Aura or LifeLock: Who Offers Better Identity Protection in 2025?

The Growing Threat of Digital Identity Theft Identity theft is a continuous online threat that lurks behind every…...

Identity theft protection firm LifeLock may have exposed user email addresses

By Waqas LifeLock, an Arizona-based identity theft protection firm may have exposed email addresses of millions of its customers - Simply put: A firm vowing to protect online identity of its customers may have exposed their identity to malicious hackers and cybercriminals. It happened due to a...

LifeLock Bug Exposed Millions of Customer Email Addresses

Identity theft protection firm LifeLock -- a company that's built a name for itself based on the promise of helping consumers protect their identities online -- may have actually exposed customers to additional attacks from ID thieves and phishers. The company just fixed a vulnerability on its si...

FTC Closes 70 Percent of Data Breach Investigations, Weighing PCI-DSS Standard

The Federal Trade Commission doesn’t investigate every reported breach, but when it comes to prosecuting data security cases it has an impressive 70 percent closure rate, according to agency officials. FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen shed light on the agency’s approach to enforcing data securi...

LifeLock Patches XSS That Could've Led to Phishing

Researchers identified a cross-site scripting vulnerability in a page on the LifeLock website that could allow an attacker to create an authentic-looking login page for the service and harvest usernames and passwords from customers. LifeLock patched the vulnerability quickly after researchers Bla...

LifeLock CEO A Frequent Victim of ID Theft

A CEO who publicly posted his Social Security number on billboards and TV commercials as part of a campaign to promote his company’s credit monitoring services was the victim of identity theft at least 13 times, a news report says. Read the full article. Wired...

LifeLock Settles with FTC for $11 Million

LifeLock, an Arizona company promising customers protection from identity theft, has agreed to pay $12 million to settle charges that the company overstated its benefits and used “scare tactics” to gain subscribers. Read the full article. Computerworld...