Tag Archives: Brian Krebs

Anunak, Russian/Ukraine Bank Hackers

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Carmelo

An ATM gang has stolen more than $15 million from Eastern European banks, To gain a foothold inside financial institutions, the “Anunak group” — sent bank employees targeted, malware-laced emails made to look like the missives were sent by Russian … Continue reading →

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Hypercom of Scottsdale, Arizona’s Equinox Payments

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Carmelo

Equinox is working with customers, distributors, and channel partners to replace the certificates to return terminals to an operational state after all payment terminals bricked themselves. Why? Because cryptographic certificates used in the devices has expired en masse. Many merchants … Continue reading →

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Hey Bebe!

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Carmelo

According to an article written by Brian Krebs, it sounds like Bebe is undergoing a credit/debit breach investigation. The data copied from the magnetic stripe on the backs of credit cards, which bad-guys can use to write to blank cards … Continue reading →

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There is no CyberSecurity?

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Carmelo

60 Minutes has a video on cyberthieves stealing your credit card information. This is a must watch for everybody who has a debit/credit card; a must watch for every merchant and service provider. The 15 minute video talks of the … Continue reading →

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Should We Buy Credit Monitoring Services?

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Carmelo

With the ton of breaches that have been happening, we use one of the credit monitoring services, after this year though and all the breaches going on, one of the first services that is offered to potential victims, is credit … Continue reading →

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Bad Contractors

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Carmelo

Even more of a reason to have a solid Third Party Assessment program within your organization. Not one, or two, but three Israeli defense contractors who built the Iron Dome missile defense system were compromised by hackers. How were they … Continue reading →

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Hackers Target HVAC to Target Target

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Carmelo

Here is a link to Krebs On Security in regards to how Target hackers broke in via an HVAC Company. I would be weary about phishing sites that contact you to sign up for credit monitoring, they could be… A … Continue reading →

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The Value of a Hacked PC

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Carmelo

Just to enlighten you what the value of a hacked PC is to a bad guy. From a Krebs security article

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