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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:30:34 +0000

On Monday, a former Amazon employee was arrested and charged with stealing more than 100 million consumer applications for credit from Capital One. Since then, many have speculated the breach was perhaps the result of a previously unknown “zero-day” flaw, or an “insider” attack in which the accused took advantage of access surreptitiously obtained from her former employer. But new information indicates the methods she deployed have been well understood for years.

Independent Krebs

July 30, 2019 admin

Capital One Data Theft Impacts 106M People

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:59:54 +0000

Federal prosecutors this week charged a Seattle woman with stealing data from more than 100 million credit applications made with Capital One Financial Corp. Incredibly, much of this breached played out publicly over several months on social media and other open online platforms. What follows is a closer look at the accused, and what this incident may mean for consumers and businesses.

Independent Krebs

July 19, 2019 admin

QuickBooks Cloud Hosting Firm iNSYNQ Hit in Ransomware Attack

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:40:07 +0000

Cloud hosting provider iNSYNQ says it is trying to recover from a ransomware attack that shut down its network and has left customers unable to access their accounting data for the past three days. Unfortunately for iNSYNQ, the company appears to be turning a deaf ear to the increasingly anxious cries from its users for more information about the incident.

Independent Krebs

June 27, 2019 admin

Breach at Cloud Solution Provider PCM Inc.

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:00:38 +0000

A digital intrusion at PCM Inc., a major U.S.-based cloud solution provider, allowed hackers to access email and file sharing systems for some of the company’s clients, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

Independent Krebs

June 25, 2019 admin

Collections Firm Behind LabCorp, Quest Breaches Files for Bankruptcy

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:47:03 +0000

A medical billing firm responsible for a recent eight-month data breach that exposed the personal information on nearly 20 million Americans has filed for bankruptcy, citing “enormous expenses” from notifying affected consumers and the loss of its four largest customers.

MalwareBytes Security

June 11, 2019 admin

Cybersecurity pros think the enemy is winning

Credit to Author: Joan Goodchild| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Recent research from Malwarebytes, ISSA, and ESG find that security professionals have little confidence in their ability to prevent their organization from being breached. What’s behind this mindset? And how can we turn the tide to stay a step ahead of the criminals?

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Independent Krebs

June 4, 2019 admin

LabCorp: 7.7 Million Consumers Hit in Collections Firm Breach

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:45:59 +0000

Medical testing giant LabCorp. said today personal and financial data on some 7.7 million consumers were exposed by a breach at a third-party billing collections firm. That third party — the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) — also recently notified competing firm Quest Diagnostics that an intrusion in its payments Web site exposed personal, financial and medical data on nearly 12 million Quest patients. Just a few days ago, the news was all about how Quest had suffered a major breach. But today’s disclosure by LabCorp. suggests we are nowhere near done hearing about other companies with millions of consumers victimized because of this incident: The AMCA is a New York company with a storied history of aggressively collecting debt for a broad range of businesses, including medical labs and hospitals, direct marketers, telecom companies, and state and local traffic/toll agencies.