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How to get your Equifax money and stay safe doing it

July 30, 2019 admin awareness, credit monitoring, data breach, data breach settlement, Equifax, EU, European Union, Federal Trade Commission, fraud, fraud prevention, FTC, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Identity Theft, phishing, scams, settlement, Social Security numbers

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Equifax has been ordered to pay at least $650 million in relation to its enormous 2017 data breach. Users who were affected might be eligible for a claim. But watch out for scams!

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Tags: credit monitoring data breach data breach settlement Equifax EU European Union Federal Trade Commission fraud fraud prevention FTC gdpr General Data Protection Regulation identity theft phishing scams settlement social security numbers

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Remote access — for a scammer

July 8, 2019 admin fraud, personal data, privacy, remote access, SCAM, Social engineering, Threats

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 10:42:15 +0000

Using persuasion instead of viruses: How scammers talk people into granting remote access to their computers.

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Remote tech support, yet another risk factor for business

July 4, 2019 admin Business, fraud, MSP, remote access, SMB, Threats

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:32:24 +0000

Do your employees install and set up business software for themselves? Are you sure no outsiders are getting access to your network that way?

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What is a hoax, where do hoaxes come from, and why are they dangerous?

June 19, 2019 admin fraud, hoax, kaspersky, kaspersky lab, news, Products, report, research, Threats

Credit to Author: Artemy Ovchinnikov| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:45:26 +0000

What the Hoax verdict means, and why such software is becoming more of a problem.

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CIA sextortion — an old scam with a new twist

June 7, 2019 admin Cia, extortion, fraud, news, porn, ransom, sextortion, spam, Threats, Tips

Credit to Author: Tatyana Shcherbakova| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 10:00:59 +0000

Scammers posing as CIA agents demand ransom for alleged possession of child porn, threatening arrest.

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Don’t let this Airbnb scam fool you

May 13, 2019 admin Airbnb, fraud, SCAM, Threats, Travel

Credit to Author: Marina Mash| Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 12:10:02 +0000

Airbnb scamming becomes automated and streamlined.

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Sending spam ain’t good for business

May 2, 2019 admin Business, fraud, mail, SMB, spam

Credit to Author: Maria Vergelis| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 20:02:38 +0000

Cybercriminals take control of corporate mail accounts to send filter-dodging spam.

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 90

May 1, 2019 admin Digital Clutter, fraud, news, podcast, privacy, SCAM, Threats

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 13:00:08 +0000

Dave and Jeff take a look at the latest in the IC3 report, digital clutter, USB devices gone rogue, and more.

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A look inside the FBI’s 2018 IC3 online crime report

April 24, 2019 admin bec, cybercrime, FBI, fraud, phishing, report, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:57:07 +0000

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center have released their 2018 report about online crime. Which attacks are most popular? Where are the victims located? And how much money has been lost in the process?

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The perils of fake technical support

April 18, 2019 admin fraud, kaspersky lab, SCAM, social media, support, Threats, Tips

Credit to Author: Tatyana Sidorina| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 09:40:07 +0000

Fake technical support websites and accounts in social networks pose a real danger. How to spot and avoid them.

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