Dan Goodin reports: Anti-virus provider Kaspersky Lab on Monday moved to reassure customers that none of their personal information was accessed during a 10-day security lapse that exposed a database used to run a support site for its US users. The company also apologized for the blunder and said it was bringing in database security…
Category: Business Sector
Court Orders Permanent Halt to Illegal Qchex Check Processing Operation
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States District Court has ordered a permanent halt to the illegal operations of an Internet-based check creation and delivery service and ordered the operators to give up all the money they made from the illegal operation. In September 2006, the FTC charged Qchex with violating…
UK: Woolworths customers risk ID fraud after staff dump banking details in a skip
Woolworths has left hundreds of its customers open to identity theft after dumping their till receipts in a skip. They contained highly-prized signatures, full bank account numbers and expiry dates, which can easily be used to clone someone’s ID. Read more in The Daily Mail
CO: Police: Credit Card Thieves Worked As Waiters
Follow-up on the story that we’ve been covering since November: The credit card numbers stolen from 200 customers at an Asian restaurant last year were taken by three people who offered to work for tips only, according to Longmont police. Cmdr. Tim Lewis told 7NEWS two men and one woman offered to work at Longmont’s…
[CORRECTED] BitDefender Portugal breach exposes customer data
HackersBlog is reporting that Kapersky isn’t the only exposing customer data this week. BitDefender Portugal also seems to have a problem…. [Corrected headline 2-9-09 10:03 am to reflect that it is BitDefender Portugal, a BitDefender partner, who had the breach and not BitDefender.com. Apologies for any confusion in the headline.]
Kaspersky breach exposes sensitive database, says hacker
Dan Goodin reports: A security lapse at Kaspersky has exposed a wealth of proprietary information about the anti-virus provider’s products and customers, according to a blogger, who posted screen shots and other details that appeared to substantiate the claims. In a posting made Saturday, the hacker claimed a simple SQL injection gave access to a…