A new point-of-sale malware strain known as Backoff has been linked to remote-access attacks, and small merchants are at greatest risk, according to an alert from federal authorities.
The Irish online gambling site Paddy Power suffered a data breach in 2010, but says it only recently learned that the attack compromised non-financial personal information on 650,000 customers.
Brian Cornell, newly appointed CEO of Target Corp., faces the challenge of ensuring that the protection of customer information is a top priority at the company following last year's massive data breach.
An undisclosed number of Delaware restaurants may have been affected by a remote-access breach that compromised point-of-sale software, according to the Delaware Restaurant Association.
A "highly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored actor" is responsible for a recent data breach at the National Research Council of Canada, according to Canada's chief information officer.
Are Hamas' cyber capabilities as potent as its kinetic weaponry? Israeli cybersecurity providers consider the impact of cyber-attacks on their businesses and the nation.
eBay faces a class action lawsuit stemming from an early 2014 breach that resulted in 145 million customers having their personal information compromised. The suit contends the breach was the result of the company's "inadequate security."
The website of the European Central Bank has been breached and contact information for event registrants stolen. The breach only came to light when a hacker attempted to obtain a ransom to return stolen data to the bank.
Three Americans and three Russians have been indicted in connection with an alleged $1 million account takeover and money laundering scheme involving more than 1,600 user accounts for StubHub, an entertainment ticket service.
Sources say a yet-to-be-confirmed breach of payment card data linked to transactions at Goodwill Industries could be linked to a point-of-sale vulnerability that may have affected other numerous merchants.
Point-of-sale retail breaches are the rage, but they are just one cyber-crime trend on the mind of RSA researcher Uri Fleyder. What are the malware and mobile threats that organizations should monitor?
The 9/11 Commission, in its 10th anniversary report, cautions Americans and the U.S. government to treat cyberthreats more seriously than they did terrorist threats in the days and weeks before Sept. 11, 2001.
The EU Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce pilot is set to coordinate cross-border investigations - across Europe, the United States and beyond - into cybercrime, including payment card fraud, DDoS attacks and malware rings.
Goodwill Industries has confirmed it is working with the Secret Service and others to investigate a possible payments breach. But the breach has not yet been confirmed.
Attacks are more frequent, severe and complex. How can security pros defend against the entire attack continuum - before, during and after? Cisco's Bret Hartman describes a threat-centric approach.
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