Neiman Marcus Says 1.1M Cards Compromised in Data Breach

The attackers who penetrated the Neiman Marcus network last year were on the network for at least three months and made off with credit and debit card data belonging to 1.1 million customers. The company said that the data breach was the result of a compromise that began in mid-July and ran until...

Bluetooth Gas Pump Skimmer Scam Nets $2 Million

Thirteen men were indicted this week for allegedly using Bluetooth-enabled skimmers to steal more than $2 million from customers at gas stations across the Southern United States between 2012 and 2013. Documents released on Tuesday by the offices of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr...

Hack or attempt to Hack, you may face 20 years in prison

The Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman 'Patrick Leahy' reintroduced a revamped version of the "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act" for tough criminal penalties for hackers, that he originally authored in 2005. During last Christmas Holidays, a massive data breach had occurred at the shopping...

DailyMotion Hosting Malvertising Leading to Fake AV Attack

Video-sharing site DailyMotion, one of the most popular destinations on the Web, is in the throes of an attack where it is serving malicious ads redirecting users to a fake AV scam. Security firm Invincea reported the issue to the website, and as of 4 p.m. ET, DailyMotion was still serving the fa...

Yahoo Removes Ads Redirecting to Magnitude Exploit Kit

The race to replace the Blackhole Exploit Kit as the web exploit pack of choice for cybercriminals seems to have an early leader in Magnitude. Researchers at Dutch security firm Fox-IT reported over the weekend that European visitors to Yahoo were falling victim to malicious ads hosted on the sit...

Encrypted PINs Stolen in Target Data Breach

Target confirmed this morning that encrypted PIN data was stolen in the Black Friday data breach that exposed 40 million accounts to fraud. Spokesperson Molly Snyder said the ongoing forensics investigation confirmed that PIN data was accessed as well, contrary to previous claims made by the reta...

Microsoft Says ZeroAccess Click-Fraud Botnet Abandoned

Microsoft is declaring the ZeroAccess botnet dead. Two weeks after obtaining a court order to disrupt the botnet’s ability to carry out click-fraud, assistant general counsel Richard Boscovich of Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said late last week that the botmasters behind ZeroAccess had abandon...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Credit Card Transaction Report Email Messages on December 19, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 32231 First Published: 2013 December 19 17:37 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a credit card transaction notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payment Advice Notification Email Messages on December 11, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 32135 First Published: 2013 December 12 16:31 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain payment advice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open th...

ZeroAccess Peer To Peer Botnet Takedown Incomplete

Microsoft trumpeted its disruption of the ZeroAccess peer-to-peer botnet late last week, but some experts are holding off on scheduling a celebratory ticker-tape parade. With numerous successful takedowns of botnets with a centralized command and control infrastructure in its back pocket, Microso...

microsoft disrupts zeroaccess botnet

Microsoft’s crusade against botnets raged on yesterday as the Redmond, Wash., computer giant and a coalition of law enforcement agencies and Internet security companies disrupted the notorious ZeroAccess botnet. ZeroAccess, or Sirefef as Microsoft likes to call it, is a malware platform that...

Biggest American Bank 'JPMorgan Chase' hacked; 465,000 card users' data stolen

JPMorgan Chase, one of the world's biggest Banks has recently announced that it was the victim of a cyber attack and warned round 465,000 of its holders of prepaid cash cards on the possible exposure of their personal information. In the Security Breach that took place on the bank's website...

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 Fraud Alert Email Messages on November 21, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31852 First Published: 2013 November 22 18:36 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an irregular account activity notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Credit Card Transaction Notification Email Messages on November 8, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31691 First Published: 2013 November 11 19:22 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain credit card transaction details for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

FBI offering $100,000 reward for information on Most Wanted Cyber Criminals

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has added five new hackers to its Cyber most wanted list and is seeking information from the public regarding their whereabouts. The men are wanted in connection with hacking and fraud crimes both within the US as well as internationally. Rewards ranging fro...

FBI offering $100,000 reward for information on Most Wanted Cyber Criminals

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has added five new hackers to its Cyber most wanted list and is seeking information from the public regarding their whereabouts. The men are wanted in connection with hacking and fraud crimes both within the US as well as internationally. Rewards ranging fro...

Sefnit Click-Fraud Malware Related to Mevade Tor Botnet

A malware family, likely developed by the same authors who built a massive botnet recently discovered on the Tor network, has been revived with a stealthy new click-fraud scam. Microsoft reports a rash of new click-fraud activity linked to the Sefnit malware, which was thought dead and buried as ...

22 years-old Chartered Accountant student hacks into Celebrities E-taxation Accounts

Last week a 21-year-old chartered accountant student from Hyderabad was arrested for hacking into E-taxation Account of Industrialist Anil Ambani. During the probe Mumbai Police’s crime branch has emerged that Anil Ambani's account was also fraudulently accessed from Noida. After investigation,...

FBI Warning Users About Financial Malware Beta Bot

The FBI began warning computer users about the Beta Bot Trojan this week, sounding the alarm about malware that has targeted a variety of online payment platforms and financial institutions over the few last months. According to an intelligence note prepared by the Internet Crime Complaint Center...