Fashion to Figure (B. Lane, Inc.) is notifying customers of a breach involving malware inserted on their web host’s server. The malware was reportedly inserted on the unnamed host’s server on May 19, but Fashion to Figure did not realize it until October 16, when they started investigating why a web page was loading slowly. Potentially compromised…
Category: Malware
Noble House Hotels and Resorts notifies customers at six luxury hotels of payment card breach
Luxury hotel chain Nobel House Hotels and Resorts is notifying customers of a breach they uncovered in the wake of reports by customers of fraudulent charges on payment cards. In a letter sent to those potentially affected, Patrick R. Colee, Chairman of Noble House Hotels & Resorts, writes, in part: Through our investigation, Noble House…
FBI alerts Owensboro Health to Breach at Muhlenberg Hospital; Breach Began in January, 2012
The breach in question may have begun in January, 2012, years before OH Muhlenberg acquired Muhlenberg Community Hospital, but it potentially impacted all patients, all payment guarantors, employees and some credentialed providers after that date and before OH Muhlenberg learned of the breach and contained it. This incident does not yet appear on HHS’s public…
Bitdefender releases automated decryption tool for files locked up by Linux.Encoder.1
Steve Ragan reports that Bitdefender has figured out how to decrypt files and backups encrypted by Linux.Encoder.1, the latest ransomware causing havoc for sites. …. Exploiting this fundamental weakness, Bitdefender released a tool that will automatically decrypt any files on a victim’s system that were targeted. The tool and instructions are available on Bitdefender’s post, the…
Excellus hack: why so long to detect it, members ask
Steve Orr has a follow-up on the Excellus BlueCross BlueShield data breach that was disclosed in September, but the scant details still available will doubtless continue to frustrate those who want to know how the breach occurred and why it took almost 20 months for Excellus to detect it. And the available facts serve as…
Four Winds Casino Resort Payment Card Breach Went On For One Year
From their statement yesterday: Four Winds Casino Resort values the relationship it has with its guests and understands the importance of protecting payment card information. On October 2, 2015, Four Winds received a report that a bank that issues payment cards detected a pattern of unauthorized charges on cards after those cards were used at…