This year, Verizon’s DBIR is based on data from 41,686 security incidents and 2,013 data breaches provided by 73 data sources, both public and private entities, spanning 86 countries worldwide. You can read the Executive Summary here, or read the full report here. There are some data in it that may raise an eyebrow or…
Ongoing Attack Stealing Credit Cards From Over A Hundred Shopping Sites
Swati Khandelwal reports: Researchers from Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360’s NetLab have revealed details of an ongoing credit card hacking campaign that is currently stealing payment card information of customers visiting more than 105 e-commerce websites. While monitoring a malicious domain, www.magento-analytics[.]com, for over last seven months, researchers found that the attackers have been injecting…
Washington State Lawmakers Reach Deadline Without Passing Privacy Act, But Reach Agreement on Amendments to Breach Notification Law
From Covington & Burling: The Washington Privacy Act stalled this April in the state’s House of Representatives, and will likely not reappear again for discussion until the 2020 legislative session. The bill overwhelmingly passed the Senate, but failed to come to a floor vote in the House of Representatives before the April 17th deadline for…
Eanes ISD Parents Outraged Over Tablet Security
Carolos Garcia reports: WEST LAKE HILLS, Texas — Meaghan Edwards keeps a close eye on how much screen time her kids get at home, but after a phone call back in March, she wants to limit screen time at school, too. “You’ve got to come here immediately something terrible has happened. Can you come to…
Lucy Security Simulated Phishing Template Used In Wipro Breach
Ray Schultz reports: Lucy Security Inc. says its Simulated Phishing template design was used in a recent data breach of Wipro, an IT outsourcing firm based in India. Hackers “downloaded and copied a simulated phishing template, as part of their attack, using their own code and servers to deliver the attacks,” states Colin Bastable, CEO…
For Second Time in a Year, Baltimore Hit With Ransomware
Lucas Ropek reports: For the second time in a little over a year, a ransomware attack has struck the city of Baltimore, affecting its computer network and leading officials to shut down a majority of its servers, according to the mayor’s office. The attack, which occurred sometime Tuesday morning, left unaffected most critical systems such…