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What is Shoulder Surfing?

Identity IQ

IdentityIQ Shoulder surfing is an identity theft practice where someone tries to steal confidential information by spying over their target’s shoulder. Here are the most common scenarios when shoulder surfing may occur: You enter your username and password when logging onto a banking app or website on your laptop or smartphone.

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Is Dark Web Monitoring Worth It?

Identity IQ

Dark web monitoring is a service that scans the dark web for stolen personal information, such as credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, passwords, and other sensitive data. Using dark web monitoring can help you avoid the devastating consequences of identity theft, including financial loss and damage to your reputation.

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IKEA Canada becomes a victim of a large data breach

CyberSecurity Insiders

However, there is a high probability that the current data that has leaked to hackers can lead to incidents such as identity thefts and brute force attacks- for those customers who use their mobile phone numbers as their password.

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SEC X account hacked to hawk crypto-scams

Malwarebytes

The approved Bitcoin ETFs will be subject to ongoing surveillance and compliance measures to ensure continued investor protection.” With this control they can intercept messages, two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and eventually reset passwords of the account the number has control over.

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Tips to protect your data, security, and privacy from a hands-on expert

Malwarebytes

There are rootkits, Trojans, worms, viruses, ransomware, phishing, identity theft, and social engineering to worry about. Use a strong, unique password for each login you use. Use a strong, unique password for each login you use. Use a password manager to create and remember passwords if you can.

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What Gen Z really cares about when it comes to privacy

Malwarebytes

Titled “ Everyone’s afraid of the internet and no one’s sure what to do about it ,” the report reveals that too many people spy on their spouses , too few use unique passwords , and too many who are worried about identity theft don’t actually do anything about it (and to those people, we say: We’ve got you covered ).

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Lab test provider LifeLabs disclose a data breach that exposed personal info of 15M customers

Security Affairs

“Through proactive surveillance, LifeLabs recently identified a cyber-attack that involved unauthorized access to our computer systems with customer information that could include name, address, email, login, passwords, date of birth, health card number and lab test results.” ” said Brown.