AP reports: A Bulgarian man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges in Pennsylvania that he used sophisticated malware designed to steal banking credentials and other confidential information from infected computers. The U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges that 44-year-old Krasimir Nikolov of Varna, Bulgaria, gained access to victims’ online bank accounts and transferred funds or tried…
Month: December 2016
Derrell Lee of Atlanta Sentenced To 32 Months For Aggravated Identity Theft And Bank Fraud Involving TD Bank Branches In Vermont
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Derrell Lee, 25, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today for his role in a scheme to defraud TD Bank through the cashing or attempted cashing of fraudulent checks in Vermont using the stolen personal information and bank account information of other…
What Can Be Learned From 2016 Security Incidents?
Craig Hoffman raises some valid points about lessons that can be learned following a security incident. Here are just a few of his points: Acknowledging that trust but verify is important (e.g., if someone says a network is segmented, check the ACLs and firewall rules to confirm this). Knowing that you can have great security…
UK: Former LV= employee jailed over data leak
Rozi Jones reports: Two people have been sentenced to 12 months in prison after a leak of confidential data by a former employee of LV= to a claims management company. Aisha Elliott was sentenced to 12 months for offering a bribe and Stephen Karl Oates was also sentenced to 12 months for receiving a bribe…
GA: Forsyth County investigates information breach
Mark Woolsey reports: A security breach at the Forsyth County Tax Commissioners office led to the inadvertent release Social Security numbers of nearly 20,000 residents. Tax commissioner Matthew Ledbetter said in a letter to those impacted that the information was mistakenly included in a data file downloaded by two outside parties. Both had authorized access…
Georgia Tech Human Resources Notifies Employees of Data Breach
Georgia Tech reports: Georgia Tech Human Resources notified employees Thursday morning of a data breach that occurred in Tech’s systems earlier this month. On Dec. 12, a Georgia Tech employee conducted research on a trusted website that had been compromised by a malicious software known as ransomware. The ransomware infiltrated the employee’s computer, which was…