Identity IQ

JULY 3, 2023

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), last year there was a 13% increase in reports of misuse for both new and existing accounts compared to the year prior. Account misuse can result in alarming repercussions, including privacy breaches, financial losses, and identity theft.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Anti-virus giant, Kaspersky, blocked 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware, and risk-ware attacks. Thus, these Australian attacks significantly contribute to the rising trend in socially engineered attacks. How Can Social Engineering Affect the Current State of Security in Australia?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 7, 2022

The booming market on the Dark Web for passwords and other personal information make it a lucrative business for any cybercriminal - and Raccoon Stealer’s Malware-as-a-Service model makes it even easier for anyone to steal your information to make a profit. Wait, what is Malware-as-a-Service?” For the most part, Raccoon Stealer 2.0

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Identity IQ

MAY 30, 2023

These breaches can happen due to vulnerabilities in the database software, or through social engineering techniques that trick employees into revealing their login credentials. They may use phishing emails , social engineering, or malware attacks to access login credentials or other personal information.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The following vectors represent some of the most common ways a criminal could gain access to your accounts and is also known as an account takeover : Social Engineering. If a “Not Secure” warning appears on your browser when you visit a website, it is not necessarily affected by malware. population vulnerable to identity theft.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Richard Bauer of Los Angeles, who worked at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Southern California, pleaded guilty for stalking, computer hacking, and aggravated identity theft. He got other victims to install computer malware allowing him to access their computers.” ” states the Associated Press.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Phishing is a type of social engineering scam most commonly hidden in a fraudulent email but sometimes via text message, website, or phone call where a criminal posing as a legitimate institution, such as a bank or service, tries to obtain sensitive information from a target victim. What is Phishing? Spear Phishing.

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Hot for Security

JANUARY 29, 2021

Of course, if you do that, your money will be gone, you may download malware onto your device, and scammers can misuse your personal information to steal your identity,” the agency notes. This warning was issued on January 25 in a joint statement with the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At Social-Engineer, we define impersonation as “the practice of pretexting as another person with the goal of obtaining information or access to a person, company, or computer system.” They may also have attachments that contain malware. How to Spot Them: Phishing emails could contain spelling and grammatical errors.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Sadly, there are many ways scammers and hackers can source their victims’ email addresses, including buying them from data providers or the dark web , email harvesting, social engineering, fake websites or social media. After the update, scan your device and even email inbox for malware and delete them.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 3, 2023

In a typical SNDL attack, the attacker gains access to encrypted data by intercepting network traffic, accessing data stores, or by using techniques such as social engineering or malware to gain access to critical information. This data can be used for identity theft, fraudulent transactions, or other malicious purposes.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2021

Here is how the company describes the threat of phishing emails: "Phishing is a common way scammers try to trick you into giving them personal information such as an account username and password, Social Security number, or other personal information. These frequently contain malware that can infect your device.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

More than half of the breaches started with the network servers being compromised either through email phishing, malware or privileged credential misuse. For many of these hospitals and rural clinics, insufficient security measures dramatically escalate the risk of an attack.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

. ** Please do not open these files unless you want to test your antivirus and anti-malware software loaded on your device! Does this phishing attack constitute a possible identity theft? Phishing attacks often rely on social engineering techniques to trick users into revealing sensitive data.

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2023

In fact, last year 55% of identity crime cases reported to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) were due to compromised credentials. In this blog, we provide you with ten actionable ways to safeguard your digital identity, focusing specifically on how to prevent compromised credentials.

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2023

In fact, last year 55% of identity crime cases reported to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) were due to compromised credentials. In this blog, we provide you with ten actionable ways to safeguard your digital identity, focusing specifically on how to prevent compromised credentials.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Although most people think of money and theft when it comes to credit card fraud, it’s also a form of identity theft. Someone claims to be you and uses your resources and identity to make purchases. Social Engineering Social engineering is one of the more devious types of credit card fraud.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Source: Cybernews The information exposed in this data leak could have been exploited for fraud, identity theft, phishing attempts, or as a source of data for meticulously targeted cyberattacks. Storing personal information in logs should be avoided, as it elevates their sensitivity level. User security log.

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Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While the dark web has many legitimate uses, such as providing a platform for political dissidents and whistleblowers to share information safely, it is also a breeding ground for illegal activities such as drug trafficking, hacking, and identity theft. Another significant threat the dark web poses to consumers is the risk of malware.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

With a mix of infiltration, social engineering, and many hours of investigative work, authorities were able to discover Ulbricht’s identity. If your personal information is found on the dark web using a dark web scan , your identity is already at risk. Turn on multifactor authentication for all online accounts.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 4, 2022

There are rootkits, Trojans, worms, viruses, ransomware, phishing, identity theft, and social engineering to worry about. Never connect the backup drive to a computer if you suspect that the computer is infected with malware. That risk still exists, but we all face many other threats today too. Security tips.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

Account takeover, also known as ATO, is a form of identity theft in which a malicious third party gains access to or “takes over” an online account. Social Engineering: Cybercriminals are increasingly using sophisticated social engineering tools to trick people into revealing their login credentials.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

is an electronic cyberattack that targets a user by email and falsely poses as an authentic entity to bait individuals into providing sensitive data, corporate passwords, clicks on a malicious web link, or execute malware. SMishing is social engineering in the form of SMS text messages. Remote access. Remote Access.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2023

A particularly nasty slice of phishing, scamming, and social engineering is responsible for DoorDash drivers losing a group total of around $950k. Malwarebytes DNS filtering blocks malicious websites used for phishing attacks, as well as websites used to spread or control malware. How to avoid phishing Block known bad websites.

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Security Through Education

MAY 21, 2024

Clicking on any links or downloading attachments within these emails can lead to malware infections, identity theft, or financial loss. Without verifying the sender, they may miss the fact that it is not coming from the actual company, but rather a bad actor impersonating them.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

They can then conduct elaborate phishing and social engineering attacks to gain access to the victims’ accounts on other digital services such as entertainment and shopping platforms or even online banking. Clicking on suspicious messages or any links therein is a risk that may result in your computer being infected with malware.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Hackers, never at a loss for creative deception, have engineered new tactics for exploiting the weakest links in the cybersecurity chain: ourselves! Social engineering and business email compromise (BEC) are two related cyberattack vectors that rely on human error to bypass the technology defenses businesses deploy to deter malware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

T-Mobile offers two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft detection services to impacted customers. Such kind of info could be used by hackers in social engineering attack against T-Mobile’s customer support employees with the intent of stealing the victim’s phone number.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 8, 2022

The earliest techniques were fake malware signatures or sleep timers (delayed execution). Memory analysis is a bit more technical but effective for spotting common LOLBins used to deliver malware, such as Regsvr32, a Windows utility that can register or unregister DLL files. The Rapid Evolution of Evasion Techniques.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

With such information in hand, they can stage much more convincing phishing and social engineering attacks or even commit identity theft against the people whose information has been exposed on the hacker forum. Next steps.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Although your data may not have been found by anyone else, in case any ill-intentioned hacker discovered it, here are some of the risks people exposed could face: Phishing Scams and Malware. Identity theft. Scammers like this are pretty common in Turkey.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2022

Spearheading malware attacks through verified accounts passed on among legitimate followers. Phishing to obtain sensitive user information, which is then used to launch other social engineering attacks or identity theft. Machine identity is essential for security. Find out how Venafi can help. "> Off.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Providing courses on phishing, password security, identity theft, and social engineering will prepare employees with correct cyber behaviors. The survey found the most common cybersecurity attacks were malware/virus related (24%), followed by a data breach (16%) and a phishing attack (15%).

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Scenario 2: Twitter can be used to spearhead malware attacks through verified accounts passed on among legitimate followers. So, a Twitter bot army can run large-scale malware campaigns to infect systems, some of which could be critical infrastructure or SCADA systems.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

TMobile has now issued a formal apology and offered free identity theft recovery services to nearly 48 million customers for whom the telecom giant failed to protect their sensitive personal information. Most of the modern attacks use evasive malware that are built to work under the radar.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 26, 2024

A data breach could result in the disclosure of this information to hackers who may then commit identity theft, fraud or other illicit activities. Further, knowledge of the nature of cyber threats to which the system is vulnerable, such as malware, phishing or DDoS attacks are necessary for designing appropriate countermeasures.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

When the pandemic struck, online bad actors took it as an opportunity to double-down on their attacks through ransomware, malware, and social engineering. Fraud and identity theft are on the rise, with online shopping hacks and COVID-related scams popular among cybercriminals. . Article by Beau Peters.

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