When I saw the headline, “The FBI recommends that you pay up if hackers infect your computer with ransomware,” my first thought was that someone goofed and omitted a “not” before “pay up.” I was wrong. Tess Danielson reports: If a hacker hijacks your computer with malware and holds your data for ransom, it’s probably…
Category: Malware
OK: Indian Territory Home Health and Hospice, LLC, DBA “Aspire Home Care and Hospice” notifies patients of potential compromise of their information
A recent update to HHS’s public breach tool includes an incident affecting patients of Indian Territory Home Health and Hospice (“Aspire Home Health and Hospice”). From a statement on their web site: On August 10, 2015, Indian Territory Home Health and Hospice, LLC, DBA “Aspire Home Care and Hospice” learned that it was the target…
Noble House Identifies, Discloses Payment Card Security Incident
Noble House Hotels and Resorts was alerted to a potential issue after receiving calls from guests who had used a payment card at one of Noble House’s properties, The Commons Hotel Minneapolis, and then saw unauthorized charges on that card. Noble House immediately initiated an investigation and engaged a computer security firm to examine its payment system for any…
Update: Service Systems Associates breach impacted 60,000
Remember the Service Systems Associates breach that impacted 10 gift shops in zoos, museums, and other attractions earlier this year? As of their lawyer’s recent letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, it appears that approximately 60,000 consumers had their card data caught up in the breach.
Changing ID numbers in wake of Japan Pension Service breach resulted in payment errors
The Japan Pension Service breach was a huge deal in Japan this summer, and it’s still having an impact as attempts to secure pensioners’ information by changing their ID numbers seems to have resulted in some people being overpaid while others were underpaid. Kyodo News reports: The Japan Pension Service mistakenly underpaid and overpaid about…
CERT.pl report on “The Postal Group”
From CERT.pl: During the SECURE conference, we presented a talk outlining actions performed by a group of criminals, which we have called “The Postal Group”. Their name is derived from the fact that they masquerade their phishing attacks as messages from the post office. This phishing then leads to either cryptolocker or a banking trojan….