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Here’s Why Credit Card Fraud is Still a Thing

Krebs on Security

McCoy and fellow NYU researchers found BriansClub earned close to $104 million in gross revenue from 2015 to early 2019, and listed over 19 million unique card numbers for sale. Ditto for the relatively few corporate and business cards for sale. merchants to continue allowing customers to swipe the stripe instead of dip the chip.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2020 – 832 million records breached

IT Governance

Medical and military contractor Kimchuk hit by ransomware (unknown). India-based electronics retailer Vijay Sales made to pay for misconfigured database (unknown). Police investigate ransomware incident at Jamaica National Group (unknown). Ohio-based LTI Power Systems targeted by ransomware (unknown). Data breaches.

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In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free

Krebs on Security

There are dozens of private companies that specialize in providing consumer credit reports and scores to specific industries, including real estate brokers, landlords, insurers, debt buyers, employers, banks, casinos and retail stores.

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Breaking the Ice on DICE: scaling secure Internet of Things Identities

The Security Ledger

» Related Stories Expert says: Hack your Smart Home to Secure It Fitness apps: Good for your health, not so much for military security Mobile, automation-industry leaders promote two new IoT security efforts. Among them: establishing strong device. Read the whole entry. »

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

Tensions rose throughout February as the Russian military amassed across the Ukrainian border. Although Vladimir Putin and his sympathisers assured the world that they were simply conducting military exercises, the inevitable occurred on 24 February, when troops mobilised and war was declared.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

million OpenSea records for sale on hacking forum A cyber criminal known as ‘bossmoves90004’ claims to have exfiltrated 6.9 million data records from the NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace OpenSea, which they have offered for sale on a hacking forum. Source (New) Retail Italy Yes 436,932 Toner-dumping.de TB Paysign, Inc.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in September 2019 – 531 million records leaked

IT Governance

US Secret Service investigating after its systems found for sale on the dark web (unknown). Polish online retailer issued fine over data breach (2,200,000). US Navy hiring new cyber chief to better shield military secrets from Chinese hackers. . Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports $4.1 million theft from pension fund (unknown).