Identity Theft and Identity Fraud Glossary

  
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A

account hi-jacking

‘account level’ breach

account origination 

account takeover

authentication

authentication factor

B

biometrics

breeder document

C

corporate identity theft 

credentials management

credit alert

credit freeze

D

data breach

document breeding

Domain Name Service (DNS) poisoning

dumpster diving

E

encrypted payload

encryption

enrollment

evil twin 

F

false identity

fictitious identity

G

H

hacking

I

identity crime

identity fraud  

identity harvesting

identity information

‘identity level’ breach

identity manipulation

identity theft

insiders

J

K

keyboard loggers

L

loggers (keyboard)

M

man-in-the-middle attack

means of identification

multi-factor authentication

mutual authentication

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O

one-time-password (OTP)

out-of-band authentication

P

personal information

personally identifiable information

pharming

phishing

pretexting

privacy breach

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redirector

S

Secure Sockets layer (SSL)

security breach

shared secrets

shoulder surfing

single-factor authentication

skimming

smishing

social engineering

spear phishing

spyware

synthetic identity

T

token

Transport Secure Layer (TSL)

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validation

verification

vishing

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wardriving

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