According to a survey conducted by ThreatTrack Security, there may be considerably more data breaches occurring than the public hears about, especially at the enterprise level. A recent survey found that 57 percent of enterprise malware analysts have investigated or addressed a data breach that was never disclosed. Read More
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Adobe Data Breach has Far Reaching Impacts
Adobe suffered a data breach in early October compromising the account information of as many as 150 million Adobe accounts. Although the passwords were hashed, email addresses and password hints were not, and with the data posted in fraudster forums many other online organizations may see the effects of this breach. Several companies, including Facebook,
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FBI Memo Warns of Hacktivist Attacks Against Several Government Agencies
An FBI memo seen by Reuters makes reference to Anonymous attacks and compromised data from multiple government agencies including the Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Sentencing Commission whose systems were accessed as recently as October. Read More
Anonymous Stratfor Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years
Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond, associated with the hacker groups Anonymous and Antisec, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on November 15th accepting a plea bargain on one count of computer fraud and abuse for breaching and releasing information from Strategic Forecasting Inc. servers. Read More
3 Techniques you can Still Implement to Improve Fraud Detection this Holiday
It is that time of year again, the holidays are almost here, and merchants are finalizing their preparations for the holiday selling season. The holiday season not only brings increased traffic and sales volume, but also increased fraud attempts. Fraudsters know that organizations are often overwhelmed during the holiday rush and will try to get
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