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Monthly Archives: February 2015
Billion Dollar Bank Hack
Multiple banks to be exact, over the last two years, by an unknown but very organized group. The bank’s internal computers, used by employees who process daily transfers and conduct bookkeeping, had been penetrated by malware, through social engineering/phishing attacks, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 billion dollars, ATM, Carbanak, kapersky, phishing, social engineering
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SpearPhishing in Omaha Tricked a Financial Controller to send $17.2 Million to China
The FBI was brought in to investigate The Scoular Company after the controller wired $17.2 million dollars to China through their accounting firm, KPMG. There were emails to the controller from an email address that resembled but was not the … Continue reading
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged Information Technology Security Awareness, Omaha, phishing, Scoular, Security Awareness, social engineering, spear phishing, spearphishing, two-factor
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White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection
That’s not an Illuminati hand sign, it’s the CIA Triad! On February 12th, President Obama signed an Executive Order to encourage and promote sharing of cybersecurity threat information within the private sector and between the private sector and government. Rapid … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, CIA Triad, Congress, Executive Order, framework, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Obama, threat information sharing, whitehouse
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Phishing Anthem
Since my original posting about the Anthem Health Insurance Breach… Investigators believe the cyber crooks compromised the logins from 5 different tech workers, possibly through a phishing scheme that could have tricked them into unknowingly revealing a password or downloading … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, 2015, Anthem, breach, Identity Theft, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering
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HSBC Breach In November Reveals…
HSBC Holdings plc, a British multinational banking and financial services company head-quartered in London, United Kingdom is the world’s second largest bank. Last November, they were breached. HSBC claimed that it “stopped the cyber-attack”, but not before attackers accessed payment … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, 2015, audit, breach, HSBC, tax avoidance, tax evasion
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Convenience Traded for Privacy: Samsung Televisions
Cool new technologies like the Samsung voice controlled television, are a great convenience. They are also a huge window for the Samsung company to get into your homes. When you enable voice control, all noises are transmitted to Samsung and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, android, iPhone, OK Google, privacy, samsung, Security Awareness, siri, televisions, voice commands
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Intuit’s Turbo Tax
Was shut down to investigate if there was a breach as many had logged in to find that their refunds were already claimed. It was found that no breach occurred. According to Brian Krebs, both Turbo Tax and H&RBlock credentials … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Brian Krebs, credentials, phishing, Security Awareness, tax refund
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Renaissance Festival 2015
Eek! A toothless dragon! The dragon has wings!
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Anthem Health Insurance Breach
Anthem was the target of a very sophisticated external cyber attack. Based on what they know at this time, there is no evidence that credit card or medical information were targeted or compromised, just the other information that makes it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, breach, Identity Theft, privacy
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