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Excellus hack: why so long to detect it, members ask

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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Four Winds Casino Resort Payment Card Breach Went On For One Year

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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Walmart notifying Niagara customers of potential security breach

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Dissent

Newstalk610 reports an update to the PNI Digital Media breach that impacted photo centers at a number of chain retailers: Some Niagara customers who had photos printed at Walmart are getting emails telling them their financial information may have been breached. Back in July, Walmart Canada disabled its online Photo Centre website as a precaution,…

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PageFair breach disclosure

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Dissent

Here’s an example of how to timely detect and disclose a breach transparently. Halloween Security Breach By Sean Blanchfield PageFair security breach has been resolved – here is what you need to know. Update 1 – 21:30 GMT November 1, 2015 Core Facts If you are a publisher using our free analytics service, you have good…

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Lone wolves could be behind multi-million dollar Cryptowall ransomware racket

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Dissent

Darren Pauli reports: A single group could be behind the monstrous Cryptowall 3.0 ransomware, widely considered to be one of the most menacing threats to end users that has fleeced victims of millions of dollars. Intel Security, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Symantec under the Cyber Threat Alliance have probed the net scourge revealing that…

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WY: Some U. Wyoming Some student and faculty computers under hacker control

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Dissent

Jeremy Rowley reports: Numerous university email accounts have been exposed to an email containing an attachment with the ability to steal information off of computers. “This is a particularly bad one, as you might expect,” Vice President of Information Technology on campus Robert Aylward said. “It essentially attempts to steal confidential data on your machine….

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