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ProtectMyID: #Smartphone owners are victims of #identityfraud at a higher rate than the general public. Is your #cellphone #password protected?
ProtectMyID: #Smartphone owners are victims of #identityfraud at a higher rate than the general public. Is your #cellphone #password protected? View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Identity theft reporting system needs improvements, say US victims
Unwanted pressure to buy protection services from credit reporting agencies and the inability to speak to a live person when reporting an identity theft situation were the two most annoying issues victims identified in a Federal Trade Commission report issued on the growing problem this week. The FTC issued a…
Identity theft reporting system in needs improvements, say US victims
Unwanted pressure to buy protection services from credit reporting agencies and the inability to speak to a live person when reporting an identity theft situation were the two most annoying issues victims identified in a Federal Trade Commission report issued on the growing problem this week. The FTC issued a…
Malware Developers Troll for Victims on Twitter: Symantec – Security – News & Reviews
Symantec security researchers are seeing cyber-criminals increasingly using Twitter as a way of luring mobile device users to their malware. In a March 12 post on Symantec’s blog, company employee Joji Hamada said that tweets are becoming a popular way for cyber-criminals to bring people to the Android.Opfake malware. “Users…
Malware Developers Troll for Victims on Twitter: Symantec – Security – News & Reviews
Symantec security researchers are seeing cyber-criminals increasingly using Twitter as a way of luring mobile device users to their malware. In a March 12 post on Symantec’s blog, company employee Joji Hamada said that tweets are becoming a popular way for cyber-criminals to bring people to the Android.Opfake malware. “Users…
ProtectMyID: #identitytheft does not have to damage your reputation forever. Fraud victims have rights! http://t.co/iwWsSJKv
ProtectMyID: #identitytheft does not have to damage your reputation forever. Fraud victims have rights! http://t.co/iwWsSJKv View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Facebook scammers use Amazon cloud to redirect victims
Facebook scammers have started redirecting victims through Amazon’s cloud in order to bypass malicious URL filters, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor F-Secure. One Facebook survey scam recently analysed by F-Secure uses malicious browser extensions to hijack Facebook accounts and post spam messages on their walls. The messages contain…
Data breach harm assessment ‘more important than telling victims’
IT professionals believe that assessing the potential harm caused by data breaches is more useful to mitigating the effects of such incidents than notifying affected individuals, according to a survey published on the day the European Union’s proposed a 24-hour deadline for data breach disclosures. Entitled “Aftermath of a Data…
Police: Home invasion victims ran credit card scam
An investigation into a home invasion and shooting has turned into an identity theft investigation. Clayton County police first came to the home on Betony Woods Trail in Jonesboro to respond to a report of two men kicking in the door, but ended up switching gears to a credit card…