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The Equifax Breach Settlement Offer is Real, For Now

December 20, 2022 admin data breaches, Equifax breach, equifax class action settlement, myprepaidcenter.com, Other

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:08:40 +0000

Millions of people likely just received an email or snail mail notice saying they’re eligible to claim a class action payment in connection with the 2017 megabreach at consumer credit bureau Equifax. Given the high volume of reader inquiries about this, it seemed worth pointing out that while this particular offer is legit (if paltry), scammers are likely to soon capitalize on public attention to the settlement money.

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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

February 10, 2020 admin coronavirus, data breaches, Equifax breach, fbi deputy director david bowdich, FBI Director Christopher Wray, jun ying, liu lei, sudhakar reddy bonthu, u.s. attorney general bill barr, U.S. Justice Department, wang qian, wu zhiyong, xu ke

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 03:25:52 +0000

The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. DOJ officials said the four men were responsible for carrying out the largest theft of sensitive personal information by state-sponsored hackers ever recorded.

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A week in security (July 29 – August 4)

August 5, 2019 admin android q, atm attacks, board of directors, Capital One, Equifax, Equifax breach, exploit kit, exploit kits, germanwiper, government cybersecurity, Lord exploit kit, Magecart, MageCart attacks, Malwarebytes news

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 15:44:37 +0000

A roundup of security news from July 29 – August 4 including Capital One breach, Lord Exploit Kit, more Magecart skimming, ATM attacks, QR code scams, and Equifax payout.

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Capital One breach exposes over 100 million credit card applications

August 2, 2019 admin Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Web Services, AWS, Capital One, Capital One data breach, data breach, EC2, Equifax, Equifax breach, Fintech, iam, identity access management, Paige Thompson, reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The Capital One data breach is an exceptional example, if only because of how much we already know. Not only that, but the breach happened to one of the technical front-runners in banking.

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A Chief Security Concern for Executive Teams

December 20, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Aite Group, Alissa Valentina Knight, Anthony Belfiore, CISO, CSO, Equifax breach, Lance Spitzner, SANS Institute, Wall Street Journal

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:23:10 +0000

Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers’ privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. But you’d be forgiven if you couldn’t tell this by studying the executive leadership page of each company’s Web site. That’s because very few of the world’s biggest companies list any security executives in their highest ranks. Even among top tech firms, less than half list a chief technology officer (CTO). This post explores some reasons why this is the case, and why it can’t change fast enough. KrebsOnSecurity reviewed the Web sites for the global top 100 companies by market value, and found just five percent of top 100 firms listed a chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO). Only a little more than a third even listed a CTO in their executive leadership pages.

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Scanning for Flaws, Scoring for Security

December 12, 2018 admin @notdan, A Little Sunshine, Cyber Risk Score, Dark Reading, Equifax breach, Experian, exxonmobil, Fair Isaac Corporation, FICO, Marriott breach, Mike Lloyd, NCTUE, RedSeal, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:25:14 +0000

Is it fair to judge an organization’s information security posture simply by looking at its Internet-facing assets for weaknesses commonly sought after and exploited by attackers, such as outdated software or accidentally exposed data and devices? Fair or not, a number of nascent efforts are using just such an approach to derive security scores for companies and entire industries. What’s remarkable is how many organizations don’t make an effort to view their public online assets as the rest of the world sees them — until it’s too late.

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Equifax Has Chosen Experian. Wait, What?

November 1, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, credit freeze, credit lock, creditkarma.com, data breaches, Equifax breach, Equifax has chosen Experian, Equifearian, Experian breach, security freeze, TransUnion, TrustedID Premier

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:47:13 +0000

A year after offering free credit monitoring to all Americans on account of its massive data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 148 million people, Equifax now says it has chosen to extend the offer by turning to a credit monitoring service offered by a top competitor — Experian. And to do that, it will soon be sharing with Experian contact information that affected consumers gave to Equifax in order to sign up for the service.

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