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The agency sparked controversy over its decision to deploy facial recognition technology from the company to vet taxpayers’ identity.
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Of the 1,802 breaches the Identity Theft Resource Center tracked in 2022, 66% of notices lacked details about the attack and victims.
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Is there a way to force google drive to erase all files + passwords contained on a computer at shutdown (as a proactive measure)? Or this could be accomplished by a standard script to delete all cache files at shutdown. In this case, a los… Continue reading sealed data from a stolen laptop
Brian Krebs is reporting on a vulnerability in Experian’s website:
Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. Normally, Experian requires that those seeking a copy of their credit report successfully answer several multiple choice questions about their financial history. But until the end of 2022, Experian’s website allowed anyone to bypass these questions and go straight to the consumer’s report. All that was needed was the person’s name, address, birthday and Social Security number…
Personal employee or customer data accounted for nearly 45% of all data stolen between July 2021 and June 2022, while companies’ source code and proprietary information accounted for a further 6.7% and 5.6% respectively, according to Imperva. More posi… Continue reading 6 oversights that enable data breaches
A password manager can be a useful and effective tool for creating, controlling and applying complex and secure passwords, but if you don’t use it the right way, you can open yourself up to account compromise and even identity theft.
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The hype and popularity of the FIFA World Cup has attracted audiences from across the globe. And this, in turn attracts a variety of cybercriminals, who want to exploit the varied fan following, and the organizations participating, to make a quick buck… Continue reading Cybercriminals are cashing in on FIFA World Cup-themed cyberattacks
The problem with using Social Security numbers to authenticate consumers goes much deeper than Experian, experts say.
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The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has published a research that shows nearly 40 percent of ITRC victims say their personal information was stolen, compromised or misused in the past year. This Help Net Security video provides information how so… Continue reading Emotional and physical effects of identity theft are on the rise
By Owais Sultan
Although online fraud includes identity theft, phishing scams, and viruses, there are steps that can be taken to protect against them. Let’s dig into the whats and hows of it.
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