Collaborate Disseminate
By Owais Sultan
Identity theft is a growing threat in 2022. Since the onset of the pandemic, the incidence of cybercrime…
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The global identity theft protection services market is estimated at $10 Billion in 2022 and is forecast to surpass $24 Billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 9.4% during 2022-2032, according to Fact.MR. The global identity theft protection services mar… Continue reading Identity theft protection services market to surpass $24B by 2032
Cybersecurity has come to be defined by identity, with almost every attack today revolving around gaining control of a user’s identity as a means of accessing critical data and systems. Verizon’s latest data breach report found that credentials are the… Continue reading Reducing the blast radius of credential theft
According to an Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) report, the overall number of data compromises (1,862) is up more than 68 percent compared to 2020. The new record number of data compromises is 23 percent over the previous all-time high (1,506) se… Continue reading Number of data compromises reaching all-time high
A Canadian man has been handed a three year prison sentence after being found guilty of buying and selling over 1700 stolen identies on a dark web marketplace, and collaborating with the notorious Dark Overlord extortion gang.
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An associate of the Dark Overlord hacking group has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in possessing and selling more than 1,700 stolen identities on the dark web, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Slava Dmitriev, a 29-year-old Canadian citizen who was apprehended in Greece in September 2020, pleaded guilty in August 2021 to fraud charges. Prosecutors said he used the handle “GoldenAce” to buy and sell stolen identities on the dark web marketplace AlphaBay in 2016 and 2017. Those deals sometimes included contact with the Dark Overlord, a notorious cyber-extortion crew. “This defendant profited off buying and selling people’s stolen identities, including victims in this district,” said U.S. Attorney Kurt Erskine, referring to the Atlanta-based Northern District of Georgia, where Dmitriev was sentenced. The stolen data included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information, prosecutors said. Dmitriev was accused of providing the […]
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With the self-assessment tax deadline fast approaching in the UK, self-employed individuals will be looking to take advantage of the many apps that are on the market to help make the tax return process as smooth as possible. Unfortunately, there is a r… Continue reading Beware of fake tax apps pushing malware
Someone (Susan Langley) From Australia send me an email whereby this person confirms that she is sick, diagnosed with cancer and will not live for long and she needs to donate millions to someone to do charity work for her, with this she e… Continue reading Providing someone with my Identity card on email, is it safe? [closed]
I’ve noticed the last year or so that state as well as federal organizations in the US are asking you to register on ID.me. I really am hesitant not because I’m anti feds/state/government – it’s just they are so bad at INFOSEC and Risk man… Continue reading How safe is ID.me? [closed]
I remember setting up my first email address when I was a student and my teacher suggested concatenating year of birth (not date of birth) to my name to create a unique email address, e.g. johnpublic1990@yahoo.com. (Obviously, I am not usi… Continue reading Is it bad practice to use *year* of birth (not *date* of birth) as part of your email address? [duplicate]