John Leyden reports: Olympus has apologised after it distributed a digital camera in Japan that came with added malware on its internal memory card. An estimated 1,700 Stylus Tough 6010 digital compact cameras shipped pre-pwned with auto-run code designed to infect Windows PCs they were connected to, net security firm Sophos reports. The malware uses…
Category: Business Sector
Apple’s Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed
Ryan Tate writes: Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the wireless-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking. […] The specific information exposed in the breach included subscribers’ email addresses, coupled with an…
FTC Approves Final Settlement Order with Dave & Busters
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final settlement order with entertainment operation Dave & Busters. The final order settles charges that the company failed to secure customers’ sensitive credit and debit card information, resulting in several hundred thousand dollars in fraudulent charges. The FTC vote approving the final order…
Another Small Company Takes a Financial Hit on the Cyber Chin
Matthew Gardiner writes: Similar to the case of Hillary Machinery that I previously blogged about, another small company, DKG Enterprises, has recently taken a nearly $100K hit from cyber thieves. Very simply the thieves stole the corporate controller’s banking credentials, fraudulently transferred money to multiple mules, and voila, goodbye $100K. The headline of the KrebsonSecurity…
CO: Credit card fraud rising Havasu residents reporting more cases each year
Jayne Hanson reports: A credit card fraud phenomenon sweeping the nation has caused concern for Lake Havasu City Police Department’s white-collar crimes experts. […] “What we are seeing is some new type of activity,” said Lake Havasu City Police Det. Scott Cheshire. When merchants use virtual credit card systems to batch charges at the end…
Ca: 15-year-old caught in Richmond with hundreds of skimmed credit cards
And what is your teenager doing for work this summer? Vivian Luk reports: A 15-year-old boy was arrested last month at a Richmond gas station for connection to a credit card skimming operation. […] The boy is suspected of copying credit card information from several hundred customers without their knowledge, and then selling the stolen…