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Insurance scams via QR codes: how to recognise and defend yourself

Security Affairs

The Postal Police has issued an alert to warn citizens against insurance scams using QR codes. In practice, fake insurance operators contact victims through calls, messages, or sponsorships on social networks, offering policies at advantageous prices. Online companies do not use generic domains or channels such as WhatsApp or Telegram.

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NY Investigates Exposure of 885 Million Mortgage Documents

Krebs on Security

On May 24, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that First American had just fixed a weakness in its Web site that exposed approximately 885 million documents — many of them with Social Security and bank account numbers — going back at least 16 years. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records. ”

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30,000+ Italian sales agents’ personal data, IDs leaked by Ariix Italia

Security Affairs

A database allegedly belonging to Ariix Italia was exposed online on an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, it includes 30,000+ Italian sales agents’ personal data. Recently, Ariix has entered the Italian market , where the original owners of the vast majority of the documents stored in the unsecured bucket appear to originate from.

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How AI is transforming self-service inspections for insurers through computer vision technology

Information Matters

The insurance industry, like most other sectors of the economy, is being transformed by AI. This cuts across all parts of the insurance business from marketing, sales and policy documentation Read more.

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Record Retention Policy for Businesses: A Strategic Guide to Compliance and Efficiency

Armstrong Archives

Everything from tax documents to employee files to bank statements must be kept on file, often for years at a time. At Armstrong Archives , we’re proud to stand at the forefront of records management, offering expert guidance in record retention policy and document management, ensuring that our clients stay compliant and efficient.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

2016 sales thread on Exploit. Fitis’s real-life identity was exposed in 2010 after two of the biggest sponsors of pharmaceutical spam went to war with each other, and large volumes of internal documents, emails and chat records seized from both spam empires were leaked to this author. “Why do I need a certificate?”

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Many Public Salesforce Sites are Leaking Private Data

Krebs on Security

.” Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity notified Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington Bank that its recently acquired TCF Bank had a Salesforce Community website that was leaking documents related to commercial loans. But after being presented with a document including the Social Security number of a health professional in D.C.

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