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Changing ID numbers in wake of Japan Pension Service breach resulted in payment errors

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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CERT.pl report on “The Postal Group”

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Dissent

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….

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Service Systems Associates updates its breach disclosure

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Dissent

Back in July, this site reported that a number of gift shops at zoos were impacted by a breach involving their point of sale systems. Service Systems Associates (SSA) issued a statement at the time. I’m not sure why more impacted entities are first disclosing now, but WBAP reports: You’ll want to check your bank statements if you went…

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Bugat Botnet Administrator Arrested and Malware Disabled

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Dissent

A sophisticated malware package designed to steal banking and other credentials from infected computers has been disrupted, and charges have been filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania against a Moldovan administrator of the botnet known as “Bugat,”  “Cridex” or “Dridex.”  Actions taken by the U.K. and the U.S. substantially disrupted the botnet. Andrey Ghinkul, aka Andrei Ghincul and Smilex, 30, of…

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America’s Thrift Stores notifies customers of payment card breach

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Dissent

Thrift store chain America’s Thrift Stores has disclosed a data breach involving an  unnamed third-party provider. A statement prominently linked from their home page begins: A Statement From Our CEO Concerning Cyber Security Dear Customers, America’s Thrift Stores recently learned that it was the victim of a data security breach that occurred through software used by…

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Russian Developer of the Notorious Citadel Malware Sentenced to Prison

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Dissent

Dimitry Belorossov, a/k/a Rainerfox, has been sentenced to four years, six months in prison following his guilty plea for conspiring to commit computer fraud. Belorossov distributed and installed Citadel, a sophisticated malware that infected over 11 million computers worldwide, onto victim computers using a variety of infection methods.   According to U.S. Attorney Horn, the…

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