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…
Category: Malware
Russian Developer of the Notorious Citadel Malware Sentenced to Prison
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…
MS Society warns website users their personal details might have been compromised
Andy Ricketts reports: The MS Society has written to approximately 25,000 of its website users to warn them that their personal information might have been compromised by a cyber attack. The charity said it had discovered malicious software on its website systems that could mean it had been subject to a hacking attempt. People who might have…
Scammer tries to hack cybersecurity firm, gets hacked back
Love it! Steve Nichols reports: A cyber hacker gets scammed when he targeted a Clearwater cyber security firm. KnowBe4 trains corporate clients on defending against “phishing attacks”, a term for using realistic-looking but fake emails for illicit gain. Last Friday, the company’s chief financial officer received an email purportedly from the chief technology officer requesting…
Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas notifying customers that malware was present in payment card system for more than one year (UPDATE 1)
Norton Rose Fulbright, a law firm representing The Trump Hotel Collection, is sending out notifications to customers who used a payment card at Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas between May 19, 2014, and June 2, 2015. They write: Although an independent forensic investigation has not conclusively determined that any particular customer’s payment card information was taken…
KY: North Oldham High School student data potentially compromised after employee falls for phishing attempt
Allison Ross reports: North Oldham High School is alerting 2,800 current and former students that a data breach earlier this month could have exposed their names, social security numbers and other personal information. On Sept. 10, an outside scammer breached a computer after a nutrition services staff member at the school “ended up at a website…