Cost of Target data breach still rising
In a press release from January 28th, the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) estimates around 40 million customer credit and debit cards...
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Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
Over Half of Malware Analysts Have Investigated Enterprise Data Breaches That Were Not Disclosed
According to a survey conducted by ThreatTrack Security, there may be considerably more data breaches occurring than the public hears...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 3 min
Adobe Data Breach has Far Reaching Impacts
Adobe suffered a data breach in early October compromising the account information of as many as 150 million Adobe accounts. Although the...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
FBI Memo Warns of Hacktivist Attacks Against Several Government Agencies
An FBI memo seen by Reuters makes reference to Anonymous attacks and compromised data from multiple government agencies including the...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
Anonymous Stratfor Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years
Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond, associated with the hacker groups Anonymous and Antisec, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on November 15th...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
Identity Fraud in the U.S. Increases for Second Consecutive Year
Identity fraud occurred every three seconds in the United States and led to $21 billion dollars in losses in 2012 according to Javelin...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
Details Released About the Largest Hacking and Data Breach Case Ever Prosecuted in the United States
A recently unsealed indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s offices details the charges of four Russian fraudsters and one Ukrainian about...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 5 min
Press Release: Many Businesses Are Unprepared for the Growing Risk of Account Takeover
We are starting to see more and more fraudsters focusing larger efforts on using account takeover (ATO) to perpetrate fraud. Most likely...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
LivingSocial Data Breach Comprises Information of 50 Million Users
Daily deal website LivingSocial suffered a data breach compromising emails, passwords and more information for most of the site’s users...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
Increase in Targeted Attacks Against Small Businesses
A recent study and report from Symantec found that targeted attacks against small businesses greatly increased in 2012 as cyberattacks...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
Retailer Sues Visa in Attempts to Recover Fines for Data Breach
A retailer suffering a data compromise in 2010 was ultimately responsible for $13.3 million in fines from Visa levied against two...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
Fraudsters Pass KBAs to Obtain Celebrity Credit Reports
Using AnnualCreditReport.com, a site setup by the three major credit reporting bureaus in the United States for consumers to obtain free...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
Javelin Finds Number of U.S. Identity Fraud Victims Increased by 1 Million in 2012
According to a recent study by Javelin Strategy & Research, the number of identity fraud victims in the United States increased by more...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Anonymous Posts Bank Exec Data Stolen from the Federal Reserve
The personal information of over 4,000 banking executives was stolen from a compromised server at the Federal Reserve and then posted...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
Adobe Breach Compromises 150,000 Customer Records
After a hacker posted a sample of compromised records online Adobe confirmed a breach affecting 150,000 customers through a vulnerability...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
TD Bank Suffers Data Breach Compromising 260,000 US Customer’s Data
On October 12 TD Bank reported that two backup tapes containing sensitive information from 260,000 US banking customers were lost back in...
David Montague
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
AntiSec Hackers Claim Data from 12 million Apple Users Stolen from FBI
The hactivist group AntiSec, associated with Anonymous, released a list of one million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) while...
David Montague
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
LinkedIn Suffers Data Breach, Now Faces Lawsuit
Nearly 6.5 million passwords were posted on a Russian based hacker forum website and on June 6th LinkedIn confirmed that these passwords...
David Montague
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
Identity Fraud Ring Hijacked Consumer Retail Credit Accounts
An investigation by the New York Attorney General led to the arrest of seven in an identity fraud scheme where the fraudsters...
David Montague
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
Fraud Ring Busted After Persistently Repeating Scams
A fraud ring with members working in banks and charitable organizations continued to repeat their operation despite questioning and...
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