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B&B Theatres Hit in 2-Year Credit Card Breach

July 7, 2017 admin B&B Theatres breach, Other, Paul Farnsworth

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 15:26:07 +0000

B&B Theatres, a company that owns and operates the 7th-largest theater chain in America, says it is investigating a breach of its credit card systems. The acknowledgment comes just days after KrebsOnSecurity reached out to the company for comment on reports from financial industry sources who said they suspected the cinema chain has been leaking customer credit card data to cyber thieves for the past two years.

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Who is the GovRAT Author and Mirai Botmaster ‘Bestbuy’?

July 5, 2017 admin BestBuy, Binaryvision.co.il, BlueCoat, danielkaye02@gmail.com, Deutsche Telekom, GovRAT, infoarmor, Mirai, Other, parkajackets@gmail.com, popopret, spdr, spdr01@gmail.com, spider man, Symantec, vDos

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:25:14 +0000

In February 2017, authorities in the United Kingdom arrested a 29-year-old U.K. man on suspicion of knocking more than 900,000 Germans offline in an attack tied to Mirai, a malware strain that enslaves Internet of Things (IoT) devices like security cameras and Internet routers for use in large-scale cyberattacks. Investigators haven’t yet released the man’s name, but news reports suggest he may be better known by the hacker handle “Bestbuy.” This post will follow a trail of clues back to one likely real-life identity of Bestbuy.

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Is it Time to Can the CAN-SPAM Act?

July 2, 2017 admin CAN-SPAM, Dan Balsam, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FTC, Joe Jerome, Other, Ron Guilmette

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:14:42 +0000

Regulators at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are asking for public comment on the effectiveness of the CAN-SPAM Act, a 14-year-old federal law that seeks to crack down on unsolicited commercial email. Judging from an unscientific survey by this author, the FTC is bound to get an earful.

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So You Think You Can Spot a Skimmer?

June 30, 2017 admin ATM Fraud Inspection Guide, Barclays Bank, first atm, NCR, Other

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:32:06 +0000

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the automated teller machine — better known to most people as the ATM or cash machine. Thanks to the myriad methods thieves have devised to fleece unsuspecting cash machine users over the years, there are now more ways than ever to get ripped off at the ATM. Think you’re good at spotting the various scams? A newly released ATM fraud inspection guide may help you test your knowledge.

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‘Petya’ Ransomware Outbreak Goes Global

June 27, 2017 admin bitcoin, DLA Piper, Eternal Blue, Group-IB, ICSI, ISACA, Legal Week, Maersk, microsoft windows, MS17-010, Nicholas Weaver, Other, Petya, ransomware, Shadow Brokers, Symantec, UC Berkeley

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:18:43 +0000

A new strain of ransomware dubbed “Petya” is worming its way around the world with alarming speed. The malware appears to be spreading using a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that the software giant patched in March 2017 — the same bug that was exploited by the recent and prolific WannaCry ransomware strain.

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Got Robocalled? Don’t Get Mad; Get Busy.

June 25, 2017 admin Do Not Call registry, Farsight Security, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Little Brook Media, Martin Toha. voip.com, Michael LaSalla, National Association of Credit Services Organizations, NoMoRobo, Other, ringless voicemails, Robby Birnbaum, robocalls, System Admin LLC, TrueCaller

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 15:24:16 +0000

Several times a week my cell phone receives the telephonic equivalent of spam: A robocall. On each occasion the call seems to come from a local number, but when I answer there is that telltale pause followed by an automated voice pitching some product or service. So when I heard from a reader who chose to hang on the line and see where one of these robocalls led him, I decided to dig deeper. This is the story of that investigation. Hopefully, it will inspire readers to do their own digging and help bury this annoying and intrusive practice.

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FBI: Extortion, CEO Fraud Among Top Online Fraud Complaints in 2016

June 23, 2017 admin bleepingcomputer.com, Catalin Cimpanu, ceo fraud, extortion, FBI, ic3.gov, Internet Crime Complaint Center, Other, ransomware

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 14:09:22 +0000

Online extortion, tech support scams and phishing attacks that spoof the boss were among the most costly cyber scams reported by consumers and businesses last year, according to new figures from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The IC3 report released Thursday correctly identifies some of the most prevalent and insidious forms of cybercrimes today, but the total financial losses tied to each crime type also underscore how infrequently victims actually report such crimes to law enforcement.

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Why So Many Top Hackers Hail from Russia

June 22, 2017 admin Alan Paller, Frost & Sullivan, informatics, ISACA, ISC2, microsoft, Other, Perm State National Research University, STEM education, The College Board, The SANS Institute

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:29:11 +0000

Conventional wisdom says one reason so many hackers seem to hail from Russia and parts of the former Soviet Union is that these countries have traditionally placed a much greater emphasis than educational institutions in the West on teaching information technology in middle and high schools, and yet they lack a Silicon Valley-like pipeline to help talented IT experts channel their skills into high-paying jobs. This post examines the first part of that assumption by examining a breadth of open-source data. The supply side of that conventional wisdom seems to be supported by an analysis of educational data from both the U.S. and Russia, which indicates there are several stark and important differences between how American students are taught and tested on IT subjects versus their counterparts in Eastern Europe.