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Secret Service Investigates Breach at U.S. Govt IT Contractor

September 9, 2019 0 Comments Dana Deasy, Data Breaches, Hold Security, Julius Patterson, Miracle Systems LLC, National Institutes of Health, Perceptics, Sandesh Sharda, trickbot, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Secret Service

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:47:56 +0000

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a breach at a Virginia-based government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The contractor claims the access being auctioned off was to old test systems that do not have direct connections to its government partner networks. In mid-August, a member of a popular Russian-language cybercrime forum offered to sell access to the internal network of a U.S. government IT contractor that does business with more than 20 federal agencies, including several branches of the military. The seller bragged that he had access to email correspondence and credentials needed to view databases of the client agencies, and set the opening price at six bitcoins (~USD $60,000).

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Ransomware Bites Dental Data Backup Firm

August 29, 2019 0 Comments Brenna Sadler, Data Breaches, DDS Safe, Digital Dental Record, PerCSoft, ProPublica, Wisconsin Dental Association

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:59:11 +0000

PerCSoft, a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after falling victim to a ransomware attack.

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Cybersecurity Firm Imperva Discloses Breach

August 27, 2019 0 Comments Alissa Knight, Data Breaches, DisruptOPS, Heli Erickson, imperva, Incapsula, Rich Mogull, Web Application Firewall

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:52:58 +0000

Imperva, a leading provider of Internet firewall services that help Web sites block malicious cyberattacks, alerted customers on Tuesday that a recent data breach exposed email addresses, scrambled passwords, API keys and SSL certificates for a subset of its firewall users. Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Imperva sells firewall technology designed to detect and block various types of malicious Web traffic, from denial-of-service attacks to digital probes aimed at undermining the security of Web-based software applications.

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Breach at Hy-Vee Supermarket Chain Tied to Sale of 5M+ Stolen Credit, Debit Cards

August 27, 2019 0 Comments Data Breaches, Hy-Vee breach, Joker's stash

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:38:47 +0000

On Tuesday of this week, one of the more popular underground stores peddling credit and debit card data stolen from hacked merchants announced a blockbuster new sale: More than 5.3 million new accounts belonging to cardholders from 35 U.S. states. Multiple sources now tell KrebsOnSecurity that the card data came from compromised gas pumps, coffee shops and restaurants operated by Hy-Vee, an Iowa-based company that operates a chain of more than 245 supermarkets throughout the Midwestern United States.

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SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American Financial Corp.

August 27, 2019 0 Comments Ben Shoval, Data Breaches, First American Financial Corp., The Coming Storm, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 20:30:17 +0000

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating a security failure on the Web site of real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. that exposed more than 885 million personal and financial records tied to mortgage deals going back to 2003, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.