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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants concludes investigation into breach

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

  Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants have provided an updated press release after completing the investigation they began in July. The relevant parts of their press release: Findings from the investigation show that malware was installed on servers that processed payment cards used at the restaurants and front desks of some of our hotels. The malware searched…

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Appalachian Regional Hospitals on emergency operations plan; computers shut down after malware injection

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Dissent

Daniel Tyson reports: Appalachian Regional Hospitals in Beckley and Summers County computer systems were breached Saturday afternoon, but company officials were tight-lipped as to the extent or what information was seized by the hackers. The hospitals’ parent company, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, issued a two-paragraph statement that their hospitals in West Virginia and Kentucky are on…

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6 in 10 UK Universities Hit by Ransomware, 4 in 10 Targeted Multiple Times

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Six out of ten UK universities admitted to falling victims to ransomware attacks, according to mobile security firm SentinelOne, who has sent Freedom of Information (FOI) request to 71 institutions across Britain. The company says that 13 universities refused to answer its request for information, claiming the response would damage their commercial…

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Roman Seleznev Found Guilty on 38 Counts

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Dissent

I guess the jury didn’t buy the defense’s claim that the government had tampered with the evidence on Seleznev’s laptop.  A federal jury yesterday convicted a Vladivostok, Russia, man of 38 counts related to his scheme to hack into point-of-sale computers to steal and sell credit card numbers to the criminal underworld, announced Assistant Attorney…

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Malware Infected All Eddie Bauer Stores in U.S., Canada

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Clothing store chain Eddie Bauer said today it has detected and removed malicious software from point-of-sale systems at all of its 350+ stores in North America, and that credit and debit cards used at those stores during the first six months of 2016 may have been compromised in the breach. The acknowledgement comes nearly…

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Locky Targets Hospitals In Massive Wave Of Ransomware Attacks

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Dissent

Tom Spring reports: A massive Locky ransomware campaign spotted this month targets primarily the healthcare sector and is delivered in phishing campaigns. The payload, researchers at FireEye said, is dropped via .DOCM attachments, which are macro-enabled Office 2007 Word documents. Especially hard hit are hospitals in the United States followed by Japan, Korea and Thailand, according to research…

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