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Heartland Suit Alleges “Inadequate” Security

Posted by Paisano1 1186 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: breach finance heartland lawsuit
...failed to disclose or indicate, among other things, that: (1) the Company’s safety and security measures designed to protect consumers’ financial [...] read more »
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Heartland Now Under SEC Investigation

Posted by Paisano1 1186 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: breach finance hackers heartland
“The investigation may relate to stock trades made by Heartland Chairman and CEO Robert Carr after Visa notified Heartland of suspicious activity on [...] read more »
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ISR News: Security Threats Remained Active

Posted by Paisano1 1187 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: finance hackers information security
Of course, discoveries like these are a dime a dozen. What was unprecedented - at least for Desautels - was the amount of time it took to publish his[...] read more »
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ISR News: Heartland Braces For A Fight : Information Security Resources

Posted by Paisano1 1187 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: breach data heartland it security
“We intend to vigorously defend any such claims and we believe we have meritorious defenses to those claims that have been asserted to date,” Carr sa[...] read more »
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Undisclosed Breach Threatens Consumers : Information Security Resources

Posted by Paisano1 1188 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: breach data heartland it security
What we still don’t know is what processor has been breached. According to the aforementioned article, and as has been confirmed by our sources, VISA[...] read more »
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More Than 500 Banks Hurt By Breach

Posted by Paisano1 1189 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: breach data heartland it security
Following is the latest up-to-date list of institutions impacted by the Heartland breach and - where available - the total number of cards compromise[...] read more »
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Parking Ticket Leads to Blended Hack Attack

Posted by Paisano1 1191 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: banks credit id identity theft
The would-be tickets read: “PARKING VIOLATION: This vehicle is in violation of standard parking regulations.” The card then instructs the ticket recipient to visit a specified Web Site. From this point, hackers count on law-abiding users to go home. read more »
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DHS NIPP: The Cyber Dimension

Posted by Paisano1 1192 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: attack data security terrorism war
The U.S. economy and national security depend greatly and increasingly on the global cyber infrastructure. Cyber infrastructure enables all sectors’ functions and services, resulting in a highly interconnected and interdependent global network of CI read more »
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DHS NIPP: Identifying Cyber Infrastructure

Posted by Paisano1 1192 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: attack data security terrorism war
The Internet has been identified as a key resource, comprising the domestic and international assets within both the Information Technology and Communications Sectors, and is used by all sectors to varying degrees. read more »
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Government Under "Constant" Cyber Attack

Posted by Paisano1 1194 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: attack data security terrorism war
“Government systems are under constant attack,” says Joel Brenner, counterintelligence chief in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. “We’re seeing … a dramatic, consistent increase in cyber crime (and) intelligence activities.” read more »
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More Lawsuits for RBS WorldPay

Posted by Paisano1 1194 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: breach data information it security
RBS WorldPay - the payment processing arm of Citizens Bank - has confirmed that, during a 30-minute period last November, thieves used 100 cloned pre-payment cards to withdraw a total of $9 million from 100 cash machines in 49 cities around the worl read more »
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McAfee Report: Our Unsecured Economies

Posted by Paisano1 1195 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: breach data information it security
Our society’s sensitive systems and information, the underpinnings of the transactions and information flow facilitating our quasi-orderly daily lives, are absolutely ripe for a zero day attack - an electronic information debacle that will shut us d read more »
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Another Payment Card Processor Hacked

Posted by Paisano1 1198 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: breach data heartland it security
There had been indications in early Heartland reports that the FBI was pursuing suspects who may be part of a larger criminal conspiracy targeting multiple companies, but there are no reports yet as to whether this latest breach is part of that inve read more »
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Businesses Lose $1 Trillion a Year to Cyber-Crime

Posted by Paisano1 1198 days ago, popular 1197 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: breach data information it security
This report is a wake-up call because the current economic crisis is poised to create a global meltdown in vital information. Increased pressures on firms to reduce spending and cut staffing have led to more porous defenses and increased opportunity read more »
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Geithner Appointment Clears Landscape

Posted by Paisano1 1203 days ago (http://information-security-resources.com)
Category: Business | Tags: bailout economy fraud it security
When the dust from the departing helicopter finally settled, America realized that the old “shrubs” of the last 8 years had been replaced with the seeds of new growth opportunities. Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner will most certainly... read more »
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