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First American Financial Corp. Leaked Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records

Krebs on Security

NYSE:FAF ] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this week by KrebsOnSecurity. The earliest document number available on the site – 000000075 — referenced a real estate transaction from 2003.

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GUEST ESSAY: The Top 5 online privacy and data security threats faced by the elderly

The Last Watchdog

And, let’s be honest , the deceptive writing phishing assaults and other cyber threats today employ are skilled enough to fool even the most trained, internet-savvy experts. Phishing emails and messages may appear from a company you’re familiar with or trust, and they can appear to be from a credit card company or a bank.

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Don’t Let Your Domain Name Become a “Sitting Duck”

Krebs on Security

. “Hijacked domains have been used directly in phishing attacks and scams, as well as large spam systems,” reads the Infoblox report, which refers to lame domains as “ Sitting Ducks.” Other attacks have used hijacked domains in targeted phishing attacks by creating lookalike subdomains.

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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

Krebs on Security

In March 2020, the DOJ unsealed two criminal hacking indictments against Kislitsin, who was then head of security at Group-IB , a cybersecurity company that was founded in Russia in 2003 and operated there for more than a decade before relocating to Singapore.

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What is Phishing?

Identity IQ

What is Phishing? One of the most common techniques used to exploit web users is the phishing scam. This article will cover what phishing is, cybercriminals’ different approaches, and how to prevent yourself from becoming a victim. What is Phishing? How Does Phishing Work? Spear Phishing.

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The High Stakes of Cybersecurity in Online Gambling

SecureWorld News

Don't forget to enable MFA, use strong, unique passwords, and be suspicious of inbound messages about gaming that could be phishing attempts. Online gambling sites are ripe for the bad actor picking, for sure, including gambling-themed phishing sites that lure victims looking to strike it rich from their couch or home or in-office chair. "

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WTH is Modern SOC, Part 1

Anton on Security

As I said in my now-dead Gartner blog, a lot of security operation centers looked like they were built on a blueprint of a classic paper written by somebody from ArcSight around 2003 (don’t get me wrong, that was an epic SOC paper … for 2003!).