Category Archive for "Web Security"
Scottrade had no idea about data breach until the feds showed up
When an organization gets hacked, ideally they’ll realize it promptly and warn their users right away. Take crowdfunding site Patreon, which was hacked last Monday and has already informed the world about the problem. Scottrade, an investment brokerage company, is different,…
Breach at Experian may have exposed data on 15 million consumers linked to T-Mobile
A data breach at credit bureau Experian may have exposed data from T-Mobile USA on about 15 million U.S. consumers. The data includes names, birth dates, addresses, and Social Security numbers or other forms of identification like drivers’ license numbers,…
Dyreza malware steals IT supply chain credentials
Cyber criminals using the Dyreza computer trojan appear to be shifting gears from online banking and moving into the industrial supply chain. New versions of Dyreza are configured to steal credentials for order fulfillment, warehousing, inventory management, e-commerce and other…
Newly found TrueCrypt flaw allows full system compromise
Windows users who rely on TrueCrypt to encrypt their hard drives have a security problem: a researcher has discovered two serious flaws in the program. TrueCrypt may have been abandoned by its original developers, but it remains one of the…
Online ads used for DDoS after pushing malware
Rogue online advertisements that infect computers with malware have become a common occurrence on the Internet. But now, it appears, hackers have also figured out how to launch crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks through ad networks. The DDoS mitigation team…
Identity theft hit 7% of US population last year
Almost 18 million people were victims of identity theft in the United States last year, with the majority of crimes targeting credit cards and bank accounts, the Department of Justice said Sunday. The figure represents 7 percent of the U.S….