NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Understanding these risks is essential for companies, employees, and consumers alike, as they can lead to identity theft, financial loss, and even emotional distress. Social Engineering Prevention Tip While the company was implementing strong email protections, a fairly simple vulnerability allowed us to bypass these controls.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

For instance, phishing, one of the most common, is a social engineering attack used to steal user data. It can cost a company millions of dollars, or lead to individual identity theft and invasion of privacy. There are many ways in which we can be exposed to potential cyberattacks. Cybercriminals often target the young.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. The publication said the judge overseeing Urban’s case denied bail because the defendant was a strong flight risk. 9, 2024, U.S. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The leaked data included: Full names Phone numbers Email addresses Home addresses Dates of birth Nationality and places of birth Social media links Employment history Educational background As you can imagine, these resumes represent a treasure trove for phishers and other cybercriminals. What do I need to do?

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Identity IQ

MAY 17, 2023

This report explores key findings based on contacts from nearly 15,000 reports to the ITRC of identity compromises, misuse, and abuse from individuals across the country. This report explores key findings based on contacts from nearly 15,000 reports to the ITRC of identity compromises, misuse, and abuse from individuals across the country.

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Chances are youve received at least one of these letters, which means you have been put at risk for identity theft and major financial losses. Here are just some of the ways hackers exploit your stolen information: Identity theft : Hackers use your personal info to impersonate you. In 2024, more than 1.3

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Identity IQ

APRIL 12, 2023

Tax Identity Theft: A Comprehensive Guide IdentityIQ Tax season can sometimes be stressful even when things go according to plan, but what happens when you are the victim of tax identity theft? Here’s a comprehensive guide on tax identity theft, how it works, and what to do if you suspect it.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2021

Data available for sale exposes 700+ million people at risk of cybercriminal activities, including identity theft, phishing and social engineering attacks, and account hijacking. He claims the data was obtained by exploiting the LinkedIn API to harvest information that people upload to the site.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Philippine defense warned of the risks of using AI-based applications to generate personal portraits and ordered its personnel to stop using them. The order remarks that these AI-based applications pose significant privacy and security risks. On October 14, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. issued the order in an Oct.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Gal speculates that either Meta was the victim of a social engineered attack that tricked an employee into giving attackers access to the portal or the threat actor had credentials for a legitimate law enforcement account. ” Gal told Security Affairs. The access to the official META Law Enforcement Portal.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 3, 2024

How Can Biometrics Prevent Identity Theft? Biometrics has emerged as a powerful tool in the fight against identity theft. This article delves into the various biometric authentication methods, explaining how they work and how biometrics can help prevent identity theft. What are Biometrics?

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Mellen: This deal seems to be betting on the importance of offering a consolidated consumer security portfolio that incorporates identity theft protection, antivirus, and other security tools like VPNs. Also, one of the top ways attackers can target individuals is via social engineering or phishing.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Malicious actors can unveil stored system data, potentially utilizing it for identity theft, false profiling, data harvesting , fraudulent activity, and many other activities that violate a person's privacy. This could pose risks to users' physical safety, distort their perceptions, and alter the software's response to their movements.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. In fact, last year, scams accounted for 80% of reported identity compromises to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

“Since passports contain a significant amount of personal information, including full names, date of birth, and a unique passport number, cyber criminals could use them to impersonate victims and steal their identities.” What are the risks of exposing passport data? Direct financial loss is also a possible risk. the team said.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2024

SIM swapping can be done in a number of ways, but perhaps the most common involves a social engineering attack on the victim’s carrier. However, if you have a telecoms manager on your payroll then there’s no need for social engineering—they can just do the SIM swap for you.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 17, 2024

In earlier days of scams like these, success depended a great deal on the criminal’s skills at social engineering, but rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) mean scammers can now easily and convincingly fake the “voice” of the relative that is the supposed victim of the accident.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Data breaches reached an all-time high, leaving a trail of identity theft cases. This has left victims scrambling to understand the extent of the damage and how to help protect themselves against the evolving threat of identity theft. Protecting yourself from the damages of data breaches and identity theft is paramount.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2025

What was once protected behind secure walls is now out in the wild, widening the attack surface and opening up new risks. Its not just personal and corporate identities. Todays businesses depend on networks of third-party partners, vendors, contractors and AI-powered agents, all of whom have identities.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 18, 2025

Social media provides us with a fast, efficient, and exciting way to share our interests and experiences with our friends, but who outside of our sphere REALLY needs to know all this information about us? Unfortunately, this can put us at risk for spear phishing attacks, identity theft , and other forms of data compromise.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

A common misconception among the digital community is that older exposed or stolen data has an expiration date and does not cause any future security risks. If users can’t rely on companies to keep their data safe, it might be time to reassess online behaviors by limiting the information shared with social media platforms.”

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This includes your personally identifiable information as well as your online behavior and any authentication factors you use to verify your identity when accessing online services. In this article, we’ll be covering the following topics: What are the Components of a Digital Identity? Why is Your Digital Identity Important?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 3, 2023

In a typical SNDL attack, the attacker gains access to encrypted data by intercepting network traffic, accessing data stores, or by using techniques such as social engineering or malware to gain access to critical information. This data can be used for identity theft, fraudulent transactions, or other malicious purposes.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Financial institutions (FIs) are widely implementing such technologies to accelerate customer support and internal workflows, which may also trigger compliance and supply chain risks. Resecurity forecasts a variety of social engineering schemes that could be orchestrated by abusing and gaining access to trusted conversational AI platforms.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 23, 2024

Scammers are very good at using information found in breaches in social engineering attacks. We don’t just report on threats – we help safeguard your entire digital identit y Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

Why is identity management and security important in 2023? “In In the current digital landscape, identity security has gained paramount importance due to the growing cyber risks posed by phishing and social engineering attacks utilizing AI.

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Identity IQ

MAY 13, 2024

What Are the Risks of a Data Breach? IdentityIQ In a society dominated by digital interconnectedness, the risks associated with data breaches loom over individuals, businesses, and society at large. The ramifications extend past financial losses due to personal, corporate, and regulatory privacy being at risk.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

This is a question of whether you have permission to inventory, classify, and perform a risk analysis on the networks supporting a home user’s environment. SMishing is social engineering in the form of SMS text messages. All pentesters need to do is reply to an existing work-related post to begin their attack.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

The risks to the privacy of Australian customers are at an all-time high, as the nation has reported the highest percentage of mobile threats globally, standing at 26.9%. The Australian population is at most risk if you consider the statistics on a per-device basis. Australian Mobile Cybersecurity in 2022.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2023

News of data dumps is often scary as the possibilities of identity theft, account takeovers, user de-anonymization, and other online data-driven threats rear their ugly heads. Privacy Affairs claims data in the set can be used in social engineering attacks and doxxing. How bad is this? Should Twitter users be concerned?

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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2024

Online identities continue to be at risk of vulnerabilities. For individual users, the exposure of passwords means an increased risk of account takeovers, identity theft, and fraud. Case in point: a colossal password compilation dubbed "RockYou2024" has emerged, containing nearly 10 billion unique passwords.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

The lurking menace of social engineering. There’s also another issue: data stolen in breaches like this can be used for future social engineering attacks. As the breach notice notes: We do not have any evidence of identity theft or misuse of protected health information as a result of this incident.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

They can then conduct elaborate phishing and social engineering attacks to gain access to the victims’ accounts on other digital services such as entertainment and shopping platforms or even online banking. Clicking on suspicious messages or any links therein is a risk that may result in your computer being infected with malware.

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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 Boulevard

JULY 19, 2023

Security fatigue is a major risk for businesses. 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. What is security fatigue?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 7, 2022

Risk Level. DropBox and social engineering. Scammers would use social engineering to trick users into navigating to filesharing sites, like DropBox, via a malicious URL, causing them to download Raccoon Stealer. Category Awareness, News. as they continue to make improvements. Hive Systems can help! Learn more here.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

What’s more, Hodson observed, the email addresses and phone numbers in the leak can easily be leveraged for email or phone scams, spam campaigns, and identity theft. Further reading : How to Control API Security Risks. It’s also unclear exactly how much information is included in the data. “Bottom line? .

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