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Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft

Schneier on Security

Don't reuse passwords for anything important -- ­and get a password manager to remember them all. Once that happens, the market will step in and provide companies with the technologies they can use to secure your data. Enable two-factor authentication for all important accounts whenever possible.

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Seized Genesis Market Data is Now Searchable in Have I Been Pwned, Courtesy of the FBI and "Operation Cookie Monster"

Troy Hunt

In its simplest form, the illegal data marketplace has long involved the exchange of currency for personal records containing attributes such as email addresses, passwords, names, etc. Cybercriminals then use this data for purposes ranging from identity theft to phishing attacks to credential stuffing.

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U.S. Soldier Charged in AT&T Hack Searched “Can Hacking Be Treason”

Krebs on Security

At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many companies had uploaded sensitive customer records to accounts at the cloud data storage service Snowflake that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication needed).

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How Are Elderly Americans Vulnerable to Identity Theft?

Identity IQ

How Are Elderly Americans Vulnerable to Identity Theft? Elderly Americans are facing a drastic increase in cybercrime, identity theft and financial abuse. The fact is, older Americans are a popular target for criminals who seek to scam their victims out of their identity and money. Estate Identity Theft.

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Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims

Krebs on Security

In June, KrebsOnSecurity was contacted by a cybersecurity researcher who discovered that a group of scammers was sharing highly detailed personal and financial records on Americans via a free web-based email service that allows anyone who knows an account’s username to view all email sent to that account — without the need of a password.

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Troy Hunt

Also, Genesis Market and Operation Cookie Monster. But more seriously, I cannot think of a better example of ambiguous language that's open to interpretation and so easily avoided (hello MM-DD people!)

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MyEstatePoint Property Search Android app leaks user passwords

Security Affairs

The MyEstatePoint Property Search app leaked data on nearly half a million of its users, exposing their names and plain-text passwords, the Cybernews research team has found. The app, developed by NJ Technologies, an India-based software developer, has over half a million downloads on the Google Play store and mainly serves the Indian market.

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