Care2, a social network that promotes a variety of causes, announced a data security breach Dec. 28 in which hackers targeted account credentials on the company servers. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Stratfor breach shows that passwords are weak, says Utah Valley
At Utah Valley University, 120 computers are now working to decode encrypted passwords revealed by the hack of Stratfor Global Intelligence, one of the most significant data breaches of last year. After the breach occurred over Christmas, the Utah researchers launched a project to study what kind of passwords people…
2011 security wins and fails: Android app security, data breach management
In part one of this two-part podcast, special guest Andrew Jaquith of Perimeter E-Security joins the SearchSecurity editorial team in exploring the highs and lows of 2011 for the security industry. Mobile device platforms were built with security in mind, but in 2011 cybercriminals have had some success in bypassing…
Care2 Acknowledges Security Breach
The site’s approximately 18 million users were recently notified that their passwords were being reset. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
GlobalSign says web server, not CA systems, hit by breach
GlobalSign, a Portsmouth, N.H.-based certificate authority (CA) that briefly halted the issuance of SSL certs over fears it had been hacked, has determined its CA infrastructure was never compromised. In addition, the company said in a statement Tuesday that it concluded its investigation and found no evidence of any bogus…
Visa Investigates Possible Payment Processor Security Breach
Several European banks have already taken steps to limit potential fraud. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Wholesaler Breach Affects 200,000
Card Details Stolen from Stored Mag-Stripe DataMore than 200,000 payment card accounts have been compromised in a data breach at Restaurant Depot, a food service wholesaler, and the fraudsters are believed to be based in Russia. How did the breach occur, and what have customers been told about the incident?…
Visa probes reported security breach of card processor
17,000 cards already blocked Credit card issuer Visa is investigating the possible breach of a payment processor in Europe that may have compromised more than 10,000 cards in Eastern Europe.… View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Indian government web filtering plans may breach law
India’s reported plans to ask Internet companies to filter objectionable content may overstep the country’s own laws, according to legal experts. The government has asked Internet companies like Yahoo, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to remove disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory content on their sites even before it goes online, according to…
Breach Response: Reputational Risk
Data breaches are all about reputational risk, says attorney Lisa Sotto. And as legal requirements grow, attorneys must play increasingly integral roles in helping clients respond to incidents. View full post on CUInfoSecurity.com RSS Syndication View full post on National Cyber Security