The Equifax Breach: What You Should Know

It remains unclear whether those responsible for stealing Social Security numbers and other data on as many as 143 million Americans from big-three credit bureau Equifax intend to sell this data to identity thieves. But if ever there was a reminder that you -- the consumer -- are ultimately...

Apache Struts 2 Flaws Affect Multiple Cisco Products

After Equifax massive data breach that was believed to be caused due to a vulnerability in Apache Struts, Cisco has initiated an investigation into its products that incorporate a version of the popular Apache Struts2 web application framework. Apache Struts is a free, open-source MVC framework f...

A week in security (September 4 – September 10)

Last week, we looked into expired domain names being used for malvertising, delved into dubious Facebook apps, and checked out Chinese seminar scams. We also explained the whys and wherefores of false positives, explained what Google is doing with HTTPs, warned you away from a fake DHS email, and...

Apache Foundation Refutes Involvement in Equifax Breach

A group of developers behind Apache Struts, believed by some to be the culprit behind last week’s Equifax breach, took umbrage with those claims over the weekend. René Gielen, vice president of the Apache Struts Project Management Committee PMC at the Apache Software Foundation, wrote Saturday th...

Equifax sued for Billions after 143 million data hack

By Uzair Amir As reported yesterday, the credit reporting agency Equifax was hacked This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Equifax sued for Billions after 143 million data hack...

Equifax Breach Response Turns Dumpster Fire

I cannot recall a previous data breach in which the breached company's public outreach and response has been so haphazard and ill-conceived as the one coming right now from big-three credit bureau Equifax, which rather clumsily announced Thursday that an intrusion jeopardized Social security...

Equifax Breach – an Example of Good Communications

Equifax announced a massive breach that could impact at least 143 million US consumers. That’s 44 percent of the US population. This breach will have a significant impact on a lot of people. Companies in the financial sector take cybersecurity very seriously. Part of that work is accepting the...

Many Questions, Few Answers For Equifax Breach Victims

Americans who either applied for new jobs, loans, or just wanted to check their credit score via Equifax are having a difficult time getting answers as to whether they are part of the breach of 143 million records that occurred Thursday. The company disclosed yesterday it was the victim of a...

Equifax Data Breach: Steps You should Take to Protect Yourself

Equifax has suffered one of the largest data breaches in history that has left highly sensitive data of as many as 143 million people—that's nearly half of the US population—in the hands of hackers. Based on the company's investigation, some unknown hackers managed to exploit a security flaw on t...

Equifax breach: What you need to know [updated]

updates 9/14/2017 Equifax has released information and confirmed the vulnerability CVE-2017-5638 that was used in this breach after several days of intense scrutiny around Apache Struts. To make matters worse, there already was a patch available for this flaw in March 2017, two months prior to th...

Lessons from the Equifax Breach

When we see a car wreck it’s very easy to slow down and gawk. The first thing we think is “Wow, that’s awful,” quickly followed by “Whew… glad that wasn’t me,” and then we drive on. Most of us don’t spend time thinking about how the wreck happened -- we were just glad it wasn’t us. A similar...

Credit Reporting Firm Equifax Hacked; SSNs of 143M Americans Stolen

By Waqas Another day, another data breach but this one will haunt This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Credit Reporting Firm Equifax Hacked; SSNs of 143M Americans Stolen...

Breach at Equifax May Impact 143M Americans

Equifax, one of the "big-three" U.S. credit bureaus, said today a data breach at the company may have affected 143 million Americans, jeopardizing consumer Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and some driver's license numbers. In a press release today, Equifax NYSE:EFX said it...

Equifax Says Breach Affects 143 Million Americans

Equifax, one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the United States, disclosed Thursday afternoon it’s looking into a data breach that may have affected upwards to 143 million Americans. The company said in a statement on its site that cybercriminals managed to exploit an...

Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Info of 143 Million US Consumers

It's ironic—the company that offers credit monitoring and ID theft protection solutions has itself been compromised, exposing personal information of as many as 143 million Americans—that's almost half the country. Equifax, one of the three largest credit reporting firm in the United States,...

equifax.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: https://www.equifax.com/personal/search?searchParam=sfddwsd%22%27--!%3E%3C/Title/%3C/Style/%3C/Script/%3C/Textarea/%3C/Noscript/%3C/Pre/%3C/Xmp%3E%3CVideo/Src/Onloadstart=confirm'OPENBUGBOUNTY'%3E=20=0 Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at 08.09.2017 Latest check f...

Fraudsters Exploited Lax Security at Equifax’s TALX Payroll Division

Identity thieves who specialize in tax refund fraud had big help this past tax year from Equifax, one of the nation's largest consumer data brokers and credit bureaus. The trouble stems from TALX, an Equifax subsidiary that provides online payroll, HR and tax services. Equifax says crooks were ab...

CVE-2017-5638

The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 has incorrect exception handling and error-message generation during file-upload attempts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted Content-Type, Content-Disposition, or...

equifax.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.equifax.com/business/resources?ppid=resourcestabsWARresourcestabsportletplifecycle=0pstate=normalpmode=viewpcolid=column-4pcolcount=1&resourcestabsWARresourcestabsportletjspPage=/view.jsp=1786570=null=null" Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at 09.09.201...

equifax.co.uk XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.equifax.co.uk/business/resources?ppid=resourcestabsWARresourcestabsportletplifecycle=0pstate=normalpmode=viewpcolid=column-4pcolcount=1&resourcestabsWARresourcestabsportletjspPage=/view.jsp=1786570=null=null" Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at...