H&M’s data leak in Germany “in legal examination”
Angela Gonzalez-Rodriguez reports: New York – Fashion retailer H&M (HMb.ST) said on Saturday that data security breaches found at its German unit were unacceptable and it was cooperating with the...
View ArticleChasing Soccer’s Secrets, Hacker Found Those of Africa’s Richest Woman, Too
Tariq Panja reports: The Portuguese fan was looking for soccer’s secrets when he began hacking into the legal and financial networks supporting the game’s multibillion-dollar industry five years ago....
View ArticlePH: PSA ends Teleserv deal over data breach complaints
Ben O. de Vera reports: The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has terminated its agreement with online and phone services provider Pilipinas Teleserv Inc., which it blamed for two complaints of...
View Article‘SuperCasino’ Breached by Hackers and Customer Info Leaked
Bill Toulas reports: The online gambling platform is known as ‘SuperCasino’ has experienced a data breach that exposed sensitive information belonging to its customers. The incident came to light after...
View ArticleBreached Wawa Payment Card Records Reach Dark Web
Both Gemini Advisory and KrebsOnSecurity caught this one quickly. From Gemini Advisory: Joker’s Stash began uploading records as advertised on January 27. The breach was titled “BIGBADABOOM-III” and...
View ArticleMaze Team updates its site, dumps more victims’ data
The Maze Team attackers continue to announce more of their ransomware victims that have not complied with their ransom demands, and they continue to dump data from those who do not pay them. When I...
View ArticleINTERPOL supports arrest of cybercriminals targeting online shopping websites...
More coverage on the collaborative law enforcement/private sector operation: January 27, SINGAPORE – An INTERPOL-coordinated cyber operation against a strain of malware targeting e-commerce websites...
View ArticleHackers infiltrated a big Facebook data partner to launch scams
Alfred Ng reports: When hackers take over your account on Facebook, it could mean you see suspicious posts about deals on Ray-Ban sunglasses, which are definitely bogus content. But when hackers take...
View ArticleJapanese company NEC confirms 2016 security breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Japanese electronics and IT company NEC Corp disclosed a security breach today that took place more than three years ago, in December 2016. The company’s admission comes after...
View ArticleAshley Madison cyber-breach: 5 years later, users are being targeted with...
Kate Fazzini reports: Scammers have found a new way to wring money out of unsuspecting victims of the 2015 breach of the Ashley Madison affair-dating website, by using their stolen credentials in an...
View ArticleAU: Yarra Trams data breach: Commuters’ email addresses exposed
Timna Jacks reports: The personal email addresses of nearly 100 people have been exposed by Yarra Trams in yet another data breach involving Victorian commuters. In an email from a Yarra Trams officer...
View ArticleNew ransomware doesn’t just encrypt data. It also meddles with critical...
Dan Goodin reports on yet another sinister development involving ransomware attacks and strains: A ransomware strain discovered last month and dubbed Ekans contains the usual routines for disabling...
View ArticlePabbly Email Marketing Exposes 51.2 Million Records Online
Jeremiah Fowler reports: Email marketing is big business and many companies rely on emails to keep in contact with their customers or potential customers. In the modern world of over priced pay per...
View ArticleUK: Data leak exposes 17,000 yachting industry professionals
Lucy Ingham reports: A data breach at UK-based Crew and Concierge Limited has exposed the personal data of 17,379 people of 50 different nationalities working in the yachting industry. Crew and...
View ArticleSalesforce Data Breach Suit Cites California Privacy Law
Daniel R. Stoller reports: Salesforce.com Inc. and a children’s clothing company face data-breach allegations in a federal court lawsuit that is among the first to cite California’s landmark privacy...
View ArticleGolden Entertainment addresses data breach
Casino Beats reports: Golden Entertainment has notified customers, employees, and vendors of an incident involving unauthorised access to employee’ email accounts. […] The investigation undertaken by...
View ArticleData Breach at Mitsubishi Electric Caused by Zero-Day Vulnerability in...
Scott Ikeda writes: When antivirus software is installed and activated, there is usually an assumption that the system is automatically safer. Antivirus software can be penetrated just like any other...
View ArticleEducational Enrichment Systems, Inc. – Notice Of Data Breach
Educational Enrichment Systems, Inc. (“EES”) partners with school districts and agencies to provide preschool services to children. THis week, they issued a press release about a data security...
View ArticleKobe Steel, Pasco hit in latest cyberattack cases: Defense Ministry
Kyodo News reports: Kobe Steel Ltd. and satellite data provider Pasco Corp. have come under cyberattacks, the latest in a series of confirmed cases of attacks on Japanese defense-related companies,...
View ArticleYour Poorly Secured Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care
I didn’t even know I had/have a medical credit score. Do I? Do you? Joe Cadillic sends along this eye-opener of a report by Keith Axline: Private hospitals are now consulting a secret medical credit...
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