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“BriansClub” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 15, 2019
“ BriansClub ,” one of the largest underground stores for buying stolen credit card data, has itself been hacked.
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Hackers Hit Unpatched Pulse Secure and Fortinet SSL VPNs
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 26, 2019
Vendors Issued Security Updates to Fix Severe Flaws Several Months Ago Patch or perish redux: Hackers are unleashing automated attacks to find and exploit known flaws in SSL VPNs manufactured by Fortinet and Pulse Secure to steal passwords.
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Overcoming the Challenge of Unstructured Information
AIIM
AUGUST 26, 2019
According to AIIM research, 75% of the organizations we surveyed view digital transformation as “important” or “very important” to their organization. Survey respondents point to techniques like advanced data capture, machine learning, and process automation to provide the powerful potential to reengineer and improve core business processes.
MY TAKE: What everyone should know about the promise and pitfalls of the Internet of Things
The Last Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Top 10 industries for monetizing data: Is yours one of them?
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MyPayrollHR CEO Arrested, Admits to $70M Fraud
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Earlier this month, employees at more than 1,000 companies saw one or two paycheck’s worth of funds deducted from their bank accounts after the CEO of their cloud payroll provider absconded with $35 million in payroll and tax deposits from customers.
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Before He Spammed You, this Sly Prince Stalked Your Mailbox
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
A reader forwarded what he briefly imagined might be a bold, if potentially costly, innovation on the old Nigerian prince scam that asks for help squirreling away millions in unclaimed fortune: It was sent via the U.S. Postal Service, with a postmarked stamp and everything.
Man Who Hired Deadly Swatting Gets 15 Months
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
An Ohio teen who recruited a convicted serial “swatter “to fake a distress call that ended in the police shooting an innocent Kansas man in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. Image: FBI.gov.
NY Payroll Company Vanishes With $35 Million
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
MyPayrollHR , a now defunct cloud-based payroll processing firm based in upstate New York, abruptly ceased operations this past week after stiffing employees at thousands of companies.
Secret Service Investigates Breach at U.S. Govt IT Contractor
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a breach at a Virginia-based government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
Privacy without borders: Reality or Fantasy?
Imagine a world in which every country shared a vision and a common set of principles to protect and regulate the use of personal data. It would make international business far simpler, provide citizens in every country with the same privacy rights.
Patch Tuesday, September 2019 Edition
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Microsoft today issued security updates to plug some 80 security holes in various flavors of its Windows operating systems and related software.
Spam In your Calendar? Here’s What to Do.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Many spam trends are cyclical: Spammers tend to switch tactics when one method of hijacking your time and attention stops working.
DoorDash Says 4.9 Million Records Breached
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Unusual Activity' By Third-Party Service Provider to Blame Food delivery startup DoorDash says 4.9 million customer, contractor and merchant records were breached after "unusual activity" by a third-party service provider.
‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Pleads Guilty
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
A 21-year-old man from Vancouver, Wash.
The Key to Strategic HR: Process Automation
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GUEST ESSAY: Dear America, Facebook is an addictive digital drug of little productive value
The Last Watchdog
MAY 22, 2019
Social media consumers are getting wise to the joke that when the product is free, they’re the ones being sold. But despite the growing threat of consumer exploitation, Washington still shrinks from confronting our social media giants.
Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct , an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet addresses and used them in large-scale spam campaigns.
Phishers are Angling for Your Cloud Providers
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 30, 2019
Many companies are now outsourcing their marketing efforts to cloud-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) providers. But when accounts at those CRM providers get hacked or phished, the results can be damaging for both the client’s brand and their customers.
Ransomware Bites Dental Data Backup Firm
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 29, 2019
PerCSoft , a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after falling victim to a ransomware attack. West Allis, Wis.-based
Embedded BI and Analytics: Best Practices to Monetize Your Data
Speaker: Azmat Tanauli, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Birst
By creating innovative analytics products and expanding into new markets, more and more companies are discovering new potential revenue streams. Join Azmat Tanauli, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Birst, as he walks you through how data that you're likely already collecting can be transformed into revenue!
Cybersecurity Firm Imperva Discloses Breach
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 27, 2019
Imperva , a leading provider of Internet firewall services that help Web sites block malicious cyberattacks, alerted customers on Tuesday that a recent data breach exposed email addresses, scrambled passwords, API keys and SSL certificates for a subset of its firewall users. Redwood Shores, Calif.-based
Breach at Hy-Vee Supermarket Chain Tied to Sale of 5M+ Stolen Credit, Debit Cards
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 22, 2019
On Tuesday of this week, one of the more popular underground stores peddling credit and debit card data stolen from hacked merchants announced a blockbuster new sale: More than 5.3 million new accounts belonging to cardholders from 35 U.S. states.
The Rise of “Bulletproof” Residential Networks
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 19, 2019
Cybercrooks increasingly are anonymizing their malicious traffic by routing it through residential broadband and wireless data connections. Traditionally, those connections have been mainly hacked computers, mobile phones, or home routers.
Meet Bluetana, the Scourge of Pump Skimmers
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 14, 2019
“ Bluetana ,” a new mobile app that looks for Bluetooth-based payment card skimmers hidden inside gas pumps, is helping police and state employees more rapidly and accurately locate compromised fuel stations across the nation, a study released this week suggests.
Unsecured Database Leaves 8.4TB of Email Metadata Exposed
Data Breach Today
JUNE 10, 2019
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Has Since Locked-Down Elasticsearch Server A security researcher found an unsecured database belonging to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China that contained 8.4TB of email metadata.
Patch Tuesday, August 2019 Edition
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 13, 2019
Most Microsoft Windows (ab)users probably welcome the monthly ritual of applying security updates about as much as they look forward to going to the dentist: It always seems like you were there just yesterday, and you never quite know how it’s all going to turn out.
NEW TECH: How Semperis came to close a huge gap in Active Directory disaster preparedness
The Last Watchdog
APRIL 29, 2019
In today’s complex IT environments, a million things can go wrong, though only a few systems touch everything.
SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American Financial Corp.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 12, 2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissio n (SEC) is investigating a security failure on the Web site of real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp.
iNSYNQ Ransom Attack Began With Phishing Email
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 9, 2019
A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
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