Collaborate Disseminate
With their highly valuable payment card and personal sensitive information, Point-of-Sale (POS) systems present a ripe target for cybercrime groups. A successful breach can have enormous consequences for the attacked organization, from detecting a… Continue reading POS Security: What, Why and How
Verizon Enterprise has once again released its annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). The publication doesn’t disappoint in providing crucial insight into today’s digital threats. On the one hand, Verizon’s 2019 report captu… Continue reading A Changing Threat Landscape: Inside Verizon’s 2019 DBIR
PoS malware affected some Buca di Beppo, Earl of Sandwich, Planet Hollywood, Chicken Guy!, Mixology and Tequila Taqueria locations. Continue reading 2m credit cards ripped off from restaurant chain, sold on the dark web
North Country Business Products (NCBP), a provider of point-of-sales systems, has revealed that 139 of its clients have been hit by a malware infection that stole the payment card details of consumers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security bl… Continue reading 139 US bars, restaurants and coffeeshops infected by credit-card stealing malware
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for November 19th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: USPS Informed delivery vulnerabilities, protecting yourself from credit card fraud and a huge SMS database leak. Silent Pocket is … Continue reading USPS Informed Delivery Vulnerabilities, Holiday Credit Card Fraud, Huge SMS Database Leak – WB43
Two former Wendy’s employees want to know what the company does with employee fingerprints collected by biometric clocks. Continue reading Wendy’s faces class action over collecting staff fingerprints
…and using the credit card terminals to allegedly issue themselves fraudulent returns and to steal taxpayer IDs and bank info. Continue reading Street gang members indicted for stealing POS terminals
Street gangs are growing more sophisticated and moving into cyberspace. Following an extensive three-year investigation, the State of California Department of Justice arrested and indicted 32 suspects on 240 counts, including identi… Continue reading Street gangs turn to high-tech cybercrime to make a living
The fajitas purveyor announced the point-of-sale payment-card breach on Friday May 11, the same day that it learned about it. Continue reading Chili’s Doesn’t Leave Data Breach on the Back Burner
A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that victims of a payment card data breach at Barnes & Noble can seek damages against the national bookseller. According to Reuters, the decision came on 11 April when the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in … Continue reading U.S. Appeals Court Says Barnes & Noble Data Breach Victims Can Seek Damages