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Child identity theft, part 1: On familiar fraud

March 17, 2020 0 Comments Awareness, child identity fraud, child identity theft, cyberbullying, familiar fraud, fraud, id theft, identity theft, personally identifiable information, PII

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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KidsGuard stalkerware leaks data on secretly surveilled victims

February 24, 2020 0 Comments breach, clevguard, cyberstalking, data breach, data loss, kidsguard, mobiispy, mobile spyware, mspy, PII, Privacy, security threats, spying, spying app, spyware, Stalkerware, stalking, stalking apps, surveillance, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:28:57 +0000

The company left a server open and unprotected, regurgitating private data slurped from thousands of surveilled people, including children.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/F2UPHduG6YE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Data of 10.6m MGM hotel guests posted for sale on Dark Web forum

February 21, 2020 0 Comments Celebrities, data breach, data dump, data loss, gnosticplayers, guests, hacking forum, hotel, irina nesterovsky, kela, las vegas, mgm resorts, PII, security threats, sim card, sim swap, sim swap fraud, under the breach

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:55:24 +0000

The data dump apparently included PII for Justin Bieber and Jack Dorsey.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Z2tLH5LX16k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Private photos leaked by PhotoSquared’s unsecured cloud storage

February 19, 2020 0 Comments amazon s3, amazon simple storage service (s3) bucket, Amazon web services, amazon web services (aws) storage bucket, Android, AWS, breach, CCPA, Cloud, cloud storage, credit card fraud, data breach, data leak, data loss, exposed database, financial fraud, identity theft, iOS, leak, Mobile, personally identifiable information, phishing, photo apps, photosquared, PII, port scanning, Privacy, s3 database, security threats, vpnMentor, web mapping

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:49:20 +0000

With no password required and no encryption in place, a burglar or ID thief could have seen your photos, your address and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/v6L-VwD68-Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sensitive plastic surgery images exposed online

February 18, 2020 0 Comments amazon, Amazon web services, AWS, aws bucket, Cloud Security, cloud storage, data leak, data loss, data protection, exposed data, medical data, medical images, next motion, online privacy, personally identifiable information, PII, plastic surgery, Privacy, security threats, vpnMentor

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:04:56 +0000

Researchers at VPN advisory company vpnMentor have found yet another online data exposure caused by a misconfigured cloud database.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3bHx9OL42rQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google forced to reveal anonymous reviewer’s details

February 17, 2020 0 Comments australia, bad reviews, fraudulent reviews, Google, google reviews, Law & order, lawsuit, personally identifiable information, PII, Privacy

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:02:28 +0000

A court has forced Google to reveal the details of an anonymous poster who published an unpalatable review of a dentist.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d4sEoG9Kawk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Senator calls for dedicated US data protection agency

February 17, 2020 0 Comments california consumer protection act, CCPA, consumer online privacy rights act, copra, data protection, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Government security, kirsten gillibrand, Law & order, online privacy, personal data, personally identifiable information, PII, Privacy, selling data

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:55:15 +0000

The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mOUsx7W00QI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US charges four Chinese military members with Equifax hack

February 12, 2020 0 Comments Breach Notification, china, chinese military, credit monitoring, data breach, data loss, Equifax, financial data, identity theft, Law & order, PII, Privacy, rce, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:48:41 +0000

The indictment suggests the hack was part of a series of major data thefts organized by Chinese military and intelligence agencies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2euIheG1QVA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Data about inmates and jail staff spilled by leaky prison app

February 12, 2020 0 Comments amazon, amazon s3, amazon simple storage service (s3) bucket, Cloud, cloud storage, correctional facility, correctional risk services, crs technologies, Cryptography, data breach, data leak, data loss, exposed database, google cloud, inmates, jailcore, jailhouse, Law & order, PII, port scanning, prescriptions, prison, prisoners, Privacy, privacy policy, s3 bucket, security threats, sha-256, ssl certification, terms of service, tos, vpnMentor, web mapping

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:16:24 +0000

A web-mapping project came across detainees’ prescriptions and other PII that could be used by identity thieves to victimize prisoners.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ypFJWLIWMOE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Anatomy of a “free” gift – how online surveys can harm your digital health

January 29, 2020 0 Comments PII, Privacy, surveys

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:52:25 +0000

Just how much will that £1000 “free” gift card cost? We took a look so you don’t have to…<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xTic4Md05yA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>