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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. billion in 2013. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

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The Security Pros and Cons of Using Email Aliases

Krebs on Security

Indeed, security-minded readers have often alerted KrebsOnSecurity about spam to specific aliases that suggested a breach at some website, and usually they were right, even if the company that got hacked didn’t realize it at the time. ” HaveIBeenPwned’s Hunt arrived at the conclusion that aliases account for about.03

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California Attorney General Releases New Report with Findings and Recommendations on 2013 Data Breaches

Hunton Privacy

The report provides information on data breaches reported to California’s Attorney General in 2012 and 2013. Overall, 167 breaches were reported by 136 different entities to California’s Attorney General in 2013. In addition, the number of reported data breaches increased by 28 percent in 2013, rising from 131 in 2012 to 167 in 2013.

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State attorneys general announced a $1.5 million settlement with Neiman Marcus

Security Affairs

million settlement with The Neiman Marcus Group over a 2013 data breach. million settlement with The Neiman Marcus Group LLC over a data breach suffered by the company in 2013 and disclosed earlier 2014. billion in the Q4 2013. Security Affairs – settlement, cybercrime ). Tens of state attorneys general announced a $1.5

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Hanging Up on Mobile in the Name of Security

Krebs on Security

The claims come in a lawsuit filed this week in Los Angeles on behalf of Michael Terpin , who co-founded the first angel investor group for bitcoin enthusiasts in 2013. “But because of all these other companies are building in security measures, a phone number has become an identity document.”

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The Rise of the Bad Bots

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In 2013, when Imperva first launched the Bad Bot Report, bad bots comprised 23.6% Although some bad bot use cases, such as content scraping and account takeover, are prevalent across different sectors, others, like scalping, usually impact specific industries like online retail and entertainment (ticketing). and human traffic for 57%.

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Prominent Carding Marketplace UniCC announced it’s shutting down

Security Affairs

The site was launched in 2013 and according to the Elliptic Threat Intel about $358 million (across Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether and Dash) in purchases were made through the platform. The post Prominent Carding Marketplace UniCC announced it’s shutting down appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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