Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The United States today unveiled sanctions and indictments against the alleged proprietor of Joker’s Stash , a now-defunct cybercrime store that peddled tens of millions of payment cards stolen in some of the largest data breaches of the past decade. Joker’s sold cards stolen in a steady drip of breaches at U.S.

Cryptocurrency 289

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Retail Government 289

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Census Bureau’s latest  Annual Retail Trade Survey  reports e-commerce expenditures rose from $571.2 Cybercriminals everywhere matched the uptick with clever new schemes to filch payment card data and defraud victims of billions of dollars. In fact, the U.S. billion in 2019 to $815.4 billion in 2020, a 43% increase.

Antivirus 138

Antivirus Retail Software Accountability 138

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

2004 — Lowe’s — Brian Salcedo is sentenced to 9 years for hacking into Lowe’s home improvement stores and attempting to steal customer credit card information. . 2004 — ChoicePoint — A 41-year-old Nigerian citizen compromises customer data of ChoicePoint, but the company only informs 35,000 people of the breach.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Hacking Banking 135

Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

Install perimeter firewalls between all wireless networks and the cardholder data environment and configure these firewalls to filter only the authorized traffic for business purposes. Installing firewalls at the network perimeter works as a filter to limit only authorized traffic.

Small Business 100

Small Business Firewall Wireless Internet 100

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Because Business and Professions Code § 17206 was enacted by the voters through Proposition 64 in 2004, and cannot be amended through legislation pursuant to the California Constitution (Article II, § 10), the current penalty provision may be void. Those amendments were the subject of a contentious battle between interested stakeholders.

Government 58

Government Internet Internet Consumer Protection 58

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Because Business and Professions Code § 17206 was enacted by the voters through Proposition 64 in 2004, and cannot be amended through legislation pursuant to the California Constitution (Article II, § 10), the current penalty provision may be void. Those amendments were the subject of a contentious battle between interested stakeholders.

Internet 58

Internet Internet Consumer Protection Education 58