Identity IQ

APRIL 20, 2023

Tax Season Scams: How to Protect Your Identity IdentityIQ While it’s important to be on high alert and protect your identity all year long, tax season is an especially vulnerable time. Every tax season, identity thieves run a variety of scams to get their hands on taxpayers’ personal information. It’s probably a scam.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. On June 11, 2017, Terpin’s phone went dead. ” AN ‘IDENTITY CRISIS’?

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Hot for Security

JUNE 14, 2021

While some security experts might seem over-zealous shouting about the dangers, the vast majority of warnings about mobile security threats are indeed justified. Stalkerware is another big issue on mobile platforms. Mobile threats are in no way a myth. In fact, they are more vulnerable than most of us like to think.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

Scams range from unsolicited calls offering help with your “infected” computer to fully-fledged websites where you can purchase heavily over-priced versions of legitimate security software. The scams primarily emanate from call centers in South Asia, mainly India. Maybe we should be flattered, but frankly we are annoyed.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2021

SecureWorld previously reported on a T-Mobile data breach where 100 million customer accounts were potentially compromised in a cyberattack. T-Mobile has since provided a couple of updates on the situation. T-Mobile discovers millions more accounts compromised. T-Mobile announced it identified an additional 5.3

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords and instead authenticate visitors by leveraging data elements unique to each customer’s phone and mobile subscriber account, such as location, customer reputation, and physical attributes of the device. The four major U.S.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

SIM Swap Scams: How SIM Swapping Works and How To Protect Yourself IdentityIQ According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, SIM swap scams are on the rise. If you’re unfamiliar with this scam, it takes advantage of people’s lack of knowledge of how SIM cards work and puts their information at risk.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Here’s a look at a fairly elaborate SMS-based phishing scam that spoofs FedEx in a bid to extract personal and financial information from unwary recipients. Most phishing scams invoke a temporal element that warns of negative consequences should you fail to respond or act quickly. com, g001bfedeex[.]com, com, and so on.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Even if you’ve never been scammed before, you may know somebody who has. 2020 was a high-water mark for online scams and fraud. Not every scam is strictly about money. Here are five things to remember if you’ve been scammed. If the data you handed over was an account credential, change the password immediately.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Warnings abound of a major new piece of fraud doing the rounds which uses your relative’s voice as part of a blackmail scam. The tale is retold by a Tik-Tok user who fell for the scam tactic , who says: "New scam alert. I usually don’t fall for scams but they got me.". Scams go around, come around.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2021

There are some scams on Steam which have stood the test of time. Like Steam phishing campaigns, this particular Steam scam—referred to loosely as the “I accidentally reported you” or “I accidentally reported your account” scam—has been coming and going since initial reports of it emerged in late 2018.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Resecurity has identified a new underground marketplace in the Dark Web oriented towards mobile malware developers and operators. Later, cybercriminals successfully applied the same approach to mobile devices, because modern digital payments are extremely interconnected when it comes to mobile applications used by consumers. .

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

5 Latest Amazon Scams and Tips to Avoid Them IdentityIQ Ah, Amazon. Today, we’re peeling back the curtain on the most cunning Amazon scams out there, and more importantly, giving you the tips you need to help avoid falling into their traps. What are Amazon Scams? It’s all fantastic, right? ” Beware!

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. Mobile malware The number of Android users attacked by banking malware increased by 32% compared to the previous year. Agent was the most active mobile malware family, making up 38% of all Android attacks. Money is what always attracts cybercriminals.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. Prosecutors say Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla., According to an Aug.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for feedback on new proposed rules to crack down on SIM swapping and number port-out fraud, increasingly prevalent scams in which identity thieves hijack a target’s mobile phone number and use that to wrest control over the victim’s online identity.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. Image: Cloudflare.com.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

These smaller institutions, much like the giants, are hustling to expand mobile banking services. Yet, they are much less well equipped to detect and repel cyber attackers, who are relentlessly seeking out and exploiting the fresh attack vectors spinning out of expansion of mobile banking. That’s finally advanced.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

This would suggest the compromise was the result of a SIM swapping attack, where an attacker takes control of a phone number by convincing a mobile carrier to transfer the victim’s phone number to a SIM card they own. You will be prompted to enter your X password and click Confirm. From there, follow the instructions in the prompts.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2024

While no details were provided about the potential perpetrators, the scam highlights how threat actors exploit the authority of government agencies to trick victims into complying with illicit demands. Companies must employ AI themselves to fight these scams."

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

million customers, including website administrator passwords, sFTP credentials, and private SSL keys; -December 2022: Hackers gained access to and installed malware on GoDaddy’s cPanel hosting servers that “intermittently redirected random customer websites to malicious sites.”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 27, 2023

But O’Connor also pleaded guilty in a separate investigation involving a years-long spree of cyberstalking and cryptocurrency theft enabled by “ SIM swapping ,” a crime wherein fraudsters trick a mobile provider into diverting a customer’s phone calls and text messages to a device they control.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Hacking into computers has been a thing for decades, but what do you know about the process of cloning mobile phones? Phone cloning is when an exact replica of a mobile phone is created. This includes copying the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number. How Does a Phone Cloning Scam Work? But it is possible.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Previously, ThreatLabz researchers observed Indian banking customers being targeted with fake complaint forms from phishing sites spreading short message service (SMS) mobile text stealer malwares. All they require to carry out the attack is a one-time password (OTP). Campaign 2: targeting SBI bank customers with KYC verification scam.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The hack was acknowledged by the forum’s current administrator, who assured members that their passwords were protected with a password obfuscation technology that was extremely difficult to crack. Roughly a week ago, the OGUsers homepage was defaced with a message stating the forum’s user database had been compromised.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Internet users can be targeted for identity theft , financial fraud and other scams. Online scams. The internet is full of online scams including payment app scams, ticketing scams, extortion, fake charities and online marketplace schemes. What are the Dangers of the Internet?

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The American people are fed up with scam texts, and we need to use every tool we have to do something about it. This is what Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said after releasing a plan that will require mobile carriers to block "robotext" text messages. Delete the SMS. Stay safe!

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 28, 2023

A blog post from Cofense , which spotted the campaign, further details the scam, particularly the one aimed at the energy company. This phishing scam is a reminder of the dangers of QR codes. However, there are still many services that hackers can use, so it's important to have mobile protection against malicious links.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims.

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

If people clicked on the links to download the fake apps for either Android or iOS, they received an app that looked like a mobile web app, but was actually a short-cut icon that linked to a fake website. Carson said companies need better cyber hygiene via educating employees on ways to detect these scams.

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Google Security

MAY 15, 2024

In addition to our new suite of advanced theft protection features to help keep your device and data safe in the case of theft, we’re also focusing increasingly on providing additional protections against mobile financial fraud and scams. We are working with the Android ecosystem to bring these features to users.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The email informs John that the company suffered a security breach, and it is essential for all employees to update their passwords immediately. A few days later, John finds himself locked out of his account, and quickly learns that the password reset link he clicked earlier did not come from his company. So clearly, John isn’t alone.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 1, 2018

Reddit.com today disclosed that a data breach exposed some internal data, as well as email addresses and passwords for some Reddit users. Reddit said the exposed data included internal source code as well as email addresses and obfuscated passwords for all Reddit users who registered accounts on the site prior to May 2007.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Recent arrests in Ohio shed light on how this scam works. A number of financial institutions are now offering cardless ATM transactions that allow customers to withdraw cash using nothing more than their mobile phones. A graphic from Mastercard touting the potential benefits of cardless ATM transactions.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 2, 2024

The leaked data includes names, addresses, mobile phone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers. Personal information like names, addresses, phone numbers, passcodes, and social security numbers are prized assets for cybercriminals because they can be used to make scams much more believable. Change your password.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The data included: User IP Country Email addresses Encrypted passwords User crypto wallet addresses Dates of birth First and last names Mobile numbers The researchers believe that there’s more than enough information for a persistent attacker to develop a spear-phishing campaign, which would likely aim to drain the user’s crypto funds.

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Google Security

MAY 11, 2022

Department of Labor ) because users retain the ability to log into their online accounts, often with a simple password, from anywhere in the world. Password managers that can validate the identity of the web page before logging in. Instead, to make this level of security more accessible, we're building it into mobile phones.

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