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IDIQ Announces IdentityIQ App with Real-Time Alerts for Security at Your Fingertips

Identity IQ

The free and secure app is designed to empower IdentityIQ members to have real-time control of their personal information through push notification alerts for potential transactions involving a person’s identity and credit. “In IdentityIQ members can view and monitor their credit reports and scores on the app.

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Mother of all Breaches may contain NEW breach data

Malwarebytes

And Hunt says he feels that Leak-Lookup is one of the “bad” guys for the following reasons: After purchasing access, it returns extensive personal information exposed in data breaches including names, email addresses, usernames, phone numbers, and passwords. But it does nothing to enforce that restriction.

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Unmasking 2024’s Email Security Landscape

Security Affairs

This scam cleverly manipulates trust and the routine nature of order confirmations to breach personal security. Expect AI to be used in creating highly convincing spam emails, including deepfakes and personalized phishing attempts, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between legitimate and malicious communications.

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MY TAKE: How consumer-grade VPNs are enabling individuals to do DIY security

The Last Watchdog

I also saw this as an opportunity to get better informed about consumer security concerns. DIY security. VPN subscriptions surge every time there’s a Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal or a headline-grabbing identity theft caper, like the unemployment payments hacks that swept across the U.S.

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Top of Mind Security Insights from In-Person Interactions

Cisco Security

Data privacy is getting personal . Security incidents targeting personal information are on the rise. In fact, 86 percent of global consumers were victims of identity theft, credit/debit card fraud, or a data breach in 2020.

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Chart a course to the passwordless future on World Password Day

SC Magazine

Has the security team replaced them? Passwords are no longer considered a secure way to log in, so what does the company plan to do about it? The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) found that a whopping 51 million people had their data compromised in Q1 2021.

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Malwarebytes consumer product roundup: The latest

Malwarebytes

Browser Guard adds an extra layer to your personal security, on top of your antivirus or firewall. It’s the world’s first browser extension to do this, while at the same time identifying and stopping tech support scams.