Erik Sandoval reports that WKMG received a viewer tip about Bright House Cable customer information found behind Jaguar, Inc. Jaguar is a contractor for Bright House Cable in Altamonte Springs. The work orders exposed the names, addresses and other personal information of dozens of customers. Bright House provided a statement to WKMG: “Bright House…
Category: Business Sector
CareerBuilder listings used as Phishing platform
Steve Ragan reports: Researchers at Proofpoint recently discovered a Phishing campaign that originated form select job postings on CareerBuilder. Taking advantage of the notification system the job portal uses, the attacker uploaded malicious attachments instead of résumés, which in turn forced CareerBuilder to act as a delivery vehicle for Phishing emails. The scam is both…
Comcast Employee Busted As Part of Identity Theft Ring
Karl Bode reports: Police in Shreveport, Louisiana have arrested ten individuals with connections to an identity and cable theft ring in the area, fueled in part by a Comcast employee. According to local news outlets, two brothers working for a Comcast subcontractor paid a Comcast employee for access to personal subscriber information. They then used that…
NY: Credit card numbers stolen from DeCicco’s in Ardsley
Ernie Garcia reports: Hackers stole customers’ credit card numbers from the DeCicco’s supermarket in Ardsley. The cyber-attack is believed to have occurred around April 17 because two customers contacted the store about suspicious activity on their cards, said Danielle Thomas, DeCicco’s legal clerk. After the customers’ calls, staff in the store reported that they too…
Compass Group USA notifies consumers of NEXTEP-related payment card breach
As noted previously on this site, Point-Of-Sale (POS) vendor NEXTEP confirmed that they were investigating a potential breach after being notified by law enforcement that some of its customer locations had been compromised in a potentially wide-ranging credit card breach. Brian Krebs broke the story, here. Today, Compass Group USA submitted a copy of an April 16th notification…
FL: Numerous skimming devices found on local gas pumps
Ari Hait reports that the Florida Department of Agriculture checked more than 6,000 gas stations across the state and found 81 skimmers attached to the pumps. Here’s a list of where they found them.