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An odd kind of cybercrime: Gift vouchers, medical records, and.food

Malwarebytes

His compromise modus operandi was a combination of breaking into networks run by food retailers, and breaking into networks containing confidential patient records. This could put those people at an increased risk of social engineering or identity theft. That’s quite a peculiar mixture.

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T-Mobile Store Owner Made $25M Illegally Unlocking Cellphones

SecureWorld News

Most recently, a former T-Mobile retail store owner was convicted for stealing employee credentials to illegally access internal computer systems and unlock and unblock cellphones. Very often he would socially engineer employees at the IT help desk to get their credentials. How was he unlocking these phones?

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Research partnership to examine how fraudsters abuse financial tech innovations

SC Magazine

. “I don’t think it would influence Federal Reserve policy, but what it might do is influence the industry to take additional action through our existing venues and our ability to share the data,” said Trish Supples, advanced subject matter expert in the Retail Payments Office at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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The dark web index 2021, report

Security Affairs

More retailers accept several forms of online payments. Hacked social media accounts’ prices are decreasing across all platforms. Preventing Identity Theft. The guides add a cost of cents to the purchase, and it’s anybody’s guess if they work at all. Cryptocurrency trading accounts. Avoid unsecured WiFi.