data theft
New details about Target breach come to light
As data dumps of cards stolen in the Target breach continue to be sold on underground cybercrime forums, and the stolen information is being used to perform unauthorised …
Microsoft reveals law enforcement documents were stolen in latest hack
With a short blog post, Microsoft has announced on Friday that unknown hackers might have accessed and exfiltrated information regarding law enforcement information requests …
US mega-retailer Michaels has likely also been breached
Texas-based specialty retailer Michaels Stores is the latest company to officially announce that it has been targeted by cyber crooks that were after their customers’ …
1.1 million affected in Neiman Marcus breach
American luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus has finally offered some details about the breach it suffered during the end of the year holidays. It’s not as bad …
Best practices to help prevent online data breaches
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) recommended a series of best practices to help prevent online data breaches and other exploits. Leveraging preliminary year-end data from the …
Motivation and techniques of world’s most sophisticated cyber attackers
CrowdStrike released “CrowdStrike Global Threats Report: 2013 Year in Review,” the product of its year-long study of more than 50 groups of cyber threat actors. …
16 million logins compromised, warns German infosec agency
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has issued on Tuesday a notification warning that some 16 million online user accounts have been compromised, and …
Millions stolen via bluetooth-enabled skimming devices
Thirteen individuals have been indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney for stealing victims’ banking information with skimming devices at gas stations throughout the …
Target POS malware author reveals himself
In an unexpected turn of events, the suspected Russian author of the BlackPOS (or Kaptoxa) has confirmed that he was, indeed, the one who developed it. As a reminder: …
Card data stolen in Target breach starts getting misused
The payment card information swiped in the massive Target breach has been spotted being misused in Texas, and two Mexican citizens were arrested and are facing federal …
Author of BlackPOS is a Russian teenager, researchers say
As the number of active attacks on US merchants continues to rise (we’re up to six now), InterCrawler CEO Andrew Komarov believes he has discovered the identity of the …
20M South Koreans affected by insider data theft
Personal and financial information of some 20 million South Koreans has been compromised by a consultant working for personal credit ratings firm Korea Credit Bureau (KCB), …