Posted by admin on January 27, 2012
Zappos recently announced that they had been the victim of a cyber attack and that their 24+ million customers would be contacted about the incident. The database accessed did not include credit card or payment data and Zappos has already performed a reset on customer passwords. The breached information included name, e-mail address, billing and shipping addresses, [...]
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Tags: Banking Information, Breach, Consumers, Corporate Perspective, Customer Passwords, Cyber Attack, Cyber Criminals, E Mail Address, Encrypted Passwords, Forbes, Fraud, Great Time, Identity Theft, Last Four Digits, Password Reset, Phone Number, Precaution, Shipping Addresses, Source Of Information, Zappos | 
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Posted by admin on November 18, 2011
1. Black Friday, Cyber Monday Black Friday in the U.S.– the day after Thanksgiving and the day of the biggest retail sales of the year – and Cyber Monday – the Monday after Thanksgiving – will be times when shoppers should be especially careful on the Internet and use all of their usual precautions to [...]
Categories: Security, Software | Tags: Bank Of Scotland, Black Friday, Book Mark, Cyber Monday, Day After Thanksgiving, Email Messages, Few Days, Fraud, Fraudulent Web, Holiday Sales, Lt, Paypal, Phishing Scams, Physical Address, Retail Sales, Shoppers, Telephone Number, Thanksgiving, Web Threat, Whois Search | No Comments »
Posted by admin on July 22, 2011
As this Time illustration attests, the hack attack just keeps growing. And so do the losses. Citigroup reported in June that hackers had breached the bank’s network and gained access to the data of hundreds of thousands of bank card customers. The breach affected 1% of their customer base or approximately 210,000 customers. According to [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: 7m, Account Names, Birth Dates, Card Customers, Card Expiration, Card Numbers, Citigroup, Consumer Dollars, Consumer Losses, Customer Base, Data Breach, Expiration Dates, Fraud, Hack Attack, Hackers, Hundreds Of Thousands, Illustration, Six Days, Social Security, Social Security Numbers | No Comments »
Posted by admin on May 14, 2011
Back in march we discussed data from a new survey indicating that companies are not reporting all data breaches. And it appears also that customers are not reporting a;; incidents of fraud, making it very difficult to track and prevent data breaches and fraud. “A lot of fraudulent activity goes unreported today, making it difficult [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Amp, Breach, Ceo, Data Breaches, Fraud, Fraudulent Activity, Government Body, New Survey, Perception, Prominence, Reed Taussig, Seriousness, Survey Companies | No Comments »
Posted by admin on April 29, 2011
Hi folks, On Tuesday, Sony told the world their network had been hacked, and that data of 77m users, including credit card details, were potentially exposed. Evidently, they discovered the hack a week before, and Sony is being criticized for being slow to tell people. The first point I’d like to make is that such [...]
Categories: Security, Software | Tags: Antivirus Software, Bad Guys, Changing Hands, Credit Card Details, Credit Cards, Credit Debit, Fraud, Game Box, Hi Folks, Imaginary Pets, John Dillinger, Lots Of Games, Lots Of Money, Playstation Hack, Sony Playstation, Target, Timelines, Wallet, Wii, Xbox | No Comments »
Posted by admin on April 9, 2011
Panda Labs has released its quarterly report on the security landscape of 2011 and how it compares to the past. According to the report, hackers have created 26% more new threats in the first quarter of 2011 than in the same time period of 2010 – a dramatic increase. The first quarter has seen intense [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Android, Anonymous, Bank Details, Cell Phone, Cybercriminals, Dramatic Increase, facebook, Federal Security, First Quarter, Fraud, New Malware, Panda, Quarterly Report, Report Hackers, Same Time Period, Security Firm, Security Landscape, Trojan Attacks, Trojans, Virus Activity | No Comments »
Posted by admin on March 26, 2011
As you know, RSA was recently the victim of a cyber attack which leaked information about their SecureID two-factor authentication products. This proves that even industry leaders on cybercrime can themselves become victims of attack. In the RSA 2011 Cybercrime Trends Report, and subsequent fraud reports put out monthly, several reasons are cited for which [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Cyber Attack, Driven, Employee Mobility, Enterprise, Exploits, Factor Authentication, Fraud, Industry Leaders, Landscape, Risk, Rsa, Secureid, Signs, Social Networking Sites, Trends Report, Work Environment | No Comments »
Posted by admin on March 18, 2011
Health Net, who recently settled the first HIPAA-related lawsuit for the 2009 loss of a computer disk drive that put 1.5 million patients at risk, has suffered another data breach of a sizeable nature. The unexplained loss of 9 server drives at its data center has put 2 million Health Net members, employees and health [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: 5 Million, Beth Givens, Breaches, Computer Disk Drive, Consumer Group, Consumer Health, Credit Monitoring Services, Data Breach, Financial Information, Fraud, Free Credit Monitoring, Health Care Providers, Health Information, Health Net, Identity Theft Insurance, Nonprofit Consumer, Risk, San Diego, Social Security, Social Security Numbers | No Comments »
Posted by admin on November 30, 2010
From studies we’ve highlighted in the past, we know that most organizations do not require employees to change passwords. But is changing passwords a big deal, really? That’s a question that Bill Schneier set out to answer in his latest blog post, and the answer, which isn’t as clear cut as would be nice for [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Blog, Change Passwords, Changing Passwords, Cybercriminals, Espionage, Expiration Date, Fraud, Lead, Logins, Money, Outsiders, Scenarios | No Comments »
Posted by admin on September 14, 2010
A Norwegian website has claimed that it is in possession of the personal data of more than 250,000 football fans which were sold on the black market by an employee in the FIFA system.
Categories: Security, Software | Tags: England World Cup, Football Fans, Fraud, Norwegian, Personal Data, Possession, Scare, World Cup Fans | No Comments »
