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Common Holiday Scams and How to Avoid Them

Identity IQ

Phishing emails and links: Phishing emails and links are designed to trick you into revealing personal information or clicking on malicious links that can install malware on your device. Common phishing red flags to look for include typos or low-resolution images. This is a form of phishing scam.

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It’s a Holiday Security Breach Blowout

SiteLock

Thankfully, we understand how the breaches may have occurred and how to protect ourselves, which I will share with you now. At a overview level, many large data breaches occur through an attack called spear phishing. How Website Security Breaches Occur. Some large and other smaller breaches occur through SQL injection.

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Camera tricks: Privacy concerns raised after massive surveillance cam breach

SC Magazine

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., That type of information can be extremely valuable for things like identity theft.”. Pictured: a Dome Series security camera from Verkada. It is deeply invasive for anyone who’s captured on film.”.