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Sound, Fury, And Nothing One Year After Equifax

September 7, 2018 admin Business, Current News, Equifax breach, Security

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 12:00:34 +0000

One year ago today, Equifax suffered what remains one of the largest and most impactful data breaches in U.S. history. Last September, it was revealed that the personal information of 145 million Americans, almost 700,000 UK citizens, and 19,000 Canadians was stolen by cybercriminals. This information included names, addresses, birthdays, Social Security numbers, and—in some…

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Experts Urge Rapid Patching of ‘Struts’ Bug

August 23, 2018 admin Apache Software Foundation, Apache Struts vulnerability, Equifax breach, Latest Warnings, Man Yue Mo, Pavel Avgustinov, Semmle, The Coming Storm, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:22:35 +0000

In September 2017, Equifax disclosed that a failure to patch one of its Internet servers against a pervasive software flaw — in a Web component known as Apache Struts — led to a breach that exposed personal data on 147 million Americans. Now security experts are warning that blueprints showing malicious hackers how to exploit a newly-discovered Apache Struts bug are available online, leaving countless organizations in a rush to apply new updates and plug the security hole before attackers can use it to wriggle inside.

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Librarian Sues Equifax Over 2017 Data Breach, Wins $600

June 13, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, ACLU, data breaches, Equifax breach, Inc.com, Jessamyn West, Legalist.com, Security Tools, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 20:14:40 +0000

In the days following revelations last September that big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax had been hacked and relieved of personal data on nearly 150 million people, many Americans no doubt felt resigned and powerless to control their information. But not Jessamyn West. The 49-year-old librarian from a tiny town in Vermont took Equifax to court. And now she’s celebrating a small but symbolic victory after a small claims court awarded her $600 in damages stemming from the 2017 breach.

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Survey: Americans Spent $1.4B on Credit Freeze Fees in Wake of Equifax Breach

March 22, 2018 admin annualcreditreport.com, CNBC, Consumers Union, credit freeze, Equifax breach, Fundera, security freeze, The Coming Storm, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Wakefield Research

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:08:46 +0000

Almost 20 percent of Americans froze their credit file with one or more of the big three credit bureaus in the wake of last year’s data breach at Equifax, costing consumers an estimated $1.4 billion, according to a new study. The findings come as lawmakers in Congress are debating legislation that would make credit freezes free in every state. The figures, commissioned by small business loan provider Fundera and conducted by Wakefield Research, surveyed some 1,000 adults in the U.S. Respondents were asked to self-report how much they spent on the freezes; 32 percent said the freezes cost them $10 or less, but 38 percent said the total cost was $30 or more. The average cost to consumers who froze their credit after the Equifax breach was $23. A credit freeze blocks potential creditors from being able to view or “pull” your credit file, making it far more difficult for identity thieves to apply for new lines of credit in your name.

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Checked Your Credit Since the Equifax Hack?

March 11, 2018 admin annualcreditreport.com, credit freeze, credit monitoring services, Equifax breach, Experian, Latest Warnings, security freeze, Security Tools, TransUnion

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 18:51:08 +0000

A recent consumer survey suggests that half of all Americans still haven’t checked their credit report since the Equifax breach last year exposed the Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and other personal information on nearly 150 million people. If you’re in that fifty percent, please make an effort to remedy that soon. Credit reports from the three major bureaus — Equifax, Experian and Trans Union — can be obtained online for free at annualcreditreport.com — the only Web site mandated by Congress to serve each American a free credit report every year.

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How to Opt Out of Equifax Revealing Your Salary History

November 13, 2017 admin Amazon, AT&T, Equifax, Equifax breach, Facebook, Fast Company, Joel Winston, Marisa Salcines, microsoft, Oracle, Other, TALX, The Work Number, Twitter, Wal-Mart

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:55:19 +0000

A KrebsOnSecurity series on how easy big-three credit bureau Equifax makes it to get detailed salary history data on tens of millions of Americans apparently inspired a deeper dive on the subject by Fast Company, which examined how this Equifax division has been one of the company’s best investments. In this post, I’ll show you how to opt out of yet another Equifax service that makes money at the expense of your privacy.

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Equifax Reopens Salary Lookup Service

November 2, 2017 admin Equifax, Equifax breach, National Mortgage News, Other, Spokeo, TALX, The Work Number, Zillow

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 14:04:20 +0000

Equifax has re-opened a Web site that lets anyone look up the salary history of a large portion of the American workforce using little more than a person’s Social Security number and their date of birth. The big-three credit bureau took the site down just hours after I wrote about it on Oct. 8, and began restoring the site eight days later saying it had added unspecified “security enhancements.”

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Equifax Credit Assistance Site Served Spyware

October 16, 2017 admin Ars Technica, Dan Goodin, Equifax adware, Equifax breach, Flash Player, Other, Randy Abrams

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:03:46 +0000

Big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax says it has removed third-party code from its credit report assistance Web site that prompted visitors to download malicious software disguised as an update for Adobe’s Flash Player software.