SecureCivic

SecureCivic SecureCivicは、市民が構築したオープンソースの身分証明書検証プラットフォームであり、社会保障庁（SSA）が最新のプライバシー重視の検証システムを採用できるように設計されています。これにより、強力な暗号化保護、不正検出、市民が管理する本人確認セキュリティツールを使用した安全なリアルタイム本人確認を実現し、民間データブローカーや仲介業者への依存を排除します。 SecureCivicは、AGPL-3.0+ライセンスの下で、完全に透明性が確保され、監査可能であり、オープンソースのコラボレーションを通じて継続的に改善されるように設計されています。 ビジョン...

New Social Security Scam Emails Use Fake Tax Documents to Hijack PCs

A new phishing campaign is targeting thousands in the US by posing as the Social Security Administration. Learn how scammers use fake 2025/2026 tax statements and Datto RMM software to hijack computers and steal data, as shared with Hackread.com...

Fake SSA Emails Trick Users into Installing ScreenConnect RAT

Cybercriminals are using fake Social Security Administration emails to distribute the ScreenConnect RAT Remote Access Trojan and compromise…...

Fake Social Security Statement emails trick users into installing remote tool

Fake emails pretending to come from the US Social Security Administration SSA try to get targets to install ScreenConnect, a remote access tool. This campaign was flagged and investigated by the Malwarebytes Customer Support and Research teams. ScreenConnect, formerly known as ConnectWise Control...

E-Verify’s “SSN Lock” is Nothing of the Sort

One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called "Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory," which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration, the IRS and others before crooks do it for you. A k...

Social Security Administration Designates March 5 as National ‘Slam the Scam’ Day

In association with the Federal Trade Commission’s National Consumer Protection Week, the Social Security Administration SSA has designated March 5 as National “Slam the Scam” Day to educate Americans about telephone scammers impersonating government employees. These scammers aim to gain potentia...

Registered at SSA.GOV? Good for You, But Keep Your Guard Up

KrebsOnSecurity has long warned readers to plant your own flag at the my Social Security online portal of the U.S. Social Security Administration SSA -- even if you are not yet drawing benefits from the agency -- because identity thieves have been registering accounts in peoples' names and...

SSA.GOV To Require Stronger Authentication

The U.S. Social Security Administration will soon require Americans to use stronger authentication when accessing their accounts at ssa.gov. As part of the change, SSA will require all users to enter a username and password in addition to a one-time security code sent their email or phone. In thi...