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Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

Krebs on Security

The answer may no longer be a mystery: KrebsOnSecurity found compelling clues suggesting the intrusion was carried out by the same Russian hacking crew that stole of millions of payment card records from big box retailers like Home Depot and Target in the years that followed. Nikki Haley to head the state’s law enforcement division.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why penetration testing has become a ‘must-have’ security practice

The Last Watchdog

Yes, and that is what Sony exactly lost when they were hacked and the personal info of every one of its customers leaked in 2011. Healthcare companies must follow HIPAA rules; retailers must comply with PCI DSS. This came to the news because Sony is one of the biggest names on the planet. Are the credentials updated? Data protection.

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Krebs on Security

That document indicates the Liberty Reserve account claimed by MrMurza/AccessApproved — U1018928 — was assigned in 2011 to a “ Vadim Panov ” who used the email address lesstroy@mgn.ru. In 2013, U.S. PANOV Constella Intelligence , a threat intelligence firm that tracks breached databases, says lesstroy@mgn.ru

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Episode 243: The CSTO is a thing- a conversation with Chris Hoff of LastPass

The Security Ledger

It’s how Amazon dethroned retail giants like Sears and Toys R Us, and Netflix transformed movie-watching. Writing in 2011 i n the Wall Street Journal , Andreessen predicted that, in the next 10 years, he expected many more industries to be disrupted by software. . Click the icon below to listen.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

Michigan is known as the Wolverine State in deference to the ornery quadruped that roams its wild country. However, after a recent visit to Detroit, Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids as a guest of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., or MEDC, I’m prepared to rechristen Michigan the Cybersecurity Best Practices State. But it does fit like a glove.

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Crooks use carding bots to check stolen card data ahead of the holiday season

Security Affairs

Cybercriminals are automating this process using carding bots that are able to make small purchases on smaller retailers’ websites. Researchers were able to detect the first Canary bot attack after noticing a Safari browser version from 2011 changing IP addresses on a daily basis and that originate from cloud and colocation services. .

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California District Court Certifies Class in ZIP Code Collection Suit

Hunton Privacy

The Court found that the Song-Beverly Act does not include an exception that would allow a retailer to ask for personal identification information as a condition of a credit card transaction from customers who previously (or subsequently) provided any personal information to the retailer.

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