Security News

Distributed Guessing Attack Reels in Payment Card Data (Threatpost)
2016-12-05 19:10

A research paper describes vulnerabilities enabling distributed guessing attacks which allow an attacker to collect payment card data across a number of sites without triggering alerts.

Have Tesco Bank attackers guessed victims’ payment card details? (Help Net Security)
2016-12-02 21:05

A group of researchers from Newcastle University have discovered a practical and easy way for attackers to quickly guess individuals’ Visa payment card info needed to perform fraudulent...

Netwire RAT is Back, Stealing Payment Card Data (Threatpost)
2016-11-29 20:40

Researchers say they spotted the remote access Trojan Netwire stealing payment card data from one organization.

Cross-continental operation brings down payment card fraudsters (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 12:30

On 14 and 15 November 2016, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, the Spanish Guardia Civil, the British West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit together with the Royal Canadian Mounted...

Eddie Bauer Confirms Payment Card Breach of US, Canadian Stores (Threatpost)
2016-08-22 15:56

Clothing store Eddie Bauer has become the latest retail store to acknowledge that malware has led to a breach of its point of sale systems.