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Wells Fargo, Zelle slammed by Liz Warren over rampant online banking fraud
2022-11-09 21:15

Wells Fargo customers who use Zelle to send and request payments suffer more than twice the rate of fraud and other online scams as people using other big banks, according to US Senator Elizabeth Warren. Warren chastised both financial firms in letters to their CEOs this week: she said Wells Fargo had sent her an "Evasive and misleading reply," and Zelle parent company Early Warning Services had made "Inaccurate" claims, in response to an investigation she led into banking fraud that stems from Zelle's payment system.

Royal Mail customer data leak shutters online Click and Drop
2022-11-03 08:29

A technical SNAFU shut down the UK's Royal Mail Click and Drop website on Tuesday after a security "Issue" allowed some customers to see others' order information. The data leak started around 13:00 GMT, and according to an alert posted on Click and Drop's status page, Royal Mail shut down the website about an hour later.

Online ticketing company “See” pwned for 2.5 years by attackers
2022-10-26 19:58

See Tickets is a major global player in the online event ticketing business: they'll sell you tickets to festivals, theatre shows, concerts, clubs, gigs and much more. See Tickets finally concludes that attack "May have resulted in unauthorised access" to payment card information.

Iran’s atomic energy agency confirms hack after stolen data leaked online
2022-10-24 17:17

The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization has confirmed that one of its subsidiaries' email servers was hacked after the ''Black Reward' hacking group published stolen data online.AEOI says an unauthorized party from a specific foreign country, which is not named, stole emails from the hacked server, which consisted of daily correspondence and technical memos.

Chinese Hackers Targeting Online Casinos with GamePlayerFramework Malware
2022-10-19 12:33

An advanced persistent threat (APT) group of Chinese origin codenamed DiceyF has been linked to a string of attacks aimed at online casinos in Southeast Asia for years. Russian cybersecurity...

Microsoft shares fix for Exchange Online mailbox issues in Outlook
2022-10-18 19:31

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MyDeal data breach impacts 2.2M users, stolen data for sale online
2022-10-17 20:16

Woolworths' MyDeal subsidiary has disclosed a data breach affecting 2.2 million customers, with the hacker trying to sell the stolen data on a hacker forum. Last Friday, MyDeal stated that it suffered a breach after a hacker used compromised user credentials to access the company's Customer Relationship Management system, allowing the threat actor to view and export customer information.

How do you protect your online systems? Cultivate an insider threat
2022-10-10 08:30

Teaching people to think like hackers is better than teaching them to fear the bogeyman, in many dimensions. It's much better to teach people how to write phishing emails.

2K Games warns users their stolen data is now up for sale online
2022-10-07 16:47

Video game publisher 2K emailed users on Thursday to warn that some of their personal info was stolen and put up for sale online following a September 19 security breach. On Thursday, 2K warned users that some of their data was stolen from its helpdesk portal and confirmed the phishing attacks that abused its support platform.

Online romance scamlord who netted $9.5m jailed for 25 years
2022-10-03 22:15

A man in the US has been jailed for 25 years after using dating websites, email scams, and other online swindles to steal more than $9.5 million from companies and individuals. Elvis Eghosa Ogiekpolor, 46, of Norcross, Georgia, was part of an "International network of online fraudsters and money launderers," US Attorney Ryan Buchanan said today.