One of the things Brian Krebs and I seem to have in common is that you don’t want to have to send either of us a breach notification letter. Brian writes of his own recent experience with Cox, who wrote to him and 51 other customers: “On or about Aug. 13, 2014, “we learned that one…
Category: Of Note
Security Breach Puts Altegrity’s Integrity And Liquidity On The Line
Kate Marino reports: Hackers have claimed some high-profile corporate victims over the last year, with household names like Target and Home Depot typically reaping the lion’s share of media attention. Cyber attacks represent a growing threat to the business world, and their fallout could cost the global economy as much as $3 trillion by 2020, according to a McKinsey & Co….
Delaware Joins List of States Regulating Data Disposal
Jason C. Gavejian writes: On January 1, 2015, Delaware employers who dispose of records which contain the unencrypted personal identifying information of employees must take steps to ensure the privacy of such information. The bill, H.B. 294, was recently signed by Delaware’s Governor Jack Markell. Delaware also enacted a companion bill, H.B. 295, in July which imposed the…
Bash bug: Shell Shocked yet? You will be … when this goes WORM
Darren Pauli reports: Much of the impact of the Shell Shocked vulnerability is unknown and will surface in the coming months as researchers, admins and attackers (natch) find new avenues of exploitation. The vulnerability, coined Shell Shocked by researcher Robert Graham, existed in the Bash command interpreter up to version 4.3 and affected scores of servers,…
Data on up to 750,000 Japan Airlines mileage club members may have leaked
Kyodo reports: Japan Airlines Co. said Wednesday that personal information on up to 750,000 JAL mileage club members may have leaked after someone gained unauthorized access to the company’s computer system The data include members’ names, addresses, birthdays and email addresses, the company said, adding that it has not confirmed the leak of passwords or…
Jimmy John’s Confirms Breach at 216 Stores
Brian Krebs reports: More than seven weeks after this publication broke the news of a possible credit card breach at nationwide sandwich chain Jimmy John’s, the company now confirms that a break-in at one of its payment vendors jeopardized customer credit and debit card information at 216 stores. […] The statement from Jimmy John’s doesn’t…