or products that are hard to find on the market, such as event tickets or gaming systems. Unsuspecting online shoppers could also fall victim of identity theft of phishing attack aimed at stealing their payment card data.

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