Identity IQ

JUNE 8, 2022

4 Ways to Avoid Payment App Scams. There are several scams that criminals can run to cheat payment app users out of their money or trick them into providing personal information. If you use payment apps, use these tips to help avoid scams. Avoid Phishing Scams. IdentityIQ. Don’t Pay for Goods or Services.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 31, 2023

How to Identify and Avoid Holiday Phishing Scams IdentityIQ The holiday season brings joy, celebrations, and… a surge in online scams. Holiday phishing scams are an ongoing issue that ramps up when folks are feeling the most festive. About three-quarters of American consumers have encountered some form of holiday-related scam.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Along with legitimate “Now Hiring” signs dotting retail stores and restaurants across the United States, job ads are popping up in social media feeds, the internet and inboxes promising some extraordinarily well-paying jobs — if applicants provide their Social Security numbers and other details upfront.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, fraud accounts for 73% of all online attacks: 56% are scams (fraud that results in the victim voluntarily disclosing sensitive data) and 17% are phishing attacks (theft of bank card details). In 2020, a multi-stage scam called Rabbit Hole targeted companies’ brands, primarily retail and online services.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 2, 2021

Internet scams are everywhere, inflicting billions of dollars in reported losses from victims each year. Anyone can fall for online scams, as tactics are tailored to the interests of all age groups. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most common scams: Coronavirus-related scams. IRS and Bank-related scams.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Today’s columnist, Kevin Lee of Sift, offers some ideas on how retailers can prevent fraud around the buy online, pick-up in store trend where fraudsters take over accounts online, then pick up the merchandise at the physical stores, often reselling it for a profit. Reports of the retail industry’s death have been greatly exaggerated.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Online holiday shopping brings game-changing convenience to busy shoppers, but without the proper safety best practices, online shoppers can be vulnerable to hackers, identity theft , and all other kinds of scams. Shop from reputable and well-known online retailers : Stick with the big names or trusted online stores.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Among the most common ways that thieves extract cash from stolen credit card accounts is through purchasing pricey consumer goods online and reselling them on the black market. Most reshipping scams promise employees a monthly salary and even cash bonuses. Services like SWAT are known as “Drops for stuff” on cybercrime forums.

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Hot for Security

JANUARY 29, 2021

The company believes the incident occurred on January 4, 2021, after threat actors managed to trick employees into accessing and downloading malicious software on some retail-store computers. “A few employees in retail stores were successfully scammed by unauthorized individuals and downloaded software onto a store computer.”

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Case in point: we’re already seeing scams targeting World Cup fans more than a year out from the event. Fact 2: the retail sector, particularly e-commerce, has always been popular with cybercriminals. One of the most common scams is to create a fake website offering great deals for popular shopping portals.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Frantically, you click on the link in the email and enter your Amazon account email and password. You just fell for a phishing email, and now someone has access to your Amazon account to order themselves whatever they want. It logs you into Amazon, but no packages are showing up as delayed. What’s going on here?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Online scams and fraudulent activities continue to evolve, targeting unsuspecting individuals and causing substantial financial and personal harm. Scams often appear highly realistic, but it is important to watch out for certain key points. Often, your gut instinct is correct and your friend’s account may have been impersonated.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Yet, one class of Americans — those receiving food assistance benefits via state-issued prepaid debit cards — are particularly exposed to losses from skimming scams, and usually have little recourse to do anything about it. California’s EBT card does not currently include a chip. That silver square is a hologram.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Giant office retail company Staples disclosed a data breach, threat actors accessed some of its customers’ order data. Staples, the office retail giant, disclosed a data breach, it notified its customers that their order data have been accessed by threat actors without authorization.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2021

Then threat actors tricked UScellular employees working in retail stores into downloading and installing malicious software. The malware allowed the attackers to access the CRM using the employee’s accounts and then access personal information, including phone numbers, of the company customers. ” reads the notice.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2020

Here are key takeaways: Romance scams Like many modern companies, Zoosk, the popular San Francisco-based dating site, rests on infrastructure that’s predominantly cloud-based. they then began to use the stolen credentials to launch automated account takeovers. “So And the next step we saw was romance scams. We spoke at RSA 2020.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2022

According to the FTC, people with age between 18 to 39, were most exposed to these scams in 2021. Most of the reported scams, crooks promoted bogus investment opportunities, and in many cases, they got in direct contact with victims as supposed friends to encourage them to invest. Read about romance scams. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Suppose you have an Amazon Prime account. Would a popular retailer send an email with an excessive number of typos? Visit the SiteLock blog to learn more about the disastrous effects of phishing scams. While deals are great, think before you click, especially during the holiday season. Signs of a Phishing Email.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In 2022, global e-commerce retail revenue was estimated to reach $5.7 Methodology In this research, we examine various types of threats, such as financial malware and phishing pages that imitate the world’s largest retail platforms, banks and payment systems. Another substantial portion of scams targets gamers.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2023

.” As early as April 2022, KrebsOnSecurity began receiving tips from Canadian readers who were puzzling over why they’d just received one of these SMS phishing messages that referenced information from a recent order they’d legitimately placed at an online retailer. info and pay a $1.55 info , legodelivery[.]info

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Protecting Against Malware and Scams While Shopping Online During the Holiday Season. An enormous number of people are footloose and fancy free when it comes to their interactions with retailers over the holiday season,” says Cyberscout founder and chairman Adam Levin. Beware of fake or misleading shopping apps.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In this period netizens hope to take advantage of online bargains and are more active online, for this reason they are more exposed to the risk of scams. Be wary of online retailers who use a free email service instead of a company email address. Never use the same password on multiple accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In this blog, we’ll take a look at the components of a crypto scam, including investors, designers, developers, and marketers, as well as a few interesting trends that characterize this black market. Ocean’s Crypto: Putting the Team Together Crypto Scam Investors Starting a cryptocurrency scams require a significant amount of capital.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the biggest wrestling stars around, Mick Foley , had his Twitter account hijacked in an attempt to legitimize a very popular scam. When a well known individual has their social media accounts compromised, disaster looms, as everything from phishing to malware distribution waits in the wings for potential victims.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

In the not-so-distant past, banks dealt with online and account takeover fraud, where hackers stole passwords and used phishing scams to target specific individuals. Security capabilities are branching out beyond mobile banking into corporate cash management applications and retail channels.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for feedback on new proposed rules to crack down on SIM swapping and number port-out fraud, increasingly prevalent scams in which identity thieves hijack a target’s mobile phone number and use that to wrest control over the victim’s online identity.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In fact, holiday shopping can account for up to 30 percent of annual sales for online retailers. In fact, the National Retail Federation (NRF) forecasts holiday sales will grow to between $727.9 With this continued uptick in predicted spend, ecommerce retailers need to place a stronger emphasis on cybersecurity than ever before.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The increasing trend of using mobile payments for in-store purchases (especially during the pandemic) is leading criminals to increasingly focus their efforts on defrauding people through online fraud and scams. Fraud and scams move to the web. Figure 1: Web application breaches in the Retail industry. Source: Verizon DBIR 2020.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2023

Sports fashion retail JD Sports discloses a data breach that explosed data of about 10M customers who placed orders between 2018 and 2020. JD Sports does not hold full payment card data and, further, has no reason to believe that account passwords were accessed.” According to the company, account passwords were compromised.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Identity theft happens when someone uses your personal or financial information — like your Social Security or financial account number — to commit fraud. If your data is used to open an account, take out a loan or lease, file taxes, or apply for unemployment insurance or other government benefits, you may be the victim of identity theft.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

BEC follows a few different patterns, but primarily revolves around an approach by a criminal who has compromised or spoofed an executive-level email account. Some attackers perform reconnaissance in advance so they can target people in HR, finance, or accounts. What we’re looking at below is Vendor Email Compromise (VEC).

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the biggest wrestling stars around, Mick Foley , had his Twitter account hijacked in an attempt to legitimize a very popular scam. When a well known individual has their social media accounts compromised, disaster looms, as everything from phishing to malware distribution waits in the wings for potential victims.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Today, e-commerce sales make up 21% of global retail sales, which is a 50% increase on the pre-pandemic levels. The risk of being scammed runs even higher. While on ordinary days, the customer can easily see that if the product is too cheap, it is most likely a scam, during the Black Friday sales, it gets harder to tell.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

Investigators allege Handschumacher was part of a group of at least nine individuals scattered across multiple states who for the past two years have drained bank accounts via an increasingly common scheme involving mobile phone “SIM swaps.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

FiXS, a new ATM malware that is targeting Mexican banks BidenCash leaks 2.1M stolen credit/debit cards Pegasus spyware used to spy on a Polish mayor Hundreds of thousands of websites hacked as part of redirection campaign MQsTTang, a new backdoor used by Mustang Panda APT against European entities Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

While this festive time of year presents a big opportunity for retailers, it is also rife with fraudsters hoping to catch them off guard. From new, sophisticated scams to variations on tried-and-true tactics, cybercriminals are hard at work devising ways to take advantage of eager shoppers and their spike in online activity.

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