CISO Identity Theft Scams 
SecureWorld News
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Canadians are facing a surge in scams as fraudsters exploit confusion around the Canada Post strike to target individuals with phishing, smishing, and deepfake scams. According to Octavia Howell, CISO at Equifax Canada, there has been an "exponential" rise in fraud attempts, particularly during the strike and the busy holiday season.
Security Boulevard
OCTOBER 31, 2022
LinkedIn scams that target the public accounts of executives are on the rise and contributed to more than 40% of all phishing and social media cyber incidents in the second quarter of 2022. The post Impersonating Executives’ LinkedIn Profiles Presents a Significant Challenge for CISOs appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Appknox
JUNE 23, 2022
More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1% Unidentified attackers are on the prowl, targeting unsuspecting users with easy scams.
SecureWorld News
MAY 10, 2024
However, you should always keep in mind these tips to help avoid tech support phone scams. Agnidipta Sarkar, Vice President, CISO Advisory, at ColorTokens: "Because the data supposedly contains information about systems purchased from Dell between 2017-2024, and it contains personal information such as full names, addresses, cities, etc.,
eSecurity Planet
JUNE 30, 2021
What’s more, Hodson observed, the email addresses and phone numbers in the leak can easily be leveraged for email or phone scams, spam campaigns, and identity theft. “Brute force attacks are also something that LinkedIn users affected by the leak will need to be aware of,” Hodson added.
The Security Ledger
APRIL 27, 2021
In this episode of the podcast (#212), Brandon Hoffman, the CISO of Intel 471 joins us to discuss that company’s latest report that looks at China’s diversified marketplace for stolen data and stolen identities. That way you can have a better chance that whatever scam you’re trying to run has success.” Read the whole entry. »
SC Magazine
APRIL 16, 2021
When people come to us looking for help, one of the number one places they say they were scammed was on social media. These includes finance, education and social media giants. Social media… is one of the largest threat vectors,” said Judge. So there is a large role for social media to play in this space.”.
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