Marriott Revises Breach Scope to 383M Records
The hotel giant said after de-duping, the breach appears to be smaller than it thought. Continue reading Marriott Revises Breach Scope to 383M Records
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Marriott says 25 million passport numbers, some unencrypted, involved in massive breach
Marriott International said Friday that 383 million customer records were stolen in a data breach last month, down from the hotel chain’s original estimate of 500 million. Roughly 25.5 million passport numbers also were compromised in the data breach affecting Starwood Hotels reservation system, the company said in a statement. Hackers spent roughly four years inside Starwood’s networks, the company announced Nov. 30. The breach is the one of the largest ever reported and is under investigation by at least five U.S. states as well as European regulators. Some 5.25 million of the 25.5 million passports numbers were stored in plain text, Marriott said Friday, providing hackers with a valuable means of stealing individuals’ identities. The hotel chain previously said it would compensate customers for passport replacements if they can prove they had been victims of fraud. The company also said it believes that approximately 8.6 million encrypted payment cards […]
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2018: A Banner Year for Breaches
A look back at the blizzard of breaches that made up 2018.
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Ep. 013 – Breaches, Facebook and ransomware reinvented [PODCAST]
We ring out 2018 with a look at the big issues of the past year. Listen and enjoy! Continue reading Ep. 013 – Breaches, Facebook and ransomware reinvented [PODCAST]
Marriott Breach, Lame Printer Hack, and Docker – Paul’s Security Weekly #585
This week, how Docker containers can be exploited to mine for cryptocurrency, WordPress sites attacking other WordPress sites, why the Marriott Breach is a valuable IT lesson, malicious Chrome extensions, why hospitals are the next frontier of cybersec… Continue reading Marriott Breach, Lame Printer Hack, and Docker – Paul’s Security Weekly #585
The Quora Data Breach, Facebook’s Private Emails, Google Location Tracking – WB46
https://youtu.be/0O3rruiS6Z0 This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for December 10th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: In this week’s episode: the Quora data breach, Facebook’s private emails, and Google loca… Continue reading The Quora Data Breach, Facebook’s Private Emails, Google Location Tracking – WB46
Marriott, Kubernetes and PewDiePie [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest Naked Security Podcast – enjoy! Continue reading Marriott, Kubernetes and PewDiePie [PODCAST]
Marriott Data Breach and What You Need to Know
Marriott International said its Starwood guest reservation database was breached, exposing the personal info of about 500 million customers. […] Continue reading Marriott Data Breach and What You Need to Know
Smashing Security #107: Sextorting the US army, and a Touch ID scam
Fitness apps exploit TouchID through a sneaky user interface trick, tech giants claim to have a plan to banish passwords, and you won’t believe who was behind a sextortion scam that targeted over 400 members of the US military.
All this and much much m… Continue reading Smashing Security #107: Sextorting the US army, and a Touch ID scam
Marriott: The Case for Cybersecurity Due Diligence During M&A
If ever there was a perfectly packaged case study on data breaches, it’s Marriott’s recently disclosed megabreach. Last week, the hotel chain announced that its Starwood guest reservation system was hacked in 2014—two years before Ma… Continue reading Marriott: The Case for Cybersecurity Due Diligence During M&A