Data Breach
Fraud Blog posts tagged “Data Breach”.
Identity Fraud in the U.S. Increases for Second Consecutive Year
Identity fraud occurred every three seconds in the United States and led to $21 billion dollars in losses in 2012 according to Javelin…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Data BreachIncrease in Targeted Attacks Against Small Businesses
A recent study and report from Symantec found that targeted attacks against small businesses greatly increased in 2012 as cyberattacks…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read Fraud PreventionJavelin Finds Number of U.S. Identity Fraud Victims Increased by 1 Million in 2012
According to a recent study by Javelin Strategy & Research, the number of identity fraud victims in the United States increased by more…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Data BreachLivingSocial Data Breach Comprises Information of 50 Million Users
Daily deal website LivingSocial suffered a data breach compromising emails, passwords and more information for most of the site’s users…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read Data BreachNational response to criminal cyber-attacks?
In the aftermath of several large US retailers being targeted by data theft, the National Retail Federation urges Congress to act and…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Data BreachOver Half of Malware Analysts Have Investigated Enterprise Data Breaches That Were Not Disclosed
According to a survey conducted by ThreatTrack Security, there may be considerably more data breaches occurring than the public hears…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read Fraud PreventionPress Release: Many Businesses Are Unprepared for the Growing Risk of Account Takeover
We are starting to see more and more fraudsters focusing larger efforts on using account takeover (ATO) to perpetrate fraud. Most likely it…
Nov 3, 2021 · 5 min read Data BreachRetailer Sues Visa in Attempts to Recover Fines for Data Breach
A retailer suffering a data compromise in 2010 was ultimately responsible for $13.3 million in fines from Visa levied against two acquiring…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Data BreachAdobe Breach Compromises 150,000 Customer Records
After a hacker posted a sample of compromised records online Adobe confirmed a breach affecting 150,000 customers through a vulnerability…
Nov 2, 2021 · 1 min read Data BreachAnonymous Posts Bank Exec Data Stolen from the Federal Reserve
The personal information of over 4,000 banking executives was stolen from a compromised server at the Federal Reserve and then posted…
Nov 2, 2021 · 2 min read Data BreachAntiSec Hackers Claim Data from 12 million Apple Users Stolen from FBI
The hactivist group AntiSec, associated with Anonymous, released a list of one million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) while…
Nov 2, 2021 · 2 min read Data BreachLinkedIn Suffers Data Breach, Now Faces Lawsuit
Nearly 6.5 million passwords were posted on a Russian based hacker forum website and on June 6th LinkedIn confirmed that these passwords…
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