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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 865 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: data thieves steal credit card data supermarket chain comments Discuss  
Data thieves broke into computers at supermarket chains Hannaford Brothers and Sweetbay, stealing an estimated 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers, Hannaford said Monday. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 865 days ago
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/Data-thieves-steal-credit-card-data-from-supermarket-chain_1.htmlBy Robert McMillanIDG News ServiceMarch 17, 2008Data thieves broke into computers at supermarket chains Hannaford Brothers and Sweetbay, stealing an estimated 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers, Hannaford said Monday."The stolen data was limited to credit and debit card numbers and expiration dates, and was illegally accessed from our computer systems during transmission of card authorizat read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 855 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: hannaford cc data thieves planted malware servers comments Discuss  
Other retailers may be vulnerableThe data breach at Hannaford, the US grocery chain, which enabled the theft of info on more than 4.2 million credit card accounts was caused by a sophisticated piece of malware that attackers installed in all the company's retail outlets.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 849 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: laptop thieves foiled tracking system comments Discuss  
Laptop tracking systems do work, and Absolute Software has a real-world example to add to its PR arsenal. The security tracking company's LoJack system has been used to catch alleged laptop thieves at a U.S. airport. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 670 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: mod prays raf disk thieves data savvy comments Discuss  
50,000 RAF IDs on unencrypted disksPersonal details of potentially all current and ex-RAF personnel and dependents were stored on three USB-connected storage drives which went missing from a Ministry of Defence establishment at Innsworth, Gloucestershire.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 639 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:02:28 -0600 (CST)http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/3799674.Colchester__Thieves_steal_MoD_computer/By Emily ParsonsGazette29th October 2008A MINISTRY of Defence laptop was stolen from a car in Colchester.Thieves smashed a window in a black Mitsubishi car, parked outside the married quarters at the barracks in Aisne Road.A laptop computer, owned by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), an army jacket and some personal items were stolen.A spokesm read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 605 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: intel lenovo foil laptop thieves comments Discuss  
Absolute securityChip maker Intel, computer manufacturer Lenovo, and security-software publisher Absolute Software today announced a joint program to equip select Lenovo laptops with anti-theft technology.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 600 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 00:11:49 -0600 (CST)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/technology/internet/06security.htmlBy JOHN MARKOFFThe New York TimesDecember 5, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO - Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite how to fix it.Despite the efforts of the computer security industry and a half-decade struggle by Microsoft to protect its Windows operating system, malicious software is spreading faster than ever. The so-called malware surreptit read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 495 days ago
Via: http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: web fraud data search tools id thieves comments Discuss  
Data such as your Social Security number, mother's maiden name and credit card balance are not as difficult for ID thieves to find as most people think. I've recently learned that cyber crooks are providing cheap, instant access to detailed consumer databases, offering identity thieves the ability to find missing data as they compile dossiers on targeted individuals. Security Fix spent the past week testing services offered by two Web sites that sell access to a wealth of information on consumers. Each sit read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 472 days ago
Via: http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: glut stolen banking data trims profits thieves comments Discuss  
A massive glut in the number of credit and debit cards stolen in data breaches at financial institutions last year has flooded criminal underground markets that trade in this material, driving prices for the illicit goods to the lowest levels seen in years, experts have found. For a glimpse of just how many financial records were lost to hackers last year, consider the stats released this week by Verizon Business. The company said it responded to at least 90 confirmed data breaches last year involving roug read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 346 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn points playing targets thieves casino employees comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:39:10 -0500 (CDT)http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/17/increasingly-points-you-get-playing-are-targets-th/By Liz Benston The Las Vegas SunAug. 17, 2009 At the heart of a casino’s marketing machine lies its players club, which uses swipe cards to track gamblers’ play as they rack up points to redeem for meals, hotel stays, merchandise and even cash.So critical are these massive, good-as-cash databases to casino profits that, if ther read more »
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