Security News

Latin American ‘Biñeros’ Bond Over Fraudulent Purchase Scheme
2018-05-18 20:02

A type of card-not-present fraud is spreading throughout the Latin American underground, uniting groups of malefactors in a communal effort to perpetrate it as widely as possible.

Survey: Americans Spent $1.4B on Credit Freeze Fees in Wake of Equifax Breach
2018-03-22 14:08

Almost 20 percent of Americans froze their credit file with one or more of the big three credit bureaus in the wake of last year's data breach at Equifax, costing consumers an estimated $1.4...

Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Caught Russian Spies Hacking American Spies, But...
2017-10-11 05:18

The cold cyber war has just turned hot. According to a story published today by the New York Times, Israeli government hackers hacked into Kaspersky’s network in 2015 and caught Russian government...

Latin American ATM Thieves Turning to Hacking
2017-10-05 16:11

Thieves in Latin American countries are turning to Eastern European hackers to build ATM malware from scratch, according to a Virus Bulletin talk by researchers at Kaspersky Lab.

Whoops, Turns Out 2.5 Million More Americans Were Affected By Equifax Breach
2017-10-03 01:23

Equifax data breach was bigger than initially reported, exposing highly sensitive information of more Americans than previously revealed. Credit rating agency Equifax says an additional 2.5...

Equifax Says Breach Affects 143 Million Americans (Threatpost)
2017-09-07 23:11

Equifax, one of the three largest credit agencies in the United States, disclosed Thursday afternoon it's looking into a data breach that may have affected upwards to 143 million Americans.

Republican Party Contractor Exposes Details of 198 Million American Voters (Security Week)
2017-06-19 17:34

More than 1 terabytes of data compiled by three contractors of the U.S. Republican Party, including the details of 198 million American voters, were stored in a misconfigured database that could...

Cyber extortionists target North American companies (Help Net Security)
2017-06-16 21:48

A group of financially motivated hackers is targeting networks and systems of North American companies, threatening to leak the stolen information and cripple the company by disrupting their...