Erik Sherman reports: If you live in the United States, there’s almost a 50 percent chance your personal data was lost in the giant Equifax data breach a year ago of 143 million records. Google had its own data breach in October this year that exposed data on as many as 500,000 accounts. Or the…
Category: Business Sector
One in five Magecart-infected stores get reinfected within days
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Online stores that have been infected with the Magecart malware –known to record and steal credit card details from checkout forms– often get reinfected after clean-up operations, a recent report has revealed. “In the last quarter, 1 out of 5 breached stores were infected (and cleaned) multiple times, some even up to…
That Domain You Forgot to Renew? Yeah, it’s Now Stealing Credit Cards
Brian Krebs reports: If you own a domain name that gets decent traffic and you fail to pay its annual renewal fee, chances are this mistake will be costly for you and for others. Lately, neglected domains have been getting scooped up by crooks who use them to set up fake e-commerce sites that steal…
Another Facebook vulnerability could have exposed information about users and their friends
Dani Deahl reports: The security company Imperva has released new details on a Facebook vulnerability that could have exposed user data. The bug allowed websites to obtain private information about Facebook users and their friends through unauthorized access to a company API, playing off a specific behavior in the Chrome browser. The bug was disclosed…
NL: Internet con men ripped off Pathe NL for €19m in business email compromise
Heads rolled in this one, when executives did not spot or prevent business email compromise. As reported by DutchNews.nl: The Dutch operation of the Pathé cinema group was ripped off by internet con men to the tune of over €19m, court documents published on Friday show. The con cost both the chief executive and financial…
Mobile World flounders after serious security breach
Vietnam Investment Review reports: On November 7, a hacker has announced full 16-digit credit card numbers, claiming they belong to Mobile World customers. After sharing a file containing more than 5.4 million email addresses and 31,000 bank card numbers (six digits covered), claiming they belong to clients of Mobile World, an account called Erwincho continued…