From a statement on their site today: Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) has identified and taken action to eradicate unauthorized malware that targeted payment card information in some point-of-sale systems. Hilton immediately launched an investigation and has further strengthened its systems. Hilton Worldwide worked closely with third-party forensics experts, law enforcement and payment card companies on…
Category: Malware
Maine’s Yellowfront Grocery hit by payment card breach
Yellowfront Grocery in Damariscotta, Maine, notified its customers via Facebook that it had experienced a point-of-sale (POS) breach on Oct 23. SCMagazine has some of the details. h/t, @VERISDB
Smut-viewing Android apps actually steal your data
John Leyden reports: A brace of supposed porn apps for Android actually push ransomware or steal personal data from mobile device, cloud security firm Zscaler warns. One strain of Android malware scares the user with a warning screen that falsely accusing them of watching images of child abuse. After installing the app on a device,…
Data breach at firm that manages Cisco, Microsoft certifications
Alexander J. Martin reports: Cisco, IBM, Oracle and Microsoft’s certification management provider, Pearson VUE, has copped to a data breach following a malware compromise of its Credential Manager System. The Pearson Credential Manager (PCM) system supports a number of companies’ certification tracking programmes. Pearson VUE stated that an “unauthorised third party improperly accessed certain information…
Starwood Hotels & Resorts reports payment card information breach at 54 properties
Austen Hufford reports: A data breach at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. exposed payment card information for some of its North American hotels, the latest cybersecurity incident to sting a U.S. company. Read more on WSJ. A list of the 54 properties affected and the dates of compromise are provided here (pdf). In some…
CT: Alerted that banks had discovered a problem, Swiss Cleaners investigates and notifies customers of payment card breach that began in 2014
Swiss Cleaners values the relationship it has with its customers and understands the importance of protecting payment card information. Swiss Cleaners was recently notified that banks had identified a pattern of unauthorized charges on payment cards after those cards were used in Swiss Cleaners stores. Swiss Cleaners immediately began to investigate and engaged a leading…