Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This now leaves you open to identity theft, and other related shenanigans. I have funds worth “Twenty Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars” -$27.500.000.00 US Dollars which i want to entrust on you for investment project in your country.If This will be you. Personal details stolen.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2022

The industry is strained by so many factors that proper cybersecurity protocols can be overlooked, presenting an opportunity for threat actors to try to turn a quick buck. On top of this, the organization is offering a free two-year membership to Experian's IdentityWorks, which helps protect against identity theft.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

The information can then be used to access other accounts associated with the individual, install malware, initiate a ransomware infection, or conduct identity theft impacting the business. SMishing is social engineering in the form of SMS text messages. Remote access. Remote Access.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

With ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) hackers like Conti, Hive and LockBit narrowing their focus from larger healthcare systems to smaller hospitals and specialty clinics, it is becoming easier than ever to retrieve the data and use it for launching various fraud and identity theft schemes.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

This tactic underscores their commitment to identity theft and the exploitation of unsuspecting individuals through deceptive online means. Utilizing AI-driven bots for advanced social engineering techniques. Additionally, they offer ongoing updates and technical support for conducting 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. Notes on users, submitted by admins and customer support agents.

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Identity IQ

MAY 16, 2023

This can be used to deceive individuals or organizations and potentially facilitate scams or social engineering attacks. Armed with this knowledge, they can engage in various forms of identity theft , such as fraudulently opening accounts in the victim’s name.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The risks are also pretty obvious: Identity Theft: Personal and financial data can be compromised if a gambling site is breached. Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks : Using public or unsecured Wi-Fi can expose users to eavesdropping and data theft. Messaging apps and in-app messages on social apps are great for these.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 24, 2021

Cyber crooks also pounced on new vulnerabilities presented by the explosion in remote loan originations and closings, the research found. As consumers relied increasingly on digital payment products during 2020, identity fraud scams kept pace with this shift in behavior, the report reveals. There is also some good news to be had.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 1, 2024

As our digital lives increasingly intertwine with our real-world identities, we leave a trail of personal information on the internet. Cyber threats such as phishing, identity theft, and malware attacks are ever-present dangers that can compromise our privacy and security.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Tor Project maintains that while it accepts federal funding, the organization does not work with the NSA to reveal the identities of any of its users. With a mix of infiltration, social engineering, and many hours of investigative work, authorities were able to discover Ulbricht’s identity.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2024

As our digital lives increasingly intertwine with our real-world identities, we leave a trail of personal information on the internet. Cyber threats such as phishing, identity theft, and malware attacks are ever-present dangers that can compromise our privacy and security.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 28, 2024

A study by Verizon in their 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report found that 68% of breaches involved a human element, such as social engineering, misuse of privileges, or simple mistakes. Presenting data from reputable sources can lend credibility to the argument. Leverage Data and Statistics.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2023

Overworked admins, who may be managing many thousands of identities and privileges, are often forced to give blanket permissions, which can lead to over-privileged or unauthorized access – an enormous risk in any organization. If employees aren't careful, they can fall for this social engineering tactic.

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SC Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

Moreover, it will look at cybercriminal activities related to circumventing identity and authentication mechanisms for these innovations, including the development of synthetic identities, identity theft and account takeovers. Perhaps the researchers may even uncover schemes that were previously unknown or underreported.

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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.” These emails can present a fake sense of authority that can very easily pressure an individual to take actions they normally wouldn’t.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It was the week before Christmas, the time when the Christmas feeling really kicks in, the weather cooled on cue, and presents began to populate the area beneath our Charlie Brown fake Christmas tree. We’ll also discuss how major data breaches occur, and what you can do to protect yourself in the Age of the Large Data Breach.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Malicious actors and scammers, commonly referred to as “bad actors,” are adept at seizing the opportunity presented by these tragedies to carry out their deceitful schemes. The personal information collected could then be used to fraudulently bill federal health care programs and commit medical identity theft.

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Digital Shadows

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Malicious Redirect: A web user visits a compromised website and is redirected to another webpage, where theyre presented with a familiar and seemingly harmless CAPTCHA challenge (see Figure 1). This stolen data is often sold on underground markets, leading to identity theft, financial fraud, and initial acess into enterprise networks.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

During these conversations, cybercriminals employed social engineering techniques to gain access not only to the internal network of the company, but also to tools that enabled them to manage Twitter user accounts. Identity theft. One result of doxing aimed at an individual employee may also be theft of their identity.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 13, 2021

Pandemic-themed attacks remain ever-present, and we’ve never observed such a convergence around a single social engineering lure for such an extended time,” Sherrod DeGrippo, Proofpoint senior director for threat research and detection, wrote in the report.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

The answer, like most other cybersecurity-adjacent answers, lies in a combination of factors including social engineering , weak passwords, and other risky security moves or attacks. What to do when your credentials are compromised How are credentials compromised in the first place? Will we ever get rid of passwords completely?

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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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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2022

Now when the app is presented with the color purple, it will know that red was involved too and hence it is valid. And the collected PII can be used to launch other social engineering attacks or identity theft. This standard is also used by Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The scheme likely aimed at identity theft: the illegal use of others’ personal details for deriving profit. The component detects all pages with phishing content that the user has tried to open by following a link in an email message or on the web, as long as links to these pages are present in the Kaspersky database.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. Phishing emails were a prevalent mode of attack, and they have been in circulation since at least the mid-1990s. An artificially generated “person.”

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