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Data security in the payments ecosystem
Experian Data Breach Resolution and the Ponemon Institute asked professionals to weigh in on several topics including who should be responsible for securing payment systems …
New infostealer tries to foil analysis attempts by wiping hard drive
“Cisco researchers have discovered a new information-stealing Trojan that reads and records any plain-text data the victim types into their browser. But this discovery …
EllisLab servers breached by hackers wielding stolen admin password
EllisLab, the company behind the popular ExpressionEngine CMS, has suffered a breach after hackers managed to gain unauthorized access to its servers.“At 10:49am PDT on …
Las Vegas’ Hard Rock casino hit by carders
Las Vegas’ popular Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has been hit by carders, who took off with names, card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV codes (but not PIN numbers or …
Email delivery service SendGrid confirms data breach
Sendgrid, the email delivery and management service that counts among its clients companies like Pinterest, Airbnb and Uber, has admitted that they have been …
Successful POS attacks are the result of poor security, researchers find
Most data breaches involving payment card information – and there have been too many in the last two years – can be traced back to a lack of implementation of …
100,000 web shops open to compromise as attackers exploit Magento bug
A critical vulnerability found in Magento, the most popular content management system for e-commerce sites, is being exploited by hackers to get their hands on users’ …
Card skimming gang stole 3M euros using ghost PoS terminals
French police supported by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) have arrested 18 members of a criminal gang who were illegally using modified, ’ghost’ …
One-in-four Americans victimized by information security breaches
One-in-four Americans (25 percent) fell victim to information security breaches in the past year, according to a new survey from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), which …
How can organizations adapt to the rise in data breaches?
There’s more money currently dedicated to stopping data breaches than ever before; however, this money isn’t always being sent in the right direction to truly put a stop to …
HSBC Finance Corporation confirms data breach
A breach notification letter sent to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office by the HSBC Finance Corporation has revealed that sensitive mortgage information of …
Main sources of data breaches: Phishing, RAM scrapers, web app insecurity
US telecom giant Verizon has published its 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report, which is based on an analysis of nearly 80,000 security incidents, including more than 2,100 …
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