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Credit card, personal info targeted in Hawaii tour company hack

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Dissent

HNN reports: Roberts Hawaii is warning customers about a security breach that may affect customers who purchased tours from July 2015 to December 2016. The tour company found out about the hack after getting reports of fraudulent charges on customers’ credit cards. The charges appeared shortly after the customers made purchases on Roberts Hawaii’s website….

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How to Bury a Major Breach Notification

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Dissent

There are ways to bury a breach disclosure other than waiting until after 3 pm on the Friday of a holiday weekend. Brian Krebs reports: Amid the hustle and bustle of the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco last week, researchers at RSA released a startling report that received very little press coverage relative to its overall…

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Malware Used to Attack Polish Banks Contained False Flags Blaming Russian Hackers

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Malware samples used in the recent attacks against several Polish banks contained planted evidence that attempted to blame the attacks on Russian-speaking hackers. These false flags, as the (IT and real-world) security community refers to these planted clues, were discovered by Sergei Shevchenko, a Russian-speaking security expert for BAE Systems. In a report published this morning,…

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Hackers who took control of PC microphones siphon >600 GB from 70 targets

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Dissent

Dan Goodin reports: Researchers have uncovered an advanced malware-based operation that siphoned more than 600 gigabytes from about 70 targets in a broad range of industries, including critical infrastructure, news media, and scientific research. The operation uses malware to capture audio recordings of conversations, screen shots, documents, and passwords, according to a blog post published last…

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Bingham County servers locked up by ransomware; hackers demanded $25k – $30k

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dissent

Stephan Rockefeller reports: Bingham County officials are scrambling to rebuild parts of their computer infrastructure after a ransomware attack took down county servers on Wednesday. Although efforts have been made to correct the problem, computer issues remained as of Friday. “Every department in the county is affected in some way,” Bingham County Commissioner Whitney Manwaring…

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Family Service Rochester experiences data breach

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dissent

Hannah Yang reports: Authorities are investigating a data breach at Family Services Rochester. Family Services Rochester has notified individuals that portions of its computer systems that contained personal information had been compromised. On Jan. 26, Family Services Rochester discovered some of its files were encrypted with ransom ware. Authorities were notified immediately, and an investigation…

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