A Massachusetts man who pleaded guilty to hacking the computer networks of law enforcement agencies across the U.S., as well as obtaining stolen payment card data, now faces a prison term.
As part of their breach response strategies, organizations need to establish clear guidelines in advance so they know when it's appropriate to offer victims free credit monitoring or ID theft protection services.
Information security experts say espionage-focused attackers, apparently operating from Russia, have been using phishing e-mails and malware in multi-stage attacks designed to evade detection and steal political and military secrets.
A U.S. federal court has shut down what the FTC alleges was a fake tech-support firm that posed as Facebook and Microsoft and tricked consumers into paying up to $600 each for bogus security tools.
How will the introduction of Apple Pay affect the adoption of EMV? ACT Canada's Catherine Johnston and Randy Vanderhoof of the EMV Migration Forum size up the movement toward EMV and mobile payments.
The annual Amsterdam gathering of information security aficionados detailed the very latest hacking threats, including cybersecurity attacks via drone, sniffing data from fitness devices, and exploiting ATMs using Raspberry Pi computers.
Sophisticated threats require advanced threat protection. A threat-focused next-generation firewall must adhere to three strategic imperatives. Learn how these imperatives improve defense against advanced threats.
What security and technology issues are top concerns for 2015? The transition to new payment methods and shoring up gaps in basic security practices, according to industry leaders at two ISMG summits last week.
A hacker involved in the RBS WorldPay network intrusion in 2008, which led to $9 million in fraudulent ATM withdrawals, has received a substantial prison sentence. Find out the details.
London police have arrested a suspect on charges that he participated in a series of ATM malware attacks that netted £1.6 million ($2.6 million) from 51 cash machines over a three-day holiday weekend in May.
A Bulgarian who participated in the Shadowcrew forum, a now-defunct online marketplace for hacking and identity theft, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in the operation.
Security vendor Proofpoint warns that a "malvertising" campaign has been launching ransomware attacks against users of numerous high-profile websites, including search site Yahoo, dating site Match.com, and an AOL real estate site.
Many issuers of chip-based credit cards will likely allow U.S. consumers to complete transactions with a signature, not a PIN, which will limit the fraud protections offered by EMV cards, says Citizen Financial Group's Tim Webb.
Visa is working closely with U.S. banking institutions and retailers to enhance payments security and push the migration toward EMV, says the card brand's Eduardo Perez, a featured presenter at ISMG's Fraud Summit New York.
In his keynote address at the ISMG Fraud Summit New York on Oct. 21, PCI's Bob Russo predicts credit card fraud will significantly rise in the short term as EMV payment cards get rolled out in the United States. Find out why.
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