Here’s a short list of 7 malware categories we hope you never encounter. Sadly, it’s not an exhaustive list… but it’s a helpful start.
Tag Archives: RAM scraper
It’s only logical – the BIGGER the bank, the BIGGER the breach! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest 60 Second Security for your viewing pleasure. News, advice, opinion and research – and it only takes a minute…
Point-of-Sale vendor loses password, causes breaches at 324 US restaurants
In its own words, a US point-of-sale vendor “acts to Block Payment Card Security Incident.” Bit late for the 324 restaurants that were breached for between 3 days and 3 months in the incident…
Home Depot breach totals: 56 million credit cards exposed, $62 million in losses
Lots of people who speculated about the credit card data breach at the Home Depot turned out to be wrong. But those who suggested that Home Depot’s breach might end up bigger than Target’s turned out to be spot on.
SSCC 164 – Spend Bitcoins using Apple Pay? *NOW* you’ve got me interested! [PODCAST]
Here’s this week’s Sophos Security Chet Chat for your listening pleasure. Our weekly computer security podcast with the News You Can Use…
Home Depot says, “Er, yes, we did have a breach actually”
Just how big and bad it will turn out to be is still unknown…all we know so far is that Home Depot has officially confirmed that, yes, there was indeed a breach.
Supervalu says it was breached – is it the next Target?
US retailer Supervalu is warning customers that an intrusion of its network may have resulted in the theft of credit and debit card account numbers from up to 200 of its stores. Meanwhile, a related data breach affected another 800 stores for which Supervalu provides IT services. Could this be the next Target?
Bad passwords on PoS terminals leads to card stealing Backoff malware
More point of sale malware has been making the news, designed to steal credit card information as usual. This time the crooks are distributing the malware through remote control applications like Microsoft’s RDP. No exploits, no social engineering, just good old fashioned password guessing.