Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2021

The Russian citizen Anton Bogdanov (35), aka Kusok, was sentenced by a US Chief District Judge to 5 years of prison for wire fraud conspiracy and computer intrusions. The Russian man was arrested in Phuket, Thailand, on November 28, 2018 and was extradited to the United States in March 2019. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2022

’ In February 2008, the US authorities dismantled the global cybercrime organization tracked as Infraud Organization, which was involved in stealing and selling credit card and personal identity data. Bondarenko remained at large, but Russian co-founder Sergey Medvedev was arrested by the authorities in 2018.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2020

US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) regulator has fined the credit card provider Capital One Financial Corp with $80 million over 2019 data breach. The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has imposed an $80 million fine to the credit card provider Capital One Financial Corp over 2019 data breach.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

Hladyr was sentenced in the Western District of Washington, he was arrested in Dresden, Germany, in 2018, at the request of U.S. law enforcement and was extradited to the US where in September 2019, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit computer hacking.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

As KrebsOnSecurity observed back in 2018 , many people — particularly older folks — proudly declare they avoid using the Web to manage various accounts tied to their personal and financial data — including everything from utilities and mobile phones to retirement benefits and online banking services.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2019

Bogdanov was charged in federal court in Brooklyn of wire fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft and computer intrusion in connection with a scheme in which he and other crooks used stolen personal information to file federal tax returns and fraudulently obtain more than $1.5 Treasury,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue.

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Rippleshot

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Where is credit card fraud most rampant? Which states have the highest — and why? New data from the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Data Book provides some insight into just how much credit card fraud is growing across the U.S. 31, 2018).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2021

More clients of Capital One have been impacted in the 2019 data breach, the US bank is notifying them of their SSNs exposure. US bank Capital One notified a number of additional customers that their Social Security numbers were exposed in the data breach that took place in July 2019.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

These regulatory technical standards were passed into EU law as Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389 (the RTS), which entered into effect on September 14, 2019. The RTS has direct effect on payment service providers (PSPs), including card issuers and acquirers, in all EU member states. For remote transactions (i.e.,

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Rippleshot

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Tracking card fraud trends is a task the Rippleshot team is all too familiar with. As any financial institution leader knows, card fraud is complex, labor-intensive, ever-changing and shouldn't be tackled alone. We're here to collaboratively fight fraud – with data.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

million for failing to keep its customers’ personal data secure. The ICO found that Ticketmaster had failed to implement appropriate security measures to prevent a cyber attack, breaching the requirements of Articles 5(1)(f) and 32 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). million individuals in the EEA, including 1.5

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Maybe you’ve been holding off freezing your credit file because your home state currently charges a fee for placing or thawing a credit freeze, or because you believe it’s just not worth the hassle. But thanks to a federal law enacted earlier this year, after Sept. Answer: Anyone can be a landlord (or pretend to be one).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

Security experts at Group-IB presented at Money2020 Asia the results of an interesting analysis of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018. The number of leaked cards increased in 2018 by 56%. The total underground market value of Singaporean banks’ cards compromised in 2018 is estimated at nearly $640 000.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons. Once more, a heavily protected enterprise network has been pillaged by data thieves. For T-Mobile, this is the sixth major breach since 2018. Related: Kaseya hack worsens supply chain risk.

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Rippleshot

MARCH 15, 2019

In the last quarter of 2018, Rippleshot’s State of Card Fraud highlighted account takeover fraud as a rising trend for financial institutions to watch. The 2019 Identity Fraud Study , released this month by Javelin, indicates existing card fraud losses from $6.4 billion in 2018.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2021

The automatic reply message stated that the employee was out of the office “on R&R” and would be back to work on Dec. But when the same mistake is made by a Fortune 500 company, the results can range from costly to disastrous. Vegh could see the message from his bank referenced a curious domain: defaultinstitution.com.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2019

Bahrain, 08.04.2019 – Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks , and NGN International, a global system integrator, analyzed cybersecurity landscape in Gulf countries in 2018. Number of compromised cards ramps up in GCC. Map of Middle-Eastern Countries.

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Rippleshot

APRIL 25, 2019

With the first quarter of 2019 behind us, we're starting to get a better picture of the trends that will define this year's card fraud narrative. Of course, with eight months left in the year, there's plenty of time for new threats to emerge across the card fraud ecosystem. What’s in store for 2019.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

The cybercriminal had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit computer hacking. Iarmak was directly involved in designing phishing emails embedded with malware, intruding on victim networks, and extracting data such as payment card information,” said U.S. in May 2020.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

– card issuer and financial corporation suffered a data breach that exposed personal information from more than 100 million credit applications. Thompson (33) is suspected to be responsible for the data breach. Thompson was charged with computer fraud and abuse in U.S. Capital One, one of the largest U.S.

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Rippleshot

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In the financial ecosystem, there's no real need for this regular reminder as data security is always at top of mind for FIs. As part of the ABA Cybersecurity Awareness Webinar Series , Rippleshot Co-Founder Canh Tran was the featured speaker in a webinar titled "State of Card Fraud 2018," on Wednesday, Oct.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2020

The group has been operating since 2018, on multiple cyber criminal forums they were offering to convert cryptocurrency resulting from cybercriminal activities into fiat. ” states the press release. Ukrainian authorities arrested the members of a cybercrime gang who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges involved in money laundering.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This fact can be used to commit fraud : Recently, we observed a group of BEC actors make extensive use of Gmail dot accounts to commit a large and diverse amount of fraud. The account "bruceschneier@gmail.com" maps to the exact same address as "bruce.schneier@gmail.com" and "b.r.u.c.e.schneier@gmail.com" -- and so on.

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Rippleshot

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

As we detailed in our recap of 2018’s data breaches last week, patterns are shifting as fraudsters look for new ways to monetize data through more targeted, wide-reaching attacks that gathers more personal information in each sweep. Less breaches, but bigger impact — that was the story of 2018.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 12, 2020

On 28 July 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (the “CNIL”) sanctioned the online shoes retail company, SPARTOO SAS, by a €250,000 fine and an injunction to comply with GDPR within 3 months under penalty for various non-compliances with the GDPR of the personal data processing related to clients, prospects and employees [1].

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Hong Kong, 16.11.2018 – Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, presented the findings of its latest Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 report at the FinTech Security Conference in Hong Kong organized by Binary Solutions Limited in partnership with Group-IB. Espionage as one of the main APT groups’ goals.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Bondars was convicted of conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and computer intrusion with intent to cause damage. The other hacker who operated the Scan4you service, Jurijs Martisevs, was arrested while on a trip to Latvia and extradited to the United States.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between Oct 4 and Oct 14, unknown attackers were able to access their online accounts. HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between October 4 and October 14, unknown attackers were able to access online accounts of the financial institution.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Without establishing minimum cybersecurity standards, the Ohio law affords defendants an “affirmative defense” against state tort actions and establishes an important precedent that may serve as a model for other states and the federal government to follow. A new, first-of-its-kind law in Ohio now recognizes this fact.

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Data Protection Report

JULY 12, 2022

In brief, on April 5, 2021, a security researcher contacted Wegmans about a serious flaw the left some of Wegmans’ customers’ personal data available to the public. Wegmans concluded the misconfiguration was introduced when the container with the database was set up, back in January 2018.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 22, 2018

By June 30, 2018, retailers accepting digital (online) credit card transactions must cease using encryption protocols known as SSL or TLS 1.0. or else lose the ability to accept credit card payments. which was issued in April of 2015, required the upgrade by June 30, 2018. Retailers must transition to TLS 1.1

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector. million (2.96

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

state to freeze and unfreeze your credit file and that of your dependents, a process that blocks identity thieves and others from looking at private details in your consumer credit history. Previously, states allowed the bureaus to charge a confusing range of fees for placing, temporarily thawing or lifting a credit freeze.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

For the second month in a row, ransomware has dominated our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breaches. Of the 128 publicly disclosed incidents that we discovered in May, more than 40% of them were ransomware attacks. That partially explains why May’s total of 115,861,330 breached records is comparatively low. Ransomware.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In a month where security experts across Europe were boosting awareness of cyber security , organisations had mixed results in their own data protection practices. On the one hand, the 421,103,896 data records that were confirmed to have been breached in October represents about 50% of the monthly average. ND-based St. Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2018

Three members of the notorious cybercrime gang known as FIN7 and Carbanak have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. officials in Bielsko-Biala, Poland, in January and is currently waiting for his extradition to the United States.

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