Breaches have consequences, Wednesday edition. Michael Novinson reports that Calcalist has reported that the CEO of Imperva resigned following the disclosure of a data breach. The breach was initially disclosed in August and then later blamed on a stolen API key. Novinson reports: The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based cybersecurity vendor confirmed Hylen’s departure to Israeli business news publication…
Category: Breach Incidents
Details for 1.3 million Indian payment cards put up for sale on Joker’s Stash
This site has reported on a number of data leaks and breaches in India. And as regular readers know, I now have a criminal complaint and a civil suit against me and this site in India because 1to1Help.net didn’t like me exposing their embarrassing data leak. There’s also an injunction issued by an Indian court…
Australian Cyberfraud: Holding the Line on Payment Card Fraud While Scam Attempts Increase
Stas Alforov and Christopher Thomas of Gemini Advisory have issued a new report on cyberfraud in Australia. While things seeming to be getting worse all over the world and Australia has also experienced more incidents, there’s a bit of good news in their report: the rate of worsening is slowing down in Australia – at…
Cluley: “Frankly, sometimes paying the ransom is a good idea”
I usually don’t link to podcasts, but this one was especially good, I thought, as an analysis of what happened in Baltimore’s ransomware incident. And I am glad to hear Graham say what I have said a number of times: “Sometimes paying the ransom is a good idea.” You can hear the podcast here. I…
Nigerian Citizen Sentenced for Role in International Cyber-Fraud Scheme
There’s an update to an arrest noted last year on this site. From the U.S. Department of Justice: A citizen of Nigeria residing in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to 78 months in prison yesterday for his role in an international cyber fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal…
Tuesday: UK High Court will hear extradition appeal from alleged member of thedarkoverlord
It has been more than three years since a threat actor or group calling themselves thedarkoverlord (TDO) dramatically announced that they were hacking medical practices and demanding large amounts of bitcoin to not dump or sell patient data. Tomorrow, one man allegedly associated with TDO will be hoping that his lawyers can successfully appeal a…