Pierluigi Paganini reports: According to a report published by the analytic software firm FICO, US Debit Cards compromised raise up to 39% in the first six months of 2017 compared to the same timeframe one year prior. In the same period, FICO reported an increase in the number of ATMs and point-of-sale devices (+21%) in…
Month: September 2017
Edmonton Police Seize Fazny.ca For Stealing Users’ Card Data
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Canadian police have seized the domain of Fazny.ca, an online electronics store that stole users’ payment card data and used it to make fraudulent purchases. According to a statement from the Edmonton Police Service (EPS), its Cyber Crimes Investigation Unit started looking into the website after a user complained of fraudulent purchases…
CHINA: first 100 days of Cybersecurity Law sees active enforcement and more guidelines, but still uncertainties
Carolyn Bigg of DLA Piper writes: Almost 100 days have passed since the new PRC Cybersecurity Law came into force. While the enforcement environment is becoming clearer – and shows data protection and cyber security in China is a real risk to be taken seriously – most of the new guidelines published to try to…
Thousands of Security Firm Job Applications Citing Top Secret US Government Work Exposed on Misconfigured Amazon Server
Dell Cameron reports: Thousands of files containing the personal information and expertise of Americans with classified and up to Top Secret security clearances have been exposed by an unsecured Amazon server, potentially for most of the year. The files have been traced back to TigerSwan, a North Carolina-based private security firm. But in a statement…
Some U.K. pharma firms decline to report data breaches, survey
Doug Olenick reports: A survey of more than 400 U.K. IT professionals in the U.K. pharmaceutical business found many do not report data breaches, in many cases because they do not know how. Well, 15% is not what I’d summarize as “in many cases.” The real headline is that almost 1 in 4 willfully do…
Ca: MacEwan University defrauded of nearly $12M in phishing scam
Caley Ramsay reports: MacEwan University said its IT systems are secure after the institution was defrauded of nearly $12 million in a phishing scam compounded by human error. The university learned it was the victim of an attack last Wednesday, Aug. 23 after a series of fraudulent emails “convinced university staff to change electronic banking…