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FBI Warns Of Increasing Use of Trojans in Banking Apps

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Dissent

Akshaya Asokan reports: The FBI is warning that cybercriminals and fraudsters are increasingly targeting mobile banking apps with malware in order to steal credentials and conduct account takeover attacks. In a public alert published Wednesday, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center warns that fraudsters have increasingly used malicious apps as the COVID-19 pandemic has driven an increasing number of…

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Knoxville ransomware attack shutters parts of city website

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Dissent

Teri Robinson reports: A ransomware attack took out parts of the Knoxville city website but did not compromise personal or financial information. The Tennessee city’s public safety operations were spared, Knoxnews cited Chief Operations Officer David Brace, deputy to the mayor, as saying. Brace said the fire department discovered the attack but didn’t disclose the amount or…

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University of Missouri Health Care discloses 2019 breach

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Dissent

University of Missouri Health Care (MU Health Care) has today disclosed a breach that occurred in September 2019. According to a notification on their site, on September 21, 2019, they became aware that the email accounts of some students who had been seen by their health care system had been accessed without authorization. Those email…

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Macy’s Settles Suit Over 2018 Data Breach for Up to $192K

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Dissent

Ella Chochrek reports the update to litigation stemming from a 2018 breach disclosed by Macy’s. Macy’s Inc. is paying up to $192,500 to settle a proposed class action suit after customer information was obtained by a third party in spring 2018. The department store chain received final approval from an Alabama federal judge Friday to…

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BST sued by Community Care customers over Maze ransomware attack

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Dissent

Larry Rulison reports: Lawyers for patients of Community Care  Physicians that were victimized by a cyber ransomware attack last December are suing the accounting firm that the medical practice hired to protect its customer data, some of which was published online. The class-action lawsuit was filed in state Supreme Court in Albany last month against …

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FTC Reaches Settlement with Kohl’s over Allegations it Failed to Provide Victims with Information Related to Identity Theft

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Dissent

From the FTC, this press release: Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $220,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the Wisconsin-based retailer violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by refusing to provide complete records of transactions to consumers whose personal information was used by identity thieves. In…

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