‘One-Stop Shop’ – Phishing Domain Targets Information from Customers of Several Indian Banks

FireEye Labs recently discovered a malicious phishing domain designed to steal a variety of information – including credentials and mobile numbers – from customers of several banks in India. Currently, we have not observed this domain being used in any campaigns. The phishing websites appear to b...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID17016: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 29, 2015

Medium Alert ID: 40195 First Published: 2015 July 28 19:03 GMT Last Updated: 2015 July 29 14:32 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID17016 and...

Beware of Skimming Devices Installed on the ATM Vestibule Doors

Despite anti-skimmer ATM Lobby access control system available in the market, we have seen a number of incidents in recent years where criminals used card skimmers at ATM doors. Few years back, cyber criminals started using card skimmers on the door of the ATM vestibule, where customers have to...

Visa Wants To Track Your Smartphone to Prevent Credit Card Fraud

If you are a traveler and loves to travel then you must be annoyed of those calls you sometimes get from your bank when buying things far from home, and the most annoyed part is when the company won't approve the transaction as it fears your card was stolen. VISA MOBILE LOCATION CONFIRMATION APP...

Data Breach Exposes Customer Payment Card Information

Grocery giants Albertsons and SUPERVALU announced yesterday that a data breach may have exposed the credit and debit card information of an unknown number of its customers at various grocery store locations in more than 18 states. Behind Kroger’s, Albertsons is the second largest grocery store...

India to Host 3rd Annual 'The Hackers Conference' this Year in August

A crowd of Cyberspace experts along with the best minds in Indian hacking community, leaders in the information security community, policymakers and Government representatives will come together at a common platform to join their efforts in addressing the most critical issues of the Internet...

PF Chang's China Bistro Confirms Credit and Debit Card Breach

Following the massive data breaches at eBay, Neiman Marcus Group and Michaels Stores, yet another private equity company Centerbridge Partners-backed restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro suffered a potential Credit and Debit card data breach. The Asian-themed casual dining restaurant chain...

Target Attackers Took 11 GB of Data, Researchers Say

The attackers who infiltrated Target’s network several weeks ago and made off with 40 million credit and debit card numbers used a multi-stage attack, funneling their stolen data through an FTP server and then a VPS server in Russia. It took more than two weeks, but the attackers eventually...

Zaxby's Chicken Chain Warns of Possible Credit Card Thefts

At least 100 restaurants’ customers are at risk of credit and debit card fraud after a U.S. fast food chain announced it’s found data-swiping malware on some of its franchises’ computer hard drives. Zaxby’s Franchising, Inc. alerted customers via a news release that credit card processing compani...

Point-of-Sale Terminals Compromised at 63 Barnes & Noble Locations

UPDATE – America’s largest book retailer, Barnes & Noble, announced this morning it has detected evidence of tampering in 63 PIN-pad devices used in as many stores by criminals trying to steal payment card information. Barnes & Noble claims to have disconnected all the affected devices from servi...

Anonymous Hacker claims to have 20,000 debit card details from HSBC Cyberattack

One of Anonymous hacker groups "FawkesSecurity" who claim responsibility for a DDOS cyber attack on HSBC Bank says that they also manage to get 20,000 debit card details. When HSBC said, "This denial-of-service attack did not affect any customer data, but did prevent customers using HSBC online...

HSBC Sites Knocked Offline in 'Large Scale' DoS Attack

Websites belonging to British bank and financial services company HSBC are back online today after reportedly experiencing a denial of service DoS attack. The attack, which lasted approximately 10 hours last night, was deemed a “large scale denial of service attack” by the company. “On 18 October...

There is No Reason to Take a Picture of Your Debit Card …Ever

It does not matter how cute it is, or how relieved you are to finally find it after having lost it, or how mad you are at those hacks over at your bank for misspelling your name. It cannot be stressed enough that it is always a terrible, terrible idea to post pictures of your credit or debit card...

New P2P Zeus Variant Targets Popular Sites with Bogus Offers

Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail users should beware of rogue rebate offers and new secure payment options aimed at getting them to part with their debit card information. Earlier this week Amit Klein, CTO of Trusteer, announced the discovery of a peer-to-peer variant of the Zeus platform that...

Facebook distributing White Hat Debit Card to Bug Bounty Winners

Facebook distributing White Hat Debit Card to Bug Bounty Winners Polish IT security portal Niebezpiecznik.pl, which recently published an image of a bug bounty card given to Szymon Gruszecki, a Polish security researcher and penetration tester. Neal Poole, a junior at Brown University, has report...

Thousands of Bank of America Accounts Hacked !

Thousands of Bank of America customers' account information could be in jeopardy after a major security breach. Christy Clark went to a Royal Oak drug store Friday, but when her debit card was declined, she knew something was wrong. "I was very embarrassed," Clark said. She went straight to the...

Zeus Targeting Online Payment Services

The Zeus Botnet continues to evolve and shift in focus from its traditional targets, banks and their customers, to other money-handling institutions like electronic money and online payment systems, according to a new report. The shift has been going on for months and likely follows policy moves ...

Anatomy of the RBS WorldPay Hack

The four men whom a federal grand jury indicted this week for their alleged roles in a scam that stole millions of dollars from RBS WorldPay were no fools. The small crew of hackers had a distinct division of labor, operated with skill and efficiency and left one of the world’s larger banks holdi...

Radisson Hotels Report Significant Data Breach

Add the Radisson Hotels & Resorts chain to the growing list of businesses datalossdb.org reporting significant data breaches that exposed sensitive customer data. In an open letter radisson.com to guests, Radisson chief operating officer Fredrik Korallus said the hotel chain’s computer system was...