The ID Theft Center found that of the roughly 250 data breaches publicly reported in the United States between Jan. 1 and Jun. 12, victims blamed the largest share of incidents on theft by employees (18.4 percent) and hacking (18 percent). Taken together, breaches attributed to these two types of malicious attacks have increased about 10 percent over the same period in 2008.
That Email Is Not a Twitter Invite
“The observed messages appear as if they have been sent from a Twitter account; however, unlike a legitimate Twitter message, there is no invitation URL present in the body,”
The Ultimate Lock Picker Hacks Pentagon, Beats Corporate Security for Fun and Profit
Thinking like a criminal is Tobias’ idea of fun. It makes him laugh. It has also made him money and earned him a reputation as something of the Rain Man of lock-breaking. Even if you’ve never heard of Tobias, you may know his work: He’s the guy who figured out how to steal your bike, unlock your front door, crack your gun lock, blow up your airplane, and hijack your mail. Marc Weber Tobias has a name for the headache he inflicts on his targets: the Marc Weber Tobias problem.
MasterCard Requires QSA for Level 1 and 2 Merchants
MasterCard recently announced changes to their Site Data Protection program. The updates now require Level 1 merchants and level 2 merchants to engage a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) to validate compliance with the PCI DSS. Additionally, MasterCard redefined the Service provider thresholds and levels to align with Visa. Level 1 service providers are those that store, transmit, or process more than 300,000 MasterCard transactions/accounts per year and level 2 are those that handle less than 300,000.
Hacker cracks TinyURL rival, redirects millions of Twitter users
A URL-shortening service that condenses long Web addresses for use on micro-blogging sites like Twitter was hacked over the weekend, sending millions of users to an unintended destination, a security researcher said today.
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