Identity IQ

APRIL 20, 2023

Tax Season Scams: How to Protect Your Identity IdentityIQ While it’s important to be on high alert and protect your identity all year long, tax season is an especially vulnerable time. Every tax season, identity thieves run a variety of scams to get their hands on taxpayers’ personal information.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 20, 2023

What Are Social Engineering Scams? Thanks, Your CEO This common scenario is just one example of the many ways scammers may attempt to trick you through social engineering scams. Scammers may pose as coworkers, superiors, or trusted professionals through various channels, such as phone calls, emails, or social media sites.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Related: How Google, Facebook enable snooping In fact, a majority of scams occur through social engineering. The rise of social media has added to the many user-friendly digital tools scammers, sextortionists, and hackers can leverage in order to manipulate their victims.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 11, 2021

On average there are three data breaches a day, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. If you’ve been notified you have been compromised in a data breach or suspect your personal information has been exposed, here are some concrete steps you can take to help protect your critical data.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

SIM Swap Scams: How SIM Swapping Works and How To Protect Yourself IdentityIQ According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, SIM swap scams are on the rise. If you’re unfamiliar with this scam, it takes advantage of people’s lack of knowledge of how SIM cards work and puts their information at risk.

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Graham Cluley

MAY 17, 2023

Personal information is going for a song, and the banks want social media sites to pay when their users get scammed. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 15, 2023

Now the important question: how many of you got scammed in some sort of way by cryptocurrency or another type of investment? Hacked Social Media: scammers used hacked social media accounts to perpetrate a fraudulent investment opportunity using cryptocurrency, targeting existing friends of the hacked user." Probably some of you.

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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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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This prolonged season of online shopping (and stress) will provide ample opportunity for phishers, smishers, vishers and identity thieves to pilfer your valuable personal and/or payment information. Here are 50 ways to avoid getting scammed on Black Friday — and beyond. Choose credit over debit. Update your browsers.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. In fact, last year, scams accounted for 80% of reported identity compromises to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). Phishing attacks.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

For several years, the #1 Cybercrime type has been Business Email Compromise followed by the #2 of Romance Scam. The criminals have discovered how many people don't understand investing in cryptocurrency and have turned Investment Scams into a new money factory. . #1 Personal Data Breach. Identity Theft.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The risk of identity theft is a concept that most of us are probably familiar with given the rise of cybercrime and data breaches. Yet a new report by Identity Theft Resource Center and DIG. Here’s some insight on why victims of data breaches might fail to react.

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Identity IQ

JULY 28, 2022

You can use it to share files, play media and more with only a wireless connection. But just like with unsecured Wi-Fi networks , hackers can target your Bluetooth-enabled devices to steal personal data , install malware or spam you with messages. The data obtained can be used to access your accounts or commit identity theft.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 30, 2024

For example, last year over 69 million players of Neopets, an online virtual pet game, had their customer data exposed — including usernames, emails, passwords, and personally identifiable information (PII) such as birth date, gender, zip code, and country of residence. But some gamers may bully, abuse, or try to scam other players.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Can Your Identity Be Stolen from Your Phone Number? When it comes to helping prevent identity theft , there’s a lot of personal information you should safeguard, so it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. 3 Ways Scammers Can Use Your Phone Number to Steal Your Identity . Texting Scams. IdentityIQ. SIM Swapping.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Some of the information out there was granular enough to allow a variety of scams, but the most serious is SIM-card swapping scams, where a criminal, armed with enough information about you, and most crucially your phone number, arranges to have your number moved to a phone in the criminal’s possession. . Introducing the legacy fail.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 15, 2022

How to Help Protect Your Identity Offline. The media often covers data breaches and cyberattacks that expose the personal data of large groups of people, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft and other forms of fraud. IdentityIQ. Alternatively, you could rent a P.O.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Social media activity: likes, shares, comments and posts. Why is Your Digital Identity Important? In many ways, a digital identity can help improve your life by allowing you to enjoy the convenience and benefits of a connected world. Data Breaches. population vulnerable to identity theft. Geotagging.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

“In the current digital landscape, identity security has gained paramount importance due to the growing cyber risks posed by phishing and social engineering attacks utilizing AI. These attacks have become more complex and challenging to detect, leading to increased instances of data breaches, account takeovers, and impersonation attacks.

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Identity IQ

MAY 30, 2023

If you’re not familiar with the dark web, you might be wondering what it is, how information gets there, and what happens if your data is involved. In this article, we answer these questions and more, so you can understand the risks and how to help protect yourself from possible scams down the road. What is the Dark Web?

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Malwarebytes

JULY 21, 2021

We’ve written at length about account compromise and identity theft , and how criminals will often hijack accounts belonging to dead people. Digging into identity theft. Depending on the region, identity theft of the dead can take many forms. ” Preventing identity theft.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Tax Service agencies collect the personal and financial information of citizens, such data can be exploited by threat actors to carry out a broad range of fraudulent activities, including financial scams and identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. As it happens, Plex announced its own data breach one day before LastPass disclosed its initial August intrusion. 9, 2024, U.S.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As home users, many of the threats we cover will only affect you second hand, such as disruptions after a company suffers a ransomware attack, or when your private information is sold online after a data breach. But other threats you can do something about.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

Leak data could be abused by threat actors to carry out malicious activities, such as phishing/spear-phishing attacks, identity theft, and scams. ” continues the experts. The app is becoming even more popular, analysts evaluated the value of the company at some billions.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

This is a tremendous blow to consumers who trusted their information would be safe, and represents a potentially life-changing situation for anyone affected since there is enough information to make virtually any identity theft scam possible. Follow the three Ms: 1. Minimize your exposure.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the Allianz Risk Barometer , this year companies are worried about the threat of ransomware attacks, data breaches and IT outages – even more than business and supply chain disruption, natural disasters or the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2018

That would be a pretty convincing scam. ” Concerned that his own information was similarly exposed, Sheehy contacted Jared parent company Signet Jewelers and asked them to fix the data exposure. .” Data exposures like these are some of the most common yet preventable for online retailers. ”

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1% Social media-based scams are increasing as the average Australian uses their smartphone to connect unilaterally with multiple social networking services. Unidentified attackers are on the prowl, targeting unsuspecting users with easy scams.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

PrivacySharks’ Madeleine Hodson , the first to report the new leak, noted that while it appears simply to be a “cumulation of data from previous leaks,” that data could still include private as well as public information. ” A Wake-Up Call for Social Media Users. “Bottom line?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

Identity Theft and Fraud. The names, email addresses, physical address, passport numbers, driver’s license numbers, national ID numbers, phone numbers, social media IDs, credit cards, photos, financial records, and more could allow bad actors to impersonate the owner. Scams, Phishing and Malware. Blackmailing.

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Identity IQ

MAY 15, 2021

So it helps to understand how they do it so you can prevent account takeover and other forms of identity theft. In this guide, we’ll discuss some of the biggest password security risks you face and some things you can do to better protect your digital identity. Data breaches happen all the time.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Identity Theft. Data Breach. Physical Manipulation, Damage, Theft and Loss. First, however, let's look at the top 15 cyber threats organizations face right now, according to the report: Malware. Web-based Attacks. Web Application Attacks. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). Insider Threat. Information Leakage.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In this article we will take a look at major cybersecurity risks and best practices how to reduce or avoid corporate data leakage. The breach was not fully disclosed until September 2016. In July 2015, user data of the extramarital dating site, Ashley Madison, was stolen by hackers.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

Normally, doxing involves a threat to specific people, such as media personalities or participants of online discussions. Over the past few years, there has been a notable increase in data breaches related to data stored in the cloud. Examples of scam messages on Twitter. Identity theft.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2024

In our digitally connected world, passwords are the gateway to protecting our online lives—from email and social media accounts to banking and private data. Yet, many of us still use alarmingly weak passwords or reuse the same ones across multiple sites, putting our digital identities at severe risk.

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Identity IQ

MAY 17, 2022

If so, you should know that criminals can use your phone number to commit identity theft. Or they may attempt a SIM swap scam , porting your phone number to a SIM card in their possession to take over your personal accounts. Criminals can run scams using your phone number, but first, they need to know what it is.

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