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ITRC Report: What New Statistics Reveal About Data Breaches Impacting Consumers and Small Businesses?
The ITRC’s 2024 Consumer & Business Impact Report highlights troubling trends in identity theft for both consumers and small businesses.
The latest stats provided by the nonprofit organization, which is dedicated to supporting victims of identity cri…
Alleged ‘Snowflake’ Hacker Caught by Canadian Cybercrime Unit
Canadian authorities announced the apprehension of Alexander “Connor” Moucka, a suspect allegedly connected to a series of cybercrimes exploiting data from Snowflake Inc., a prominent cloud data warehousing company.
The suspect, also known as Waifu an…
What Is Business Identity Theft and How to Protect Your Business
Identity theft doesn’t just affect individuals—it can happen to businesses, too. Business identity theft, also called corporate or commercial identity theft, happens when criminals pretend to be business owners, managers, or employees to commit financi…
Nintendo Warns Gamers to Avoid Clicking Links in Spoofed Emails
Nintendo is warning customers to watch out for messages spoofing its no-reply@accounts.nintendo.com email address, advising fans to refrain from interacting with the message.
“We have confirmed cases of suspicious emails (spoofing emails) being sent u…
FBI Warns of Fake Videos Stirring Election Unrest
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned in a recent announcement that a couple of fabricated videos bearing the bureau’s seal are being shared online. The videos reportedly include unfounded allegations of arrest related to ballot fraud by …
IT Pro Tuesday #326
IP Stack Test, Developer Cheatsheets, M365 Cleanup & More
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FBI Says Iranian Group Tried to Attack the 2024 Summer Olympics
An Iranian threat actor, Aria Sepehr Ayandehsazan aka Emennet Pasargad, was involved in numerous operations in 2024, including one against the Summer Olympics in which they tried to compromise a French commercial dynamic display provider.
While many t…
Hackers Used Stolen Canadian Taxpayers’ Credentials to Steal $6 Million, Investigation Reveals
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has discovered that hackers obtained hundreds of people’s CRA credentials and eventually stole $6 million from bogus refunds.
Getting access to people’s CRA accounts might sound like it won’t do much good to hackers. B…