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Tracking Firm LocationSmart Leaked Location Data for Customers of All Major U.S. Mobile Carriers Without Consent in Real Time Via Its Web Site

May 17, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, AT&T, data breaches, Latest Warnings, LocationSmart, Mario Proietti, panerabread.com breach, Securus, Securus Technologies, Sen. Ron Wyden, Sprint, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Verizon

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 18:29:18 +0000

LocationSmart, a U.S. based company that acts as an aggregator of real-time data about the precise location of mobile phone devices, has been leaking this information to anyone via a buggy component of its Web site — without the need for any password or other form of authentication or authorization — KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The company took the vulnerable service offline early this afternoon after being contacted by KrebsOnSecurity, which verified that it could be used to reveal the location of any AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon phone in the United States to an accuracy of within a few hundred yards.

Independent Krebs

Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again.

May 9, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, AT&T, California Utility Exchange, Carrie Kerskie, Centralized Credit Check Systems, Consumers Union, credit freeze, Equifax, Equifax Credit Information Services Inc, Equifax Information Services LLC, Experian, Google Chrome 66, Hodges University, Identity Fraud Institute, Innovis, National Consumer Telecommunications and Utilities Exchange, NCTUE, nctue.com, New York Data Exchange, security freeze, Symantec, Trans Union, Verizon

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 13:36:04 +0000

I spent a few days last week speaking at and attending a conference on responding to identity theft. The forum was held in Florida, one of the major epicenters for identity fraud complaints in United States. One gripe I heard from several presenters was that identity thieves increasingly are finding ways to open new mobile phone accounts in the names of people who have already frozen their credit files with the big-three credit bureaus. Here’s a look at what may be going on, and how you can protect yourself.

Independent Krebs

Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again.

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 13:36:04 +0000

I spent a few days last week speaking at and attending a conference on responding to identity theft. The forum was held in Florida, one of the major epicenters for identity fraud complaints in United States. One gripe I heard from several presenters was that identity thieves increasingly are finding ways to open new lines of credit for things like mobile phones on people who have already frozen their credit files with the big-three credit bureaus. Here’s a look at what may be going on, and how you can protect yourself.

Independent Krebs

How to Fight Mobile Number Port-out Scams

February 28, 2018 admin AT&T, Brian Rexroad, Latest Warnings, port-out scams, Sprint, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, Verizon

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:46:30 +0000

T-Mobile, AT&T and other mobile carriers are reminding customers to take advantage of free services that can block identity thieves from easily “porting” your mobile number out to another provider, which allows crooks to intercept your calls and messages while your phone goes dark. Tips for minimizing the risk of number porting fraud are available below for customers of all four major mobile providers, including Sprint and Verizon.

MalwareBytes Security

The seven most colossal data breaches of 2017

December 21, 2017 admin cybercrime, data breaches, data breaches of 2017, Edmodo, Equifax, hacking, Uber, Verizon

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:00:00 +0000

This year saw a handful of spectacularly bad security fails that resulted in massive sets of compromised data. Here are the most colossal data breaches of 2017.

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Independent MotherBoard Security

Verizon Wants the FCC to Overturn State Internet Privacy Laws

November 3, 2017 admin FCC, internet, ISP, law, net neutrality, Politics, privacy, Verizon

Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2017 19:28:41 +0000

The telecom giant filed a white paper with the commission last week arguing that it had the authority to overrule recent state-level laws.

Independent MotherBoard Security

Verizon Abandoning 8,500 Rural Customers Is Proof that Wireless Is Not Broadband

September 20, 2017 admin digital divide, internet, rural broadband, Verizon, Wireless

Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:59:55 +0000

The move makes it even harder for the FCC to make its case.

Independent Krebs

Trump Hotels Hit By 3rd Card Breach in 2 Years

July 19, 2017 admin Four Seasons hotel breach, Hard Rock breach, Loews Hotels breach, Other, Sabre Corp. breaach, Trump Hotel breach, Trump International Hotels Management, Trump's-Dumps, Verizon

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:43:36 +0000

Maybe some of you missed this amid all the breach news recently (I know I did), but Trump International Hotels Management LLC last week announced its third credit-card data breach in the past two years. I thought it might be useful to see these events plotted on a timeline, because it suggests that virtually anyone who used a credit card at a Trump property in the past two years likely has had their card data stolen and put on sale in the cybercrime underground as a result.