The largest producer and distributor of casual games, “Big Fish Games” has reported had credit card information intercepted from it’s website. The website had been infected with malware that was transferring information from its billing and payment pages of its website. Big Fish Games catalogs over 4000 mobile and PC games and distributes them to over 150 countries. Currently the malware has been removed and the website has been fix to prevent the same malware from infecting the website again. Reports confirm that payments through mobile platforms and Facebook were unaffected. Customers should have already received some kind of communication notifying them of the breach and they have been… Read More
Continue ReadingSecret Service and Homeland Security Warn That 1,000 Businesses May Have Threats of Credit Card Stealing Malware
The PCI (Payment Card Industry) Council issued a document relating to credit card stealing malware. The document states that the United States Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement that over 1,000 business could have been affected by malware called “Backoff”. This malware is typically installed on POS (Point of Sale) systems which are the same systems that you use to swipe your credit card at stores for purchases. Major breaches are now happening almost weekly (or more often). The last couple weeks UPS, Dairy Queen, JP Morgan / Chase. These 1,000 businesses that the US Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security issued the warning… Read More
Continue ReadingGoodwill Stores victim of the Next Major Breach?
It has not been confirmed yet, but sources are saying that the Goodwill stores nationwide have been breached. The breach can go as far back as 2013. If you have used your credit card at a Goodwill location, monitor it closely because it has most likely been stolen. More details will hopefully be provided soon. The U.S. Secret Service is now working with Goodwill on the possible breach. Sources: www.krebsonsecurity.com
Continue ReadingCritical Vulnerabilities on all Versions of Internet Explorer
Please be advised. More vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. These are very bad. If not corrected, can allow remote access to your computer. Detailed information on the link below. If you have any questions, please contact us. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms14-037.aspx
Continue ReadingDominos Pizza Hacked – Could Affect Over 600,000 Customers
Hackers are holding the information of over 600,000 Domino’s customers for ransom. They are demanding $40,000 or they will release the names, email addresses, addresses, and passwords of their customers. Dominos is holding firm and it does not look like they are giving in. They are saying that no information has been stolen. Domino’s Pizza Hacked, Customer Data Held for Ransom
Continue ReadingSecurity Breach – AT&T Suffers from Inside Job
AT&T suffers from a security breach from three employees. Social security numbers, birthdates, and other private information was compromised. Read more at http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/06/13/personal-information-compromised-after-att-data-breach/
Continue ReadingP.F. Chang's Customers Suffer from Credit Card Breach
As of June 10th, the United States Secret Service is now working with P.F. Chang’s China Bistro on a breach investigation that involves a compromise of customer credit cards. According to Brian Krebs (an expert security journalist) credit cards numbers that were used at the restaurant chain started showing up for sale on underground websites ran by cyber criminals. These credit cards were cards that were used at the P.F. Chang’s restaurants. The restaurant chain has over 200 locations throughout the United States. Although it has not been confirmed yet, several recent breaches have resulted from malicious software that was installed unknowingly on point of sale devices. The company has… Read More
Continue ReadingHow to Protect Yourself While Shopping at the Store and Online
In the last year, some of the biggest data breaches in history have occurred. The Target breach affected over 70 million customers who innocently made purchases at their retail stores. Following was the Ebay data breach, which also affected its large demographic of customers. Ebay and Paypal users typically have a debit/credit card or checking account associated with their username. Statistically, nearly HALF of adult Americans have been a victim of some type of fraud. A comment was recently made to me that it seems like these breaches are becoming less potent because they are happening every day. The fact that people feel they these breaches are less potent is… Read More
Continue ReadingEbay Security Breach Causes Users to Change Usernames and Passwords
A “fun” new security breach to talk about! The security breach Target suffered late last year might finally be old news after the announcement of Ebay’s newest security breach. Ebay posted an announcement this morning that they recommend all users change their usernames and passwords, this is due to a breach discovered on their network. More specifically this compromises the database containing the usernames and passwords. At the time of this article, Ebay does not have evidence that the usernames and passwords have been used maliciously. However, users typically have their credit cards, checking accounts, or PayPal account associated with Ebay. Although Ebay has not mentioned resetting passwords on… Read More
Continue ReadingAntivirus – False Sense of Security
Antivirus- False Sense of Security The Internet has become a part of us. Better yet, the Internet has become a major part of us. As someone who has been in the field for nearly 15 years, I am still amazed at how the entire world is inter-connected through the Internet and provides us an easy way to communicate and grow our businesses. With that said, the Internet also gives the bad people of the world a straight channel to the good people. By nature, we always steer around the “bad part of town”, but the Internet doesn’t allow us to steer clear. Forget your ADT Security System that you have… Read More
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