UPS – 51 retail stores breached by malware

Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

The UPS Store, Inc. recently received a government bulletin regarding a broad-based malware intrusion targeting retailers in the United States. The UPS Store takes seriously its responsibility to protect customer information and immediately launched an internal review, implemented system enhancements and engaged an IT security firm. An assessment by The UPS ...

Successful strategies to avoid frequent password changes

Tuesday, August 19th, 2014

1.2 billion passwords reportedly stolen by Russian hackers. Before that it was Heartbleed. After a widespread, nonspecific data breach, the conventional wisdom is that people should change all their passwords. But, there’s a better way. With the right password management habits, you won’t need to change all your passwords ...

Beware Keyloggers at Hotel Business Centers

Monday, July 14th, 2014

The U.S. Secret Service is advising the hospitality industry to inspect computers made available to guests in hotel business centers, warning that crooks have been compromising hotel business center PCs with keystroke-logging malware in a bid to steal personal and financial data from guests. A DHS/Secret Service advisory dated July 10, 2014. In a non-public ...

AT&T customer data compromised in scheme to unlock smartphones

Saturday, June 14th, 2014

Personal information of an unknown number of AT&T Mobility customers was compromised by employees of a third-party vendor seeking to unlock phones, AT&T confirmed. Accounts were accessed without authorization between April 9 and April 21 by employees of one of AT&T's service providers and would have provided access to social security ...

Banks: Credit Card Breach at P.F. Chang’s

Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

Nationwide chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro said today that it is investigating claims of a data breach involving credit and debit card data reportedly stolen from restaurant locations nationwide. On June 9, thousands of newly-stolen credit and debit cards went up for sale on rescator[dot]so, an underground store best known for selling ...