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USPS Site Exposed Data on 60 Million Users

November 21, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Bit Discovery, data breaches, Informed Visibility, Nicholas Weaver, robert hansen, U.S. Secret Service, UC Berkeley's International Computer Science Institute, USPS Informed Delivery, USPS Office of Inspector General

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:10:18 +0000

U.S. Postal Service just fixed a security weakness that allowed anyone who has an account at usps.com to view account details for some 60 million other users, and in some cases to modify account details on their behalf. KrebsOnSecurity was contacted last week by a researcher who discovered the problem, but who asked to remain anonymous. The researcher said he informed the USPS about his finding more than a year ago yet never received a response. After confirming his findings, this author contacted the USPS, which promptly addressed the issue.

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U.S. Secret Service Warns ID Thieves are Abusing USPS’s Mail Scanning Service

November 8, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, eSafe@usps.gov, Identity Theft, Informed Delivery, informeddelivery@custhelp.com, Latest Warnings, Ne'er-Do-Well News, The Coming Storm, U.S. Secret Service, USPS

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 07:28:45 +0000

A year ago, KrebsOnSecurity warned that “Informed Delivery,” a new offering from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that lets residents view scanned images of all incoming mail, was likely to be abused by identity thieves and other fraudsters unless the USPS beefed up security around the program and made it easier for people to opt out. This week, the U.S. Secret Service issued an internal alert warning that many of its field offices have reported crooks are indeed using Informed Delivery to commit various identity theft and credit card fraud schemes.

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Secret Service Warns of Surge in ATM ‘Wiretapping’ Attacks

September 27, 2018 admin All About Skimmers, atm eavesdropping, ATM Skimmers, atm wiretapping, endoscope, U.S. Secret Service

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:45:41 +0000

The U.S. Secret Service is warning financial institutions about a recent uptick in a form of ATM skimming that involves cutting cupcake-sized holes in a cash machine and then using a combination of magnets and medical devices to siphon customer account data directly from the card reader inside the ATM.

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Secret Service Warns of Chip Card Scheme

April 5, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, chip cards, The Coming Storm, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Secret Service

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:50:42 +0000

The U.S. Secret Service is warning financial institutions about a new scam involving the temporary theft of chip-based debit cards issued to large corporations. In this scheme, the fraudsters intercept new debit cards in the mail and replace the chips on the cards with chips from old cards. When the unsuspecting business receives and activates the modified card, thieves can start draining funds from the account.

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First ‘Jackpotting’ Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs

January 27, 2018 admin All About Skimmers, atm jackpotting, atm logical attacks, Daniel Regalado, Diebold Nixdorf, Diebold Opteva, endoscope, FireEye, Latest Warnings, NCR Corp, Ploutus.D, The Coming Storm, U.S. Secret Service, Windows 7, Windows XP

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:45:08 +0000

ATM “jackpotting” — a sophisticated crime in which thieves install malicious software and/or hardware at ATMs that forces the machines to spit out huge volumes of cash on demand — has long been a threat for banks in Europe and Asia, yet these attacks somehow have eluded U.S. ATM operators. But all that changed this week after the U.S. Secret Service quietly began warning financial institutions that jackpotting attacks have now been spotted targeting cash machines here in the United States.

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Trump’s Dumps: ‘Making Dumps Great Again’

May 25, 2017 admin dark web, DomainTools.com, Home Depot breach, Magento, McDumpals, OpenCart, Other, Powerfront, rescator, RiskIQ, rudneva-y@mail.ua, Sally Beauty breach, target breach, Tor, Trump's-Dumps, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Senate GOP Senatorial Committee hack

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 04:45:24 +0000

It’s not uncommon for crooks who peddle stolen credit cards to seize on iconic American figures of wealth and power in the digital advertisements for these shops that run continuously on various cybercrime forums. Exhibit A: McDumpals, a hugely popular carding site that borrows the Ronald McDonald character from McDonald’s and caters to bulk buyers. Exhibit B: Uncle Sam’s dumps shop, which wants YOU! to buy American. Today, we’ll look at an up and coming credit card shop called Trump’s-Dumps, which invokes 45’s likeness and promises to “make credit card fraud great again.”