fraud – Page 10 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:17:19 +0000

In this two-part series on child identity theft, we shed light on the growing problem of familiar fraud, where those entrusted with a minor’s information are the very ones who abuse it.

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Awareness

Tags: child identity fraud child identity theft cyberbullying familiar fraud fraud ID theft identity theft personally identifiable information PII

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January 16, 2020 admin

Uncle Sam compensates you for data leaks (yeah, right)

Credit to Author: Tatyana Sidorina| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:00:37 +0000

Under the pretext of compensation for data leaks, fraudsters are selling “temporary U.S. social security numbers.”

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January 3, 2020 admin

How not to buy drugs on the Internet

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:52:07 +0000

Most get-rich-quick schemes on the Internet prove to be scams in disguise—and that includes buying drugs. Learn how scammers take advantage of users looking for illegal activities online.

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Scams

Tags: clearnet dark net drug scams drugs fraud Internet crime online crime online drug scams scams

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December 16, 2019 admin

Are scammers tired of bitcoin?

Credit to Author: Maria Vergelis| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:12:30 +0000

Extorters are demanding ransom not in cryptocurrency, but in prepaid debit cards. All the same, you shouldn’t pay.

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December 10, 2019 admin

Hundreds of counterfeit online shoe stores injected with credit card skimmer

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:30:50 +0000

A Magecart credit card skimmer was found injected into hundreds of counterfeit, brand-name shoe stores—a one-two punch of victimization for users first duped with fake goods then stripped of their personal data.

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Threat analysis

Tags: counterfeit credit card fraud Magecart shoes skimmers

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December 5, 2019 admin

Report: Organizations remain vulnerable to increasing insider threats

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The risk and challenges insider threats pose to organizations are ever present, even before tech as we know it existed. The age of digitization only made it higher and far-reaching. How has insider threats evolved over time? Where are we now in terms of mitigating insider threat risk? Are businesses really doing something about it? We answer such questions—and more—in this post.

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