It's best to just assume you’ve been involved in a data breach somehow

Between AT&T, all the follow-on activity from Snowflake, Microsoft Outlook, and more, its best to probably just assume at this point that your personal information has somehow been involved in a data breach. Were only halfway through 2024, and weve already seen some of the largest data breaches a...

Police warn of fake law enforcement arrest warrant calls

Brownsville Police Department is warning about scammers impersonating law enforcement in order to extract money from potential victims. The scam involves pressure from an immediate threat, several ways to extract yourself from this non-existent claim of wrongdoing, and multiple levels of...

Tulsa’s Police-Citation Data Leaked by Conti Gang

The city of Tulsa, OK is asking some of its residents to keep a close eye on their personal and financial accounts after the Conti ransomware group leaked some 18,000 city files, mostly police citations, on the dark web. The leak stemmed from a May 6 ransomware attack that caused the city to shut...

Personal Info Stolen? Seven Response Steps

Yesterday on Bloomberg West, host Emily Chang reported on a breach that affected her personally identifiable information PII. She asked what she should do now that she is a victim of data theft. This is my answer. First, I recommend changing passwords for any accounts associated with the breached...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Financial Fraud Alert Email Messages on November 25, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31884 First Published: 2013 November 25 14:38 GMT Last Updated: 2013 November 26 15:31 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to German-language spam email messages that claim to contain a financial fraud alert for the recipient. The text ...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Account Credential Information Email Messages on July 23, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 30182 First Published: 2013 July 23 15:50 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an account credential information for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

UAMS Alerts Patients to Data Breach Linked to Fired Resident

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is letting some 1,500 patients know their information was kept without permission by a resident physician after she was terminated. The health care facility plans to mail impacted patients who had surgery or were seen by a neurosurgeon from January ...

Data Breach at University of Tampa Posted Information of 30K Online

A breach at the University of Tampa may have exposed the sensitive information of thousands of students, faculty and staff members, including their names, identification numbers, social security numbers and birth dates, according to a press release posted to their the University’s Web site over t...

MS Launches Centralized Fraud Alert System

Microsoft launched a new Web-based mechanism for researchers to securely report stolen credentials, bank and credit card data, or other data they discover, and as a way to quickly alert the appropriate banks, retailers, or government agencies of a compromise. Read the full article. Dark Reading...

MicroSolved Explains Credit Union Pen Test

Officials at MicroSolved, the security services company that was involved in the penetration test that set off concerns about malware-infected CDs being sent to credit unions, have posted a detailed explanation of the technique and how it turned into a national news story. In short, the technique...