Consumer Alerts
September 16, 2024
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Hackers Force Chrome Users To Hand Over Google Passwords, Here’s How

Forbes reports: Newly published research has revealed how threat actors are using a devious new technique to force Chrome browser users to reveal their Google account passwords out of nothing more than sheer frustration. The credential-stealing campaign, which uses malware called StealC, locks the user’s browser in kiosk mode while blocking both the F11 and […]

News, Consumer Alerts, Data Breach News
September 13, 2024
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FBI and CISA Release Joint PSA, Just So You Know: False Claims of Hacked Voter Information Likely Intended to Sow Distrust of U.S. Elections

Released: September 12, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, as part of their public service announcement (PSA) series to put potential election day cyber related disruptions during the 2024 election cycle into context for the American people, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) jointly issued the Just So You Know: False Claims of Hacked Voter […]

Data Breach News, Consumer Alerts
August 16, 2024
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NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data

Questions continue to abound following a data leak that reportedly contained 2.9 billion records with Americans’ personal information. Investigative journalist Brian Krebs summarizes what is known about the data in the breach, its authenticity, and the company behind the data. HaveIBeenOwned.com’s Troy Hunt analyzed the leaked data and found it is a somewhat disparate collection of consumer and […]

Data Breach News, Consumer Alerts, News
August 11, 2024
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2.9 Billion Records With Personal Info About US, Canada, and UK Persons Was Leaked on a Hacking Forum; The Data Owner Has Been Silent

If verified, one of the largest breaches ever of personal information of Americans, Canadians, and UK persons went up for sale on a hacking forum on April 7. While researchers and analysts watched and started investigating the listing, the background checks firm allegedly responsible for the data remained silent, neither confirming nor refuting the claimed […]

Consumer Alerts
May 28, 2024
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New FTC Data Shed Light on Companies Most Frequently Impersonated by Scammers

From the Federal Trade Commission: New data from the Federal Trade Commission shows that Best Buy/Geek Squad, Amazon, and PayPal are the companies people report scammers impersonate most often. A newly released data spotlight shows that consumers in 2023 submitted about 52,000 reports about scammers impersonating Best Buy or its Geek Squad tech support brand, followed by […]

Consumer Alerts
April 15, 2024
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Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak

Brian Krebs reports that the U.S. government is warning that “smart locks” securing entry to an estimated 50,000 dwellings nationwide contain hard-coded credentials that can be used to remotely open any of the locks. “The lock’s maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it was first notified about the critical weakness in March 2021,: Krebs reports. “Meanwhile, […]

Data Breach News, Consumer Alerts, Legal News
April 02, 2024
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Former Hospital Administrator Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Scheme That Spanned Three Decades

Victim Falsely Prosecuted and Spent Nearly Two Years in Jail and Mental Hospital A former Iowa hospital administrator who lived under a false identity for more than 30 years and caused the false imprisonment of his victim pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Matthew David Keirans, age 58, from Hartland, Wisconsin, […]