The hacktivist group European Cyber Army on Jan. 28 said it waged DDoS attacks against Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase. DDoS-tracking sources say the botnet involved is the same one used for 2012-2013 attacks against U.S. banks.
Retail data breaches are growing. ISight Partners' Tiffany Jones, a researcher who helped the Department of Homeland Security prepare its report about malware attacks, offers new insight into the latest cyber-attacks.
While details surrounding a suspected breach at Michaels remain unclear, two U.S. card issuers say they believe the retailer was targeted by point-of-sale malware similar to what compromised Target and Neiman Marcus.
Representatives of the American Bankers Association, the National Retail Federation and the PCI Security Standards Council are among those slated to testify at a Feb. 3 Senate hearing on safeguarding consumers' financial data.
Arts and crafts retailer Michaels is looking into a possible data breach that may have led to fraudulent activity on U.S. payment cards. But experts disagree about whether there's a connection to the Target and Neiman Marcus attacks.
A previously reported credit card breach in South Korea is much larger than originally reported. A consumer watchdog now says up to 104 million credit cards were compromised.
U.S. and international law enforcement agents have arrested several individuals for their alleged roles in operating websites that sold customers the compromised passwords to e-mail accounts.
Congress is demanding answers about the recent malware attacks against major retailers, and the effort has already resulted in the disclosure of more details about the Neiman Marcus breach.
Cybercriminals exploiting weaknesses in how users employ passwords is a significant factor behind an increase in records exposed in breaches during 2013, says Craig Spiezle of the Online Trust Alliance.
After payment card breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus, security experts ask why mandates for compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard have failed to protect cardholder data.
Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus acknowledges a breach of its payments system dating back to July 2013 may have exposed more than 1 million credit and debit cards.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a software glitch that exposed benefits information at a web portal for the U.S. departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense.
Sports equipment company Easton-Bell Sports says malware compromised its vendor servers in December, exposing personal information and credit card data for about 6,000 online customers.
When did the Neiman Marcus data breach occur? The retailer says it may have begun last July, but banking and fraud experts point to evidence that suggests the breach actually may have occurred a year ago.
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