Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. The Spamdot admins went by the nicknames Icamis (a.k.a.

Computer and Electronics 214

Computer and Electronics Passwords Sales Government 214

Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". Mister Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today concerning the security of credit data. The security breach was a result of a vulnerability in the software for their websites: a program called Apache Struts.

Personal data 83

Personal data Computer and Electronics Privacy Data breaches 83

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Most of that focus has centered on data collection, storage, sharing, and, in particular, third-party transactions in which customer information is harnessed for advertising purposes. Could a party, for instance, decline to produce, review, or even collect certain types of data due to privacy concerns? But what about other contexts?

Privacy 97

Privacy e-Discovery Computer and Electronics e-Delivery 97

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

Cybersecurity 139

Cybersecurity e-Discovery Passwords Information Security 139

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data scraping or web scraping is a typically automated process that extracts information from websites, allowing criminals to compile datasets containing personal information.

Data Privacy 94

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94