MANILA : Two Nigerian carders from Dasmariñas, Cavite had been arrested on Tuesday for hacking credit card accounts and bank logins.The suspects named as Michael Aghedo and Mohammad Buba, had been arrested by the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) Cybercrime wing.Laptops having hacked credit cards , botnet and other hacking…
Texan liquor chain Spec’s leaks 550k card details in 17 month breach
A prolonged network attack comprised some 550,000 credit cards details of of the customers associated with Houston, Texas based wine stores SPEC’s. The attacked continued for almost 17 months before authorities knew about it a few days before. Spec’s operated one of the largest chain of wine stores and is…
Is it Spam? This week in Amazon Credit Card Rewards Scams
Many brands offer credit card rewards programs. This week’s “Is it spam?” features a spampaign that attempts to attract mail recipients by offering them a reward or card voucher if they visit Amazon. These emails appear to be variants of a earlier phishing attack that seek to extract personal or…
U.S. retailer Michaels warns of possible payment card breach
Michaels Companies Inc, the biggest U.S. arts and crafts retailer, said it is investigating a possible security breach on its payment card network and advised customers to check their financial statements for fraudulent activity. If confirmed, it would mark the second known data breach since 2011 at Michaels, which is…
Russian teen who ‘made software Target hacking attack that stole 110MILLION credit card numbers’
A baby-faced teenager is the key suspect behind the software that was used in the massive security breach at Target over the holidays. As many as 110 million Target shoppers had their credit card details stolen after a computer program was written to collect the credit card details of shoppers. The data…
Target credit card hacking may include other stores
(CNN) – The malware responsible for a cyber-security breach affecting Target stores may be more widespread than originally thought. An international and nearly undetectable malware may have corrupted point of sale systems of multiple retailers. A bulletin distributed to retailers by the Department of Homeland Security suggests the shocking holiday…
Neiman Marcus Faces Cyber Attack; Customers’ Credit Card Information Might Have Been Hacked
Reuters reports that department store chain Neiman Marcus announced yesterday, January 10, that its customers’ credit and debit card information might have been stolen by hackers. No word on how many customers have been affected. Read the original news here. The U.S. Secret Service is currently investigating potential unauthorized card activities, after Neiman Marcus’…
Is this Ukrainian helping to sell millions of stolen Target credit card numbers online? Security expert claims he has identified black market salesman
Unmasked: Security expert Brian Krebs has identified Andrew Hodiverski, pictured, as the operator of the underground online ‘card shop’ Rescator.la that has been selling millions of credit card numbers stolen from Target The web security blogger who broke the news about the massive Target credit and debit card breach has identified…
Target: 40M card accounts may be breached
Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach that occurred just as the holiday shopping season shifted into high gear. The chain said that accounts of customers who made purchases using their cards at its U.S. stores between…
Coast Guard clears up confusion over ‘authority’ granted to a TWIC card
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