In what has become a frequent event, another company has fallen victim to exposing their sensitive company information to the entire internet, all because they failed to password-protect their web-based storage system. LimeLeads, a San Francisco-based company that...
The 2020 year has kicked off with a number of high-profile data breaches that have affected a wide variety of industries. The recently announced Front Rush data breach affecting student-athletes is just another in a long line of attacks that have targeted businesses...
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has released it’s annual End-of-Year 2019 Data Breach report, and the information is both surprising and expected. The ITRC has long been a go-to source of help and information about identity theft and fraud, data breaches and...
Hackers are taking advantage of the outbreak with a new coronavirus email scam. When anything newsworthy happens, you can guarantee that scammers will attempt to make a quick buck off of the public buzz. Sadly, the coronavirus is just the latest global event to be...
By: Eva Velasquez, President & CEO of Identity Theft Resource Center If you have a LinkedIn account, keep an eye on your email for a LinkedIn romance scam. There are immediate red flags in this communication, and I’m a happily married woman, but I did find...
There is a new U.S. government consumer agency that will pay for data breaches? If that is what you have been told, it is not true. It would be like the fox guarding the henhouse, but actually paying that fox money to eat your chickens instead. A new phishing scam...
If you are a LabCorp patient, you should be aware of a recent LabCorp data breach that exposed thousands of patients’ documents. Medical providers, hospitals and insurance companies are often hot targets for data breaches due to the sheer volume of information they...
There are a lot of different kinds of identity theft. One common form is a social media hack, which involves a hacker taking over control of your social media accounts. Compared to some of the other ways an identity thief can wreak havoc with your personally...
While the number of breaches in 2019 increased, the number of sensitive records exposed decreased SAN DIEGO, January 28, 2020 – Today, the Identity Theft Resource Center®, a nationally recognized non-profit organization established to support victims of identity...
If FedEx is delivering a package, they know where to take it. However, this FedEx delivery text scam plays into our worries about packages and theft. Who Is It Targeting: Delivery customers What Is It: Phishing scam that steals information, potentially installs...
Hackers have infected legitimate fundraising websites with a malicious card-stealing code, creating a dangerous Australian fire fundraising scam. Who Is It Targeting: Donors to Australia fires fundraising efforts What Is It: A malicious code that steals information...
Before you ever get around to filing, cybercriminals have been gearing up for this time of year for a while now in hopes of stealing your refund. One primary concern is the sheer amount of data breaches from outside the tax system exposing the personal information of...
After much debate, it turns out abbreviating 2020 is not dangerous after all. When something gets posted online, there is a good chance that it can take on a life of its own. That seems to be what happened to an interesting tidbit of advice, posted by a Twitter user...
A PayPal vulnerability in the login system was recently discovered by a white-hat hacker, allowing the company to create a patch for the problem. When we picture highly-skilled hackers at work, we might think of darkened rooms and faces peering out of black hoodies,...
Unbeknownst to many consumers, the country’s most advanced consumer privacy act just went into effect on January 1, 2020. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) outlines some of the strongest protections for individual consumers and the companies they choose to do...
The Epilepsy Foundation and law enforcement are on the hunt for hackers responsible for a recent Epilepsy Foundation Cyberattack. Data breaches and account takeovers tend to be fairly straightforward. Hackers break into a network, steal useful information and then use...
A business ransomware attack continues to be one of the most damaging, costly forms of cyberattacks against both businesses and consumers alike. Simply put, it is easy to pull off and it often works, all with little risk of discovery to the perpetrator. Most...
A Landry’s data breach has exposed thousands of people’s information after they had their software compromised. The more things change, the more they stay the same. At least, that is how it appears in the world of cybercrime, data breaches and identity theft. As...
It takes a bad criminal to attack donors to a beloved non-profit organization, but that is exactly what happened with the New York Special Olympics organization.Who Is It Targeting: Donors to the New York Special Olympics organization What Is It: Phishing attempt from...
The U.S. Army is the latest branch of the armed services to issue an order against using TikTok. Who Is It Targeting: Video app users What Is It: Data theft, “leaky” app What Are They After: The U.S. Army just became the second branch of the military to warn its...
With the Super Bowl quickly approaching, it is time to start looking out for people trying to trick you with a Super Bowl scam. Fans are eagerly awaiting the results of the playoffs to see who will go head-to-head next month. Whether your team makes the final game or...