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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “data theft”
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Cisco patches critical WebEx security holes
Zero Day —
Authority: 571
Cisco WebEx WRF Player vulnerable to six code execution vulnerabilities.3 days ago -
French-Swiss tensions rise over stolen bank data
GenevaLunch —
Authority: 598
Hans-Rudolf Merz Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss government late Wednesday 16 December said it would like to suspend the ratification process for the new double taxation treaty with France. The news followed comments by France’s budget minister, Eric Woerth, that he plans to start judicial ...4 days ago -
MasterCard Blinks, Drops Dec. 31 Level 2 PCI Deadline
StorefrontBacktalk —
Authority: 499
MasterCard has quietly backed off from a much-complained-about plan to require Level 2 merchants to—for the first time—have an onsite QSA assessment completed by the end of 2010. Having a New Years Eve deadline—on the heels of the all-encompassing holiday season—was a recipe for tons of missed deadlines. The ...4 days ago -
ISP Dynamic IP Address Switch Knocks Dollar Tree Store Off The Network For Two Days
StorefrontBacktalk —
Authority: 499
A mistake by an Internet service provider recently disconnected a South Carolina store within the $4.6 billion, 3,803-store Dollar Tree chain from its corporate network for two days, an unusually long duration for such an outage. Making matters even worse, some store employees interpreted the outage as a cyberattack ...4 days ago -
Security Flub Exposes 32 Million Names, Passwords At Social App Site
StorefrontBacktalk —
Authority: 499
Weak security at RockYou.com, a social networking application development site, allowed unauthorized access to more than 32 million user log-in credentials stored in an unencrypted database, according to the site’s chief technology officer. The SQL injection flaw allowed access to those credentials, and because ...4 days ago -
RockYou.com SQL Injection Flaw Exposes 32 Million Accounts Passwords
CyberInsecure.com —
Authority: 128
Millions of user passwords to social networking sites have been exposed, after a serious SQL injection flaw on the Rockyou.com website left login details - stored in plain text - up for grabs.RockYou - which develops apps for social networking sites including Facebook, Bebo and MySpace - stored usernames, passwords ...4 days ago -
Another Adobe Reader Zero-Day Attack
McAfee Avert Labs —
Authority: 535
Adobe just posted a new Security Advisory (APSA09-07, CVE-2009-4324) for the latest critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2 (and earlier). The flaw lies within a JavaScript function specific to the PDF Reader. Adobe plans to release a patch by January 12, 2010, to resolve the issue. The zero day is ...4 days ago -
When It Comes To PCI Compliance, Franchisors Are Screwed
StorefrontBacktalk —
Authority: 499
When it comes to franchise-based retailers, Franchisee Columnist Todd Michaud opines, PCI Compliance is broken, plain and simple. It simply does not address the complexities of the franchisee/franchisor business model and, in the end, leaves the franchisor holding the bag. Because each franchisee is a separate ...4 days ago -
Why Are You More Afraid Of A QSA Than A Cyberthief?
StorefrontBacktalk —
Authority: 499
Do cybercriminals concern you? Are you afraid that you might lose cardholder data? Are you worried that your internal users are downloading malware from the Web? If so, PCI Columnist Walt Conway has a question for you: Why are you more afraid of your QSA than you are of a cyberthief? Consider this example: A merchant ...4 days ago -
Mozilla patches critical, high-risk Firefox vulnerabilities
Zero Day —
Authority: 571
The most serious issue could lead to remote code execution attacks. In other scenarios, the bugs could cause denial-of-service or URL spoofing attacks.4 days ago -
Adobe confirms PDF zero-day attacks. Disable JavaScript now
Zero Day —
Authority: 571
According to an advisory from Adobe, the critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2 and earlier versions. It is being exploited in the wild.5 days ago -
Don’t Leave the Keys in the Ignition
SanDisk Enterprise Blog —
Authority: 112
If your car is stolen because you left the keys in the ignition, your insurer would not cover you for the theft because you hadn’t taken reasonable precautions. Unfortunately, the UK Ministry of Defence has just had a laptop containing defense secrets stolen from its London headquarters, together with the ...5 days ago -
Laptop Encryption Software: MoD Notebook Computer Stolen From HQ
AlertBoot Endpoint Security —
Authority: 127
I often point out that hard disk encryption like AlertBoot is not a cure-all for data security concerns. However, what the UKs Ministry of Defence has got going with their latest breach decidedly takes the cake. Losing An Encrypted Laptop And Its Keys According to the BBC , "a laptop containing secret data ...6 days ago -
Good News from China
McAfee Avert Labs —
Authority: 535
As outlined in our recent report Mapping the Mal Web, the People’s Republic of China’s top-level domain (.cn) is currently one of the riskiest domain names to surf due to numerous malware downloads and other risky sites. However, this state of affairs may now change for the better: On December 11 the China ...6 days ago -
McAfee Labs Releases December Spam Report
McAfee Avert Labs —
Authority: 535
The United States is still a safe haven for spammers. With U.S. anti-spam legislation doing very little to thwart spammers and the McColo takedown having only a short-term effect, we have found that due to low-cost and reliable hosting and anonymous domain registration, our country remains the world’s top source for ...6 days ago -
HSBC data theft may involve more than 10 clients
GenevaLunch —
Authority: 598
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The French public prosecutor in Nice, southern France, Eric de Montgolfier, has revealed that his office is in possession of confidential details of up to 130,000 clients from HSBC’s private banking branch in Geneva. The data were acquired by the French state when, Hervé ...1 week ago -
Everyone loves stolen data, even the French authorities!
Endpoint Security Info —
Authority: 109
French financial authorities might have just blown away an interesting case against people suspected of tax evasion because they have used stolen data in their investigation. The French had come across a list of 3000 of their nationals suspected of using Swiss banking secrecy to pay less or no taxes. But the list has ...1 week ago -
Data Encryption Software Exemption To Federal Law On Data Breach And Identity Theft Risk Passed By House
AlertBoot Endpoint Security —
Authority: 127
The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would set a nationwide rule similar to Californias SB 1386 (Calis data breach notification law, as some call it). Among other similarities, it grants safe harbor for any companies that use data encryption to minimize the risk of a security breach of peoples ...1 week ago -
Scammers Scrape RAM For Bank Card Data
CyberInsecure.com —
Authority: 128
In the wake of industry rules requiring credit card data to be encrypted, malware that siphons clear-text information from computer memory is all the rage among scammers, security researchers say.So-called RAM scrapers scour the random access memory of POS, or point-of-sale, terminals, where PINs and other credit card ...1 week ago -
Lost in Line: Improving Laptop Security with Automatic Identification Technology
Computersight —
Authority: 114
Introduction All of us now dread the familiar ritual of the airport security line. Shoes off, belts off, jackets off, jewelry off, drinks thrown away, and of course, laptops out of their cases. We always see the unknowing: like the grandmother from Wichita Falls who hasn’t flown since the days of propellers and ...1 week ago
