Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The way in which you respond to a data breach has a significant impact on how severe its consequences are. The number of data breaches that were tracked in the U.S. in 2017 totaled 1,579, a nearly 44.7 The way in which you respond to a data breach has a significant impact on how severe its consequences are.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Banking Advertising 88

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after some of its customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after it became aware that some of its customers were allegedly victims of SIM swap attacks.

Mobile 92

Mobile Telecommunications Data breaches Identity Theft 92

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2018

banks issue credit cards to their account holders, said a Web site misconfiguration exposed the names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of thousands of people who applied for cards between early March 2017 and mid-July 2018. TCM Bank , a company that helps more than 750 small and community U.S.

Banking 157

Banking Data breaches Identity Theft Retail 157

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

Wyden’s quote above references a story published here in July 2022, which broke the news that identity thieves were hijacking consumer accounts at Experian.com just by signing up as them at Experian once more, supplying the target’s static, personal information (name, DoB/SSN, address) but a different email address.

Identity Theft 334

Identity Theft Accountability Authentication Web Fraud 334

Krebs on Security

MARCH 8, 2019

Unfortunately, if you don’t already have an account at the credit bureau’s new myEquifax portal , it may be simple for identity thieves to lift an existing credit freeze at Equifax and bypass the PIN armed with little more than your, name, Social Security number and birthday. Getting an account at myequifax.com was easy.

Accountability 268

Accountability Identity Theft Authentication Passwords 268

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between Oct 4 and Oct 14, unknown attackers were able to access their online accounts. “HSBC became aware of online accounts being accessed by unauthorized users between October 4, 2018 and October 14, 2018. Obtain Credit Reports.

Banking 84

Banking Data breaches Identity Theft Accountability 84

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

A year after offering free credit monitoring to all Americans on account of its massive data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 148 million people, Equifax now says it has chosen to extend the offer by turning to a credit monitoring service offered by a top competitor — Experian.

Identity Theft 236

Identity Theft Marketing Data breaches Accountability 236

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

On January 4, 2017, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), located in Cleveland, Ohio, became aware of an infection on more than 100 of its computers. On January 10 2017, and unaware of this ongoing investigation, Malwarebytes became aware of the Mac version of the malware that would become known as FruitFly.

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Malware Passwords Identity Theft Data collection 82

Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2018

The restaurant chain Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen suffered a payment card breach, hackers hacked the company network between Nov. 3, 2017 and Jan. Once again here we are to discuss of a data breach suffered by a restaurant chain this time the victim is Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen. 3, 2017 and Jan.

Data breaches 45

Data breaches Identity Theft Advertising Hacking 45

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

27 — Thanksgiving Day weekend — Jim got a series of rapid-fire emails from MSF saying they’ve received his loan application, that they’d approved it, and that the funds requested were now available at the bank account specified in his MSF profile. Then on Nov. Take a look at that 546.56 A portion of the Jan.

Financial Services 217

Financial Services Banking Accountability Identity Theft 217

Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2019

Big-three credit bureau Equifax has reportedly agreed to pay at least $650 million to settle lawsuits stemming from a 2017 breach that let intruders steal personal and financial data on roughly 148 million Americans. ” Again, the existing breach settlement page is light on specifics there. . per victim, right? .

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Data breaches Identity Theft Banking Cybercrime 258

Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". 1 November 2017. Mister Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today concerning the security of credit data. The company's incident response after the breach was similarly damaging. Before the.

Computers and Electronics 212

Computers and Electronics Identity Theft Internet Internet 212

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

Such key positions include the CEO, HR department director, and chief accountant. You might think that this kind of information would be useless for an attack on a company because this personal info is not actually related to the company and contains no data that could actually compromise the company or the account owner.

Identity Theft 87

Identity Theft Phishing Accountability Banking 87

Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

The company has suffered data breaches in the past. . Significant data breaches at credit score bureaus include: . Experian, 2020: A data breach impacted 24 million Experian customers, plus almost 800,000 businesses in South Africa. The data included addresses, birthdays, and even Social Security numbers.

Risk 218

Risk Identity Theft Data breaches VPN 218

SC Magazine

JUNE 11, 2021

Expectations around how corporate America responds to and communicates around data breaches has evolved significantly over the past two decades,” said T.J. When a data breach is discovered, the heat is on the IS/IT department(s) and, in many organizations, there is a culture of blame,” said Winick. Here is a sampling.

Data breaches 101

Data breaches Media Identity Theft CSO 101

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As you can see in the chart below from Statista, data breaches rose more than tenfold between 2005 and 2017. Now think about the type of data you enter when you create a new account on a website. This is especially important on any page where sensitive data is provided, or requested, such as a contact form.

Backups 98

Backups Passwords Identity Theft Malware 98

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Hackers can publish their findings under an anonymous account on a popular social media platform or another public-facing channel. More niche examples of doxing include: Breach Doxing : the unintentional dropping of documents via a data breach or leak. Publishing Documents. Hopefully, no pwnage is found!

Data breaches 125

Data breaches Media Accountability Passwords 125

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The attackers are using administrative privileges to create fraudulent student accounts. As many as 600 bogus accounts have been created in a single day, with totals over several days running into the thousands. The Department of Education says the phony accounts are almost immediately being put to unspecified criminal use.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The attackers are using administrative privileges to create fraudulent student accounts. As many as 600 bogus accounts have been created in a single day, with totals over several days running into the thousands. The Department of Education says the phony accounts are almost immediately being put to unspecified criminal use.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 40

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The attackers are using administrative privileges to create fraudulent student accounts. As many as 600 bogus accounts have been created in a single day, with totals over several days running into the thousands. The Department of Education says the phony accounts are almost immediately being put to unspecified criminal use.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Penetration Testing Government Education 40

Troy Hunt

JUNE 10, 2019

Back in 2013, I was beginning to get the sense that data breaches were becoming a big thing. Increasingly, I was writing about what I thought was a pretty fascinating segment of the infosec industry; password reuse across Gawker and Twitter resulting in a breach of the former sending Acai berry spam via the latter.

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Data breaches Passwords InfoSec Accountability 279

Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2019

Traditionally, the average price for card data nabbed from online retailers — referred to in the underground as “ CVVs ” — has ranged somewhere between $2 and $8 per account. All of which means e-commerce retailers need to be stepping up their game when it comes to staving off card thieves.

Retail 226

Retail Hacking Marketing Identity Theft 226

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. This represents an evolutionary step beyond credential stuffing (a crime where the target’s passwords are used to access other accounts).

IoT 130

IoT Artificial Intelligence Technology Scams 130

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. A DSW data breach also exposes transaction information from 1.4 retailer (Polo Ralph Lauren).

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135