IDStrong Weekly Cybersecurity Recap - Dec 31st

Have you ever received a text from someone you do not know? Did you become alarmed by the message? Did the message contain information about you and the people you know?

Authentication is the process that verifies the user's identity to control access to resources, prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to the system, and record user activities (to hold them accountable for their activities).

The growing scale of organizations and the more opportunities to push the boundaries have led to an upsurge in corporate fraud in recent years.

Doing business online has become simpler with the development of the Internet and mobile technologies. In general, both freelancers and clients benefit from the freelancing platforms.

Most computer systems and applications use passwords as a common authentication method. The simplest way to implement authentication is to store a list of all valid passwords for each user.

Breakdancing is coming to the world stage while French citizens stage a creative protest with the hashtag "JeChieDansLaSeineLe23Juin.

In the world today, there is a plethora of critical data circulating the internet, leading to complex attacks like brute force attacks.

Hackers often lurk around the most popular websites, looking for ways to exploit users. These sites include ticket purchasing, travel, e-commerce, and banking.

Nowadays, there is an increase in offensive real estate fraud, with potentially disastrous outcomes for homeowners. The practice known as deed fraud or house title theft involves an online scam for a fraudulent transfer of property ownership.

Over the years, door-to-door scams have become rampant, targeting unsuspicious homeowners with various tactics. The door-to-door scam involves individuals disguising themselves as sales representatives or service providers to access people's homes to gain personally identifiable information like social security numbers, properties, or money.

Buying your own home is the American Dream, but it might seem out of reach to those with bad credit. However, the good news is, if your credit is less than perfect, you do still have options and in most cases, can still buy a home.

Any good IT article on computers and network security will address the importance of strong, secure passwords. However, the challenge of good passwords is that most people have a hard time remembering them, so they use simple or obvious ones that pose a security risk.

Senior scams are becoming a major epidemic for two reasons. First, seniors often have a lot of money in the bank from a life of working hard and saving.

The dark web, also known as the "darknet", is a portion of the internet that lies outside the boundaries of traditional search engines.

Your Wi-Fi network is another handy access point that hackers use to infiltrate your computers, steal your identity, and grab your personal details.

Six databases that were owned by Friend Finder Networks, Inc. suffered a massive data breach in 2016, which cost 412 million users their accounts.

In this highly digital age, it is near impossible to erase all information online about yourself, but you can do a lot to remove online information and minimize your risk of identity theft or worse. 

With all our technology and connectedness comes a price, vulnerability. Now more than ever before, our credit and identities are at risk from cybercriminals, thieves, and hackers.