Identity IQ

APRIL 12, 2023

Tax Identity Theft: A Comprehensive Guide IdentityIQ Tax season can sometimes be stressful even when things go according to plan, but what happens when you are the victim of tax identity theft? Here’s a comprehensive guide on tax identity theft, how it works, and what to do if you suspect it.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Importance of Family Identity Theft Protection IdentityIQ In today’s interconnected world, your family’s digital footprint grows every time you click, post, or shop online. million American children were victims of identity fraud last year? million American children were victims of identity fraud last year?

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Check out the nine tips below to discover how you can enable family protection and help prevent identity theft and credit and bank fraud. Protect yourself by shredding documents with any personal information, and, when possible, avoid sharing this information over the phone or via email.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It’s also a golden opportunity for cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities through phishing scams, identity theft, and malicious software. Secure Your Personal Information: Store sensitive documents securely and only share personal information over encrypted connections.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 26, 2022

How Do You Avoid Tax Scams? Tax season is here, and it’s essential to watch out for common tax scams. The IRS reports that in the last nine years tax scams have cost victims more than $23 million. Here are two scams to be aware of and a few tips for how you can help avoid them. Phone Scams. Email Phishing Scams.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How to Help Protect Against Identity Theft and Voter Fraud IdentityIQ Voter fraud threatens the safety of our personal information and the essence of fair and transparent elections. These can range from identity theft to illegal voting procedures. Tips to Help You Avoid Identity Theft and Voter Fraud 1.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

What is Phishing? One of the most common techniques used to exploit web users is the phishing scam. This article will cover what phishing is, cybercriminals’ different approaches, and how to prevent yourself from becoming a victim. What is Phishing? How Does Phishing Work? Spear Phishing.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 2, 2021

Internet scams are everywhere, inflicting billions of dollars in reported losses from victims each year. Anyone can fall for online scams, as tactics are tailored to the interests of all age groups. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most common scams: Coronavirus-related scams. IRS and Bank-related scams.

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2020

As such, scammers sending bogus Verification messages request that recipients do the same, and exploit the fact that so many people both expect to be asked for copies of such documents as part of the Verification process, and are willing to share such documents in order to become Verified.

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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. Phishing schemes don’t only travel by way of email.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 18, 2023

IdentityIQ Scam Report Reveals Shocking Stats on AI Social Engineering IdentityIQ AI social engineering scams are on the rise, according to IDIQ Chief Innovation Officer Michael Scheumack. “AI-based AI-based social engineering scams, which were at a high percentage last year, are up 100% this year for us,” Scheumack said.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Fraudsters had an early start anticipating the buzz surrounding tax filing season, with phishing campaigns impersonating the government agency as early as November 25, 2020, according to Bitdefender Antispam Lab. The genuine format of the tax exemption document looks like this: Original W-8BEN form version. IRS phishing email sample.

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Webroot

MAY 9, 2024

Why protecting your identity matters Imagine this: you’re building your credit score, applying for a credit card, or renting your first apartment. These milestones are crucial, but they also make you a prime target for identity theft and fraud. This is where identity and virus protection step in.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Businesses employ MongoDB to organize and store large swaths of document-oriented information. The exposed database hosted over 100K links with scanned documents hosted on a Goyzer domain. The data was leaked via a publicly exposed and passwordless MongoDB database, which has since been closed.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2023

Summary In the midst of significant layoffs hitting the previously immune tech industry, scammers have mobilized and doubled down on targeting job seekers with various employment scams. Fig 8 - Source code showing commented-out credit card validation element The malicious domain used in this scam - zscaler-finance-analyst-strategy[.]live,

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Hot for Security

JANUARY 26, 2021

Fraudsters impersonating UK’s National Health Service (NHS) are actively exploiting the COVID-19 vaccination campaign to dupe citizens into providing their personal information through various phishing emails. The campaign seems to have started on January 25, as seen in the scam recipients’ multiple Twitter posts.

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Identity IQ

MAY 4, 2022

Are College Students Targeted by Identity Thieves? When it comes to identity theft , young adults are a primary target. Students can be at risk if they use public Wi-Fi networks or fall victim to phishing emails. Here is how college students can get help get protected from identity theft. IdentityIQ.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 7, 2022

Charges include “wire fraud and aggravated identity theft”. These are common phishing tactics used by regular phishers, but here we can see it being deployed in a more targeted fashion. Once they logged in, credentials were forwarded on to add another string in the “massive scam” bow. Throwing the book at crime.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Researchers at Perception Point recently documented a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting hotels and travel agencies. ” Image courtesy of Perception Point In reality, the document contains malware hosted on a file sharing platform, such as Google Drive. Never click on unsolicited links.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

. “According to this actor, he had originally intended to send his targets—all senior-level executives—phishing emails to compromise their accounts, but after that was unsuccessful, he pivoted to this ransomware pretext,” Abnormal’s Crane Hassold wrote. “But there is no employment here, so he chose to do this.”

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 25, 2024

Do I Get a New Identity Protection PIN Every Year? IdentityIQ When you are a victim of a resolved case of tax-related identity theft, the IRS will issue you an Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) to help protect you from future fraud. It’s important to keep your IP PIN safe to prevent tax-related 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. ” Group-IB dubbed the gang by a different name — 0ktapus — which was a nod to how the criminal group phished employees for credentials.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

How Does a Phone Cloning Scam Work? We receive text messages from banks, places where you make payments such as your car insurance or other businesses to verify your identity. You may not have realized that now someone who has had eyes on your profile has identifiable information they can use for identity theft.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2021

Earlier this year, Robinhood sent out a message to its users, warning of some phishing emails claiming to be a "Security Alert" with links to fake Robinhood websites. Phishing attempts come via email where scammers use different social engineering tactics to pose as a reputable sender like the IRS, your bank or brokerage firm.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2023

42,000 of them contained the sensitive data of job seekers, namely: Full names Dates of birth Occupation history Home addresses Phone numbers Email addresses According to the researchers, most of these files were employment authorization documents, driving licenses, resumes, filled job application forms, diploma certificates and transcripts.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2022

According to court documents, Igwilo was charged in 2016 in the US District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston, Texas for “one count of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of money laundering conspiracy and one count of aggravated identity theft.” This only makes the entire scheme appear all the more authentic.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

This breach compromised citizens’ physical addresses, phone numbers, IDs, tax documents, and more. Due to the large number and various types of unique documents, it is difficult to estimate the number of people exposed in this breach. Pictured: Example of Leaked Documents: Real Estate Tax Bill. Original post at [link].

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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. Be vigilant on potential phishing messages that ask you to provide information. ” continues the experts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. These methods are commonly employed in wire fraud and well-known bogus invoice scams. billion on organizations.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Unauthorised transactions made with the help of lost or stolen credit cards, counterfeit cards, ID document forgery and identity theft, fake identification, email phishing, and imposter scams are among the most common types of payment fraud today.”

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Synthetic Identity Theft: What It Is and How It Works IdentityIQ You work hard to protect your identity. But despite your diligence, there’s a form of identity theft that’s becoming increasingly prevalent and is notoriously difficult to detect — synthetic identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

Junk email campaigns touting employment or “money mule” scams cost $300 per million, and phishing emails could be blasted out through Severa’s botnet for the bargain price of $500 per million. One was Alan Ralsky , an American spammer who was convicted in 2009 of paying Severa and other spammers to promote pump-and-dump stock scams.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

After further investigation, we have concluded that these documents belonged to people injured or deceased in traffic accidents. Document included in every court case, showing personal information about the victim. Document showing victims salary before the accident as well as expected future salary prior to the accident.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

The researchers analyzed PDF documents and email files (. The public availability of such kind of information could expose the owners to identity theft and other scams. The files also included medical and legal documents. “The volume of sensitive documents collected in only three days was staggering.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

” , we mentioned that a cybercriminal could attack their victim by using targeted phishing e-mails to obtain access to the victim’s data. Confidential documents that end up in the public domain either by carelessness or from malicious intent can also help cybercriminals to complete a dossier on a company. Leaked data.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Data is very valuable to criminals because it is often used to commit fraudulent activities as well as to enhance the credibility of scams. Data that is stolen ranges from Social Security Numbers (SSNs) to other identification documents and payment details. […]… Read More.

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