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Elephant Bar alerts customers to possible payment card breach

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Dissent

Ron Ruggless reports: CM Ebar LLC, parent to the Elephant Bar restaurants, warned customers who used credit cards at the 29-unit chain between August and December that their data may have been breached, the company said Tuesday. The casual-dining operator said it was alerted to the potential security breach on Nov. 3, and it has…

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Blog of News Site “The Independent” Hacked, Leads to TeslaCrypto Ransomware

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Dissent

Joseph C. Chen reports: NOTE: This is a developing story. Please watch this space for updates as we continue to dig into the technical details of this attack. The blog page of one of the leading media sites in the United Kingdom, “The Independent” has been compromised, which may put its millions of readers at risk of getting…

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Kalahari Resorts in Wisconsin and Ohio hit by payment card breach

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Dissent

From their notice of December 1 (and no, this isn’t related to the Starwood properties’ breach disclosed recently): Kalahari Resorts recently became aware of a possible security incident involving credit and debit card data reportedly used at our food & beverage, retail and spa outlets at our Wisconsin (1305 Kalahari Dr., Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965)…

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Hilton Worldwide discloses malware-related payment card breach began in November, 2014 (Update2)

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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Maine’s Yellowfront Grocery hit by payment card breach

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Dissent

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

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Smut-viewing Android apps actually steal your data

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Dissent

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,…

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