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Malicious Malware Detected On American Cancer Society’s eComm Site

October 28, 2019
Credit Card Stealing Code Inserted Into American Cancer Society’s Website
Telegram Messaging App Targeted By China Cyberattack
Security & Fraud // June 13, 2019

Messaging app Telegram said on Thursday (June 13) that it was the victim of a DDOS cyberattack from China, according to a report by the Associated Press. The attack slowed data on the service, but it didn’t steal or expose any user data. It happened...

Microsoft: State-Sponsored Hackers Siphoned Money From Several FIs
Security & Fraud // March 01, 2019

Microsoft’s lastest cybersecurity report has revealed that state-sponsored hackers have attacked several financial services firms, managing to steal “large sums of cash.” According to Bloomberg, the cybersecurity report leaves out sensitive details of the attacks, including identifying which government sponsored them or which financial services...

The Inevitable Home Depot Bogus Purchases Have Begun
News // September 24, 2014

After the Home Depot breach of some 56 million pieces of card data, it was only a matter of time before it would deliver the fraudulent purchases that fund such an attack. That time has now arrived with bad purchases now “rippling across financial institutions...

Did Home Depot Ignore Security Warnings?
News // September 22, 2014

Did Home Depot’s IT operation ignore—for years—internal warnings that it’s security was inadequate? A New York Times report, quoting various former employees of the home improvement chain, says that it did. “Home Depot’s handling of its computer security was a record of missteps,” the Times...

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Malicious Malware Detected On American Cancer Society’s eComm Site

October 28, 2019
A security researcher discovered that credit card-stealing malware was inserted into the code of the American Cancer Society’s online store, according to TechCrunch. Willem de Groot discovered the malicious code buried deep, and hidden to look like analytics code. It was meant to scrape credit card numbers for sale on the dark web or other […]

Telegram Messaging App Targeted By China Cyberattack

June 13, 2019
Messaging app Telegram said on Thursday (June 13) that it was the victim of a DDOS cyberattack from China, according to a report by the Associated Press. The attack slowed...

Microsoft: State-Sponsored Hackers Siphoned Money From Several FIs

March 01, 2019
Microsoft’s lastest cybersecurity report has revealed that state-sponsored hackers have attacked several financial services firms, managing to steal “large sums of cash.” According to Bloomberg, the cybersecurity report leaves out...

The Inevitable Home Depot Bogus Purchases Have Begun

September 24, 2014
After the Home Depot breach of some 56 million pieces of card data, it was only a matter of time before it would deliver the fraudulent purchases that fund such...