Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 17, 2023

Category Awareness, Guides Risk Level Data breaches are a significant concern here in the digital age. With technology advancing rapidly, hackers have been using various methods to gain sensitive information from unsuspecting individuals, organizations, and you. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reported that over 422.1

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Lenny Zeltser

JULY 1, 2020

” How do such scams look from the victim’s perspective, and what can you do if you’re affected? How the Scam Works. the scammers get these details from massive data breaches, such as the Equifax breach. Unfortunately, “identity theft” isn’t one of the options.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 17, 2024

As technology weaves deeper into our lives, the swift exchange of information has become our reality. Without upholding digital trust, with every click, we not only risk security breaches, fraud and the misuse of our data but one’s own company’s reputation and the very foundation of our business operations.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 18, 2024

QR Code Scams: What You Need to Know About This Phishing Tactic madhav Tue, 03/19/2024 - 06:10 In a world where individuals and organizations alike are increasingly dependent on digital processes, cybercriminals are constantly looking for and developing new ways to exploit technology to take advantage of their targets.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 17, 2023

Category Awareness, Guides Risk Level Data breaches are a significant concern here in the digital age. With technology advancing rapidly, hackers have been using various methods to gain sensitive information from unsuspecting individuals, organizations, and you. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reported that over 422.1

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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. Consider alternate payment methods.

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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).

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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. As technology has rapidly exceeded all historical imaginings, opportunities for fraudsters to exploit their victims abound.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 16, 2020

billion in BEC scam-related losses the year before. With the W2 variety, a citizen of the c-suite requests all the W2s from human resources or accounting–thereby collecting a rich file of personally identifiable information that can be used to commit tax-related fraud as well as all stripe of identity theft.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2024

They can lead to identity theft, financial fraud, private data breaches, and more as a result of accounts being compromised. This year's World Password Day on May 2nd should be a wake-up call for everyone to strengthen their password practices. The consequences of weak passwords are severe.

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Identity IQ

JULY 28, 2022

Bluetooth is a widely used, convenient technology included on just about every smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer these days. 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. IdentityIQ.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Kindergarten through 12th-grade schools are also targeted by cybercriminals with hacks, ransomware, phishing scams, data breaches and more. These incidents resulted in school closures, the loss of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds and stolen data that was linked to identity theft and cyber fraud.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Some hackers even set up rogue hotspots with the sole intention of luring unsuspecting device users and stealing their valuable data. Data Breaches. A data breach is any unauthorized access to a company’s data that results in the exposure of sensitive information to an untrusted environment.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

When Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked for roughly 20 minutes, we all got a glimpse of corporate identity theft , and why it matters. The Goals of Business Identity Theft. If stealing an individual’s identity is lucrative, stealing a company’s identity can be the motherlode.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Assessing the risks involved in using the latest technology is something our culture had to adopt in the early days of the computer. New technologies come with risks — there’s no denying that. In 1971, researcher Bob Thomas and his team at BBN Technologies created a virus that was later coined the “Creeper” worm.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 3, 2018

A cached version of the company’s website shows that it promised “access to our massive in-house data collection, as well as one of the largest data supplier networks of any data or lead company.”. The data was exposed due to a misconfiguration of Elasticsearch , an open-source search engine technology.

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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. technology companies during the summer of 2022. 9, 2024, U.S. A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The massive shift to work from home in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has meant a rush to secure a wider range of home devices and networks, and an instant spike in demand for training and services that protect employees in identifying attempted cyberattacks and scams. Economic stimulus checks were targeted.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It operates in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language; encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational co-operation with the United Kingdom. The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MARCH 6, 2018

Watch Out For Scams. Recently, the IRS issued a specific warning of a quickly growing scam involving erroneous tax refunds being deposited into taxpayer bank accounts. Use security software with firewall and anti-virus protections, and ensure the security software is always turned on and can automatically update.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

These are the latest findings in our “Demographics of Cybercrime” report , presented in partnership with Digitunity, a nationally recognized non-profit dedicated to eliminating the technology gap, and Cybercrime Support Network, whose non-profit mission is to serve individuals and small businesses impacted by cybercrime throughout the country.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Now, cybersecurity may just be the most important aspect of financial technology (fintech) in the modern world. With 2020 being the worst year on record in terms of files exposed in data breaches , a thorough security approach is necessary to combat modern dangers. Multi-cloud data storage.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 30, 2023

How Virtual Card Numbers Make Online Shopping Safer IdentityIQ The risk of identity theft is on the rise, and it’s becoming a serious concern. In fact, over the past decade, the number of people who have fallen victim to fraud and identity theft has nearly tripled. Victims bear the brunt of this evolving threat.

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A growing trend in employment benefits is employee-paid or voluntary cyber awareness programs coupled with identity theft resolution and identity monitoring services. Minimize Your Risk of Exposure: Put resources into training your staff to recognize phishing scams and to practice good cyber hygiene.

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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. Data leaks, data breaches and data dumps are so common these days that they don’t even attract that much attention.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Spammers and email scam artists also could have a field day with this USPS vulnerability, said Robert Hansen , chief technology officer at Bit Discovery , a security firm in Austin, Texas. For instance, the API allowed any user to convert regular usps.com accounts to Informed Visibility business accounts, and vice versa.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 12, 2023

Top 7 Data Security Practices for the Workplace IdentityIQ As businesses become increasingly reliant on technology, protecting sensitive information is more important than ever. Data breaches and cyberattacks can result in costly consequences, making strong data security practices essential. Risk reduction.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

Gartner defines digital risk management as “the integrated management of risks associated with digital business components, such as cloud, mobile, social, big data, third-party technology providers, OT and the IoT.” Some smaller companies have even gone out of business as the result of a data breach.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

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. One result of doxing aimed at an individual employee may also be theft of their identity.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Data breaches cost an average of $3.9 Part of what makes cybercrime such a vast enterprise is that there are so many digital elements within the technology stack that can be attacked – from networks to web apps. Ransomware cost businesses and individuals nearly $9 million in the U.S. Operating system security.

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