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Attackers Using Phishing To Scam Airbnb Customers

May 4, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

Airbnb customers need to be alert to a new phishing scam that takes advantage of the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to fool them into sharing personal and financial data, according to cybersecurity firm Redscan. GDPR is an … [Read more...] about Attackers Using Phishing To Scam Airbnb Customers

Filed Under: Data Theft, Government, Hacking Tools Tagged With: Airbnb, data protection regulations, data theft, EU, GDPR, hackers, Mark Nicholls, notifications, phishing emails, phishing scam, Redscan

Stresspaint Malware Is Stealing Facebook User Data

April 20, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

Security researchers at Radware have identified a new information stealer called Stresspaint that appears to be looking for Facebook details it gathers from Chrome login dataon infected machines, along with session cookies. In a recently issued … [Read more...] about Stresspaint Malware Is Stealing Facebook User Data

Filed Under: Data Theft Tagged With: Amazon, Chrome, data breach, Facebook, GUID, information stealer, Malware, Punycode, Radware, Stresspaint, Trojan

Facebook – “Malicious Actors” Discover Identities on Two Billion Users

April 7, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

On Wednesday, Facebook said that “malicious actors” had taken advantage of search tools on its platform, allowing them to discover the identities of most of its 2 billion users, and collect information about them. The abuse of Facebook’s search … [Read more...] about Facebook – “Malicious Actors” Discover Identities on Two Billion Users

Filed Under: Data Breach, Data Theft Tagged With: Australia, Cambridge Analytica, dark web, data breach, Europe, Facebook, Facebook public profile, Facebook search, hackers, India, malicious actors, President Trump, regulation, U.S.

880,000 Orbitz Customers Hit by Attack

March 23, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

Orbitz, the travel booking platform, said this week that its platform was likely hacked during certain times in 2016 and 2017, potentially affecting 880,0000 customers who made bookings on the site during that period. "We deeply regret the … [Read more...] about 880,000 Orbitz Customers Hit by Attack

Filed Under: Data Theft, Hacking Tagged With: American Express, credit monitoring, data breach, Equifax, Expedia, identity protection services, Orbitz

PinkKite Malware is Running Loose

March 18, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

PinkKite, a new family of point-of-sale (POS) malware, has been identified by researchers this week. Kroll Cyber Security initially identified PinkKite last year during a nine-month investigation into a major POS malware campaign that ended in … [Read more...] about PinkKite Malware is Running Loose

Filed Under: Data Theft, Hacking Tagged With: AbaddonPOS, credit card theft, data breach, Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit, Kroll Cyber Security, PinkKite, POS malware, TinyPOS

Equifax Fiasco Goes On and On

March 2, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

Yesterday, Equifax revealed that an addition 2.4 million consumers than previously reported were also affected by the huge data breach the company experienced last year. This means that nearly 148 million consumers have been in some way affected by … [Read more...] about Equifax Fiasco Goes On and On

Filed Under: Data Theft Tagged With: data breach, driver's license data, Equifax, Mandiant, Richard Smith, Senator Elizabeth Warren, social security numbers

Attackers Impersonating FBI IC3

February 7, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

The FBI published a PSA on February 1st warning, “cyber actors are scamming victims into providing personal information and downloading malicious files by impersonating the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)”. Three different ICS3 scam emails have … [Read more...] about Attackers Impersonating FBI IC3

Filed Under: Data Theft, Government Tagged With: FBI, IC3, Internet Crime Complaint Center, phishing emails

OnePlus Customers Find Unauthorized Charges on Their Cards

January 19, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

Reports began to surface last weekend from people who had made purchases on smartphone startup OnePlus’ website then seeing unauthorized transactions appear on their credit cards. OnePlus quickly released a statement on its website saying it had been … [Read more...] about OnePlus Customers Find Unauthorized Charges on Their Cards

Filed Under: Data Theft, Hacking Tagged With: credit card fraud, eCommerce, Fidus, Magento, OnePlus, payment data theft, smartphone startup

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