Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

This might involve making sure that new or old PC has up-to-date security software and the requisite software patches, or locking down their wireless router by enabling security features and disabling risky ones. Postal Service , or their wireless phone provider and/or Internet Service Provider (ISP).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

So, hackers will surely try to target such virtual meetings to hijack them or to harvest some personal data from the meeting participants that can later be used to either extort money or used in identity theft campaigns. For instance, a 2FA received on a mobile phone through an SMS delivered through wireless connection.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 13, 2021

Many people assume that WiFi is short for “wireless fidelity” because the term “hi-fi” stands for “high fidelity.” ” Some members of the WiFi Alliance, the wireless industry organization that promotes wireless technologies and owns the trademark, may even have encouraged this misconception.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

T-Mobile offers two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft detection services to impacted customers. In March 2020, the wireless carrier T-Mobile was victims of a sophisticated cyber attack that targeted its email vendor. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first data breach suffered by T-Mobile in the past years.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

However, the compromised personally identifiable information can expose customers to identity theft, for this reason, T-Mobile is offering them two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft detection services, provided by myTrueIdentity, from Transunion.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 27, 2023

This can be done by intercepting the wireless signals between a Wi-Fi access point and a device or using software tools to crack the encryption to secure the Wi-Fi network. Protect Your Personal Information Consider using IdentityIQ identity theft protection services.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Scam SMS/text messages can also be copied and forwarded to wireless providers via text to 7726 (SPAM), which helps the provider spot and block similar messages in the future. If it turns out to be a phish, you should be able to report it there and then.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 12, 2024

The compromised data included files containing AT&T records of calls and texts from cellular customers, wireless network customers, and landline customers between May 2022 and October 2022, and records from January 2, 2023, for a small number of customers.

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Pen Test Partners

MARCH 30, 2025

TL;DR UK & EU IoT manufacturers have more security regulation coming Applies to all wireless devices Comes into force 1 st August 2025 It may be absorbed into the EU Cyber Resilience Act From 1 st August 2025, mandatory cybersecurity requirements come into effect under the EUs Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU), or RED.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 9, 2023

This fake network looks like a legitimate wireless connection but are controlled by the hacker. Criminals can use this information to commit identity theft or fraud. However, with the right identity theft protection plan , you can help protect your identity and have VPN.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2021

CISA releases CHIRP, a tool to detect SolarWinds malicious activity Microsoft Defender can now protect servers against ProxyLogon attacks Swiss expert Till Kottmann indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft Abusing distance learning software to hack into student PCs Adobe addresses a critical vulnerability in ColdFusion product (..)

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 17, 2021

A year later, prepaid customer data – including billing addresses, phone and account numbers and wireless plans – was breached, and in 2020, employee and customer data was stolen. In January, T-Mobile reported that someone gained unauthorized access to information from some T-Mobile accounts. million – was down 20 percent.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In 2000, they understood IP telephony, wireless, and load balancing were going and bet big. AI-enabled security protection layers are needed to handle the expected growth of AI-enabled email phishing attacks, DDoS attacks, and identity theft. Why would Cisco Systems unload $28 billion and change for this company?

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

These include: Home personal networks, wired and wireless, including network reconnaissance and device inventorying. Devices owned by other companies that may be using the same network, wired or wireless, due to other family members working from home.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 15, 2024

The recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) settlement with TracFone Wireless, Inc. Here's a breakdown of the potential consequences: Compromised Customer Identity: Exposed customer information like names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and phone numbers can be used for fraudulent activities like identity theft.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A wifi repeater is a gadget that can connect to and boost the signal from a wireless network, helping to expand the network’s reach and keep a strong connection. a victim of identity theft. Before we move on to our final (final, I promise!) step, let’s talk one more kind of repeating. in an important position .

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1903 — Wireless Telegraphy — During John Ambrose Fleming’s first public demonstration of Marconi’s “secure” wireless telegraphy technology, Nevil Maskelyne disrupts it by sending insulting Morse code messages discrediting the invention. Dateline Cybercrime . retailer (Polo Ralph Lauren).

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

You will also be given discounts on credit monitoring, identity-theft insurance and restoration assistance. You can save a portable copy of Sticky Password on a flash drive that can be inputted and used on any device, rather than relying on the cloud or any other wireless connection.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You will also be given discounts on credit monitoring, identity-theft insurance and restoration assistance. You can save a portable copy of Sticky Password on a flash drive that can be inputted and used on any device, rather than relying on the cloud or any other wireless connection. Differentiators: No-cloud Wi-Fi sync.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A conviction on the additional charge against Nelson — aggravated identity theft — carries a mandatory two-year consecutive sentence. Aspertaine bragged on Discord that he’d amassed more than $330,000 in virtual currency.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

resident Ahmad Wagaafe Hared and Matthew Gene Ditman of Las Vegas were part of a group that specialized in tricking or bribing representatives at the major wireless providers into giving them control over phone numbers belonging to people they later targeted for extortion and theft. Winblo’s account on ogusers[.]com

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 3, 2021

Patient records were always valued by attackers for launching sophisticated insurance fraud schemes, purchasing medical supplies or drugs, or committing other types of fraud including identity theft. Financially motivated actors target medical records because they are lucrative assets on the dark market.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Unify: Control access by users and devices across both secure wireless and wired access. SSI postulates protection of privacy via a secure and trustworthy identity management framework, and enacts a digital passport to authenticate one's identity using own credentials.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 3, 2021

Patient records were always valued by attackers for launching sophisticated insurance fraud schemes, purchasing medical supplies or drugs, or committing other types of fraud including identity theft. Financially motivated actors target medical records because they are lucrative assets on the dark market.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Employees use them to print out personal information–including tax information and medical records, which makes them a vector for personal identity theft. Given that the average worker’s identity incident costs businesses 100-200 hours of lost productivity, a compromised printer should be granted supreme risk status.

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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. At the beginning of 2020, U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2024

Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human Rights FIN7: The Truth Doesn’t Need to be so STARK 2024 Crypto Crime Mid-year Update Part 1: Cybercrime Climbs as Exchange Thieves and Ransomware Attackers Grow Bolder Pulaski County Man Sentenced for Cyber Intrusion and Aggravated Identity Theft Microchip Technology says operations disrupted by cyberattack (..)

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