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2023: A Year of Record-Breaking Data Breaches

Identity IQ

Data breaches reached an all-time high, leaving a trail of identity theft cases. This has left victims scrambling to understand the extent of the damage and how to help protect themselves against the evolving threat of identity theft. Businesses faced constant threats with phishing scams , malware , and other tactics.

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Spam and phishing in 2022

SecureList

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. At the beginning of that year, we still observed phishing attacks that used the themes of infection and prevention as the bait.

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SMS Security & Privacy Gaps Make It Clear Users Need a Messaging Upgrade

Google Security

SMS Spoofing: Attackers can spoof SMS messages to launch phishing attacks to make it appear as if they are from a legitimate sender. Malicious cyber attacks that exploit the insecurity of SMS have resulted in identity theft, personal or corporate financial losses, unauthorized access to accounts and services, and worse.

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Snitch to Rich? U.S. Offering $10M for Info on Russian Hackers

SecureWorld News

pharmaceutical manufacturer. Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev , the sixth GRU officer, developed spear phishing techniques and messages so that Russia could target critical infrastructure around the world. Among the targeted systems were those of U.S. entities.".

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Cyber News Rundown: Dairy Farm Ransomware

Webroot

The attackers still have full control over the company’s email systems, which they will likely use for additional phishing attacks or identity theft operations. Austrian crane manufacturer hit by ransomware. The attack is still ongoing nearly nine days after being first identified.

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Multinational ICICI Bank leaks passports and credit card numbers

Security Affairs

Last year, with a total share of 18% of all cyberattacks, it was the second most targeted industry, following manufacturing. Screenshot of leaked filled-in KYC form According to researchers, threat actors could use leaked data to commit identity theft and fraud.

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A Year Later, Cybercrime Groups Still Rampant on Facebook

Krebs on Security

Almost exactly one year ago, KrebsOnSecurity reported that a mere two hours of searching revealed more than 100 Facebook groups with some 300,000 members openly advertising services to support all types of cybercrime, including spam, credit card fraud and identity theft. Facebook responded by deleting those groups.