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Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to focus on the seismic event that happened in the data privacy world earlier this week. Learn more about ITRC's new data breach dashboard here: notified.idtheftcenter.org/s/ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/ Follow on Twitter: twitter....

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. In the movie version of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy Gale of Kansas, along with the Scarecrow and Tin Man are following the Yellow Brick Road through a dark and scary forest on their way to the Emerald City. They fear that wild animals are present as they chant: Lions! And Tigers! And B...

For April, we’re going to talk about one of the hottest topics in the world of cybersecurity, privacy, and identity. Namely, the shift from what we think of as traditional identity theft to what is increasingly more common today – identity-based fraud. This week we celebrated Identity Management Day to raise awareness of the importance of identity management, of securing digital identities, and sh...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. President Harry Truman once said that if you put all the government experts in a straight line, they’d point in all directions. That might be a good title for this week’s episode where we look at the data compromise and cybersecurity trends for the first quarter of 2021. Learn more a...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. Last week we talked about the FBI’s most recent cybercrime report that shows an exponential increase in cybercrime and the losses associate with it. Today, we’re going to talk about how you can assess what that really means for you or your business. Learn more about ITRC's new data b...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today we’re going to take a stroll through the FBI’s annual report on cybercrime. It’s been 21 years since the Bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center or IC3 was formed to track cyber-crime. Read more: https://www.idtheftcenter.org/fbi-report-shows-a-sharp-cybercrime-increase-over-t...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. Back in the early days of infomercials, there would invariably come a point in a television ad selling the latest knife or blender when the person making the pitch would stop, look earnestly into the camera…and shout, “but wait- there’s more!” And that’s the title of our episode toda...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we’re going to talk about the challenges of doing just that – protecting data. The title to this week’s episode is: Don’t shoot the messenger. Yet, this is the position where many businesses find themselves now as they are sending out data breach notices to customers – even th...

This month, March, we will explore one of the key issues at the root of the tsunami of fraudulent unemployment benefit claims prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The level of benefit fraud has gone from truly unprecedented to staggering. ID.me CEO, Blake Hall, tells the Identity Theft Resource Center® on the monthly “The Fraudian Slip” podcast that unemployment benefits fraud could top $200 billion...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to focus on state laws that are fundamentally changing the legal and regulatory landscape across the country. Under the new Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), consumers will have the right to access personal data that a business collects and uses abo...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to talk less about security and more about privacy, specifically about major changes that are about to happen to mobile device privacy and how that relates to our travels around the Internet. Learn more about ITRC's new data breach dashboard here: notified.idthe...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week we’re going to talk about what seems to be your average cybercriminals favorite pastime – phishing. Our newly released annual data breach analysis pointed out that 62% of cyberattacks that led to data breaches in 2020 involved phishing and ransomware. Download a copy of the...

By the end of the 3rd quarter in 2020, more than 3 million people already had contacted the FTC. Of them, 916,215 reports – 30% of the total number of reports – concerned with identity theft. The FTC and the ITRC have both seen growing numbers of people reporting identity theft involving unemployment benefits, government stimulus checks, and other COVID-19-related areas. So what does all this mean...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. This week is a replay from our webinar on Data Privacy Day, hosted by our partner the National Cybersecurity Alliance, where we revealed our new 2020 Data Breach Report including the top trends in cyberattacks. Download a copy of the ITRC's 2020 Data Breach Report here: notified.idth...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. Here, we are interested in the trends that impact consumers and businesses when it comes to data privacy and security. And the first major report on those topics concludes that ransomware is now the single biggest cyber threat to businesses based on what happened last year. And if it...

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of everyday life and one of the first changes in 2020 was the delay in the traditional income tax filing date. Soon thereafter millions of out-of-work Americans began to receive enhanced unemployment benefits and special small business loans. This caused an unprecedented spike in unemployment benefits fraud and what we now forsee will also impact th...

Each week we take a look at the most recent and interesting events and trends related to data security and privacy. One of the trends that the ITRC has identified, and will explore in report this Spring, is the rise in the number of repeat data breaches, even as the overall number of data events is declining. And that leads us to the title of this week’s episode – Second verse, same as the first....

This week we learned that a highly sophisticated attack was launched by threat actors believed to be affiliated with Russia’s state security service. The event that has turned the cybersecurity community on its head involves two of the largest and most widely used tech companies – FireEye, a cybersecurity provider – and SolarWinds – a software company. If you have questions about how to protect yo...

Each Friday we take a look at the most recent and interesting data events. This week, we’re going to look at one of the behaviors that is increasingly at the foundation of many, if not most, data compromises in 2020. If you have questions about how to upgrade your password to protect your information from data breaches and data exposures, visit https://www.idtheftcenter.org/itrc-blogs/ where you’l...

The Fraudian Slip Podcast by ITRC - 2020 Holiday Shopping Season & COVID-19 - SMB Edition Host: James Lee, ITRC COO Guests: Gleb Reznik, CISO of Synchrony Financial and Eva Velasquez, ITRC CEO Thieves go where the money is…which means there are lots of opportunities for bad actors to take advantage of consumers and businesses during the shopping season. We’re focusing on what will be certainly one...

The Fraudian Slip Podcast by ITRC - 2020 Holiday Shopping Season & COVID-19 - Consumer Edition Host: James Lee, ITRC COO Guests: Gleb Reznik, CISO of Synchrony Financial and Eva Velasquez, ITRC CEO Thieves go where the money is…which means there are lots of opportunities for bad actors to take advantage of consumers and businesses during the shopping season. We’re focusing on what will be certainl...

ITRC CEO, Eva Velasquez and COO, James Lee took a look into their crystal ball and predict to see four of the most significant issues expected to impact identity crimes and compromises in 2021. Read the full predictions list here: https://idtheft.center/2021Predictions Make sure to subscribe to future episodes! Check out our website: www.idtheftcenter.org/ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/comp...

This is the full version of this podcast. Access just the consumer edition here: https://soundcloud.com/idtheftcenter/the-fraudian-slip-podcast-itrc-2020-holiday-shopping-season-covid-19-consumer-edition Or just the SMB edition here: https://soundcloud.com/idtheftcenter/the-fraudian-slip-podcast-itrc-2020-holiday-shopping-season-covid-19-smb-edition Host: James Lee, ITRC COO Guests: Gleb Reznik, C...

Each Friday we take a look at the most recent and interesting data events. This week we’re going to talk about a significant data compromise involving something that most every adult has in their pocket – a driver’s license. For a comprehensive look at data breaches in the U.S., check out the ITRC's data breach dashboard, Notified: notified.idtheftcenter.org/s/ Check out our website: www.idtheftce...

Each Friday we take a look at the most recent and interesting data compromises. Today we’re going to talk about an all too frequent event in the world of data - repeating history. In the context of data protection, repeating the same mistake can have significant consequences – which is why cybersecurity professionals tend to be singularly focused on preventing data breaches. For a comprehesnive lo...