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Tag Archives: cybercrime
Personnel Data and Social Security Numbers for EVERY Federal Employee STOLEN
It was announced last week that hackers stole Social Security Numbers, military records and veterans’ status information, address, birth date, job and pay history, health insurance, life insurance, and pension information (age, gender, race data) when they breached the Office … Continue reading
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged 2015, breach, cybercrime, fraud, hacked, hacking, Identity Theft, Office of Personnel Management, OPM, phishing
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Jackpot! Of Sorts…
The information security director, Mr.Eddie Raymond Tipton, from a Multi-State lottery Association in Iowa, decided that it was his turn to win the United States jackpot. He has been arrested and is being tried for forgery and hacking the lottery … Continue reading
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Tagged computer security, cybercrime, lottery, malware
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Ring! Ring! Yes, This is the I.R.S! NOT!
Criminals have been calling taxpayers and insisting they must “immediately give up their personal information or make a payment,” Don’t fall for it! It’s a scam! The I.R.S. will never call as their method is to send old fashioned mail. … Continue reading
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged 2015, cybercrime, fraud, hackers, IRS, privacy, risk, scam, Security Awareness, social engineering
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Douglas County Sheriff Office Investigates Fraud
Recent reports of people receiving unsolicited fraudulent credit cards in the mail. “At this time we believe that it may be part of the personal information breach involving insurance companies operating in Georgia,” the agency said in a news alert. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, credit card, cybercrime, fraud, Security Awareness
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150,000 Records Accessed in Advantage Dental Breach
Compromised data included names, Social Security numbers, birthdays, phone numbers and home addresses, but not treatment or financial information. The information was accessed between Feb. 23-26, when Advantage’s internal IT specialists detected the security breach. So far, no patients … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Advantage Dental, breach, cyber risk, cybercrime
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Premera Blue Cross Breach
At the end of January, this year, Premera Blue Cross discovered they were breached. Possibly 11 million records of Personal/Medical and Financial information was exposed. After working with Mandiant and the FBI, the indicators of compromise date as far back … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, 2015, Anthem, breach, credit card, cybercrime, hacked, Premera, privacy
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Bloomberg Interview with FBI Special Agent of Cyber Special Operations, Leo Taddeo
The Cost of Security Breaches
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged Bloomberg, breach, cybercrime, FBI, Leo Taddeo
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The Disgruntled and Passed Over
The FBI reports that; Michael Meneses, a system manager and software programmer who was often passed over for promotions, created a program to pharm employee passwords, left his job at an unnamed Long Island High-Voltage Power Manufacturer, in January 2012. After … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, attacks from within, cybercrime, FBI, Michael Meneses, pharming, sniffing
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Spear Phishing
Cyber thieves stole nearly $215 million from businesses in the last 14 months using email scams. Once a high level exec has his or her email compromised, the bad guys lurk, learn the schedules, learn the business, learn the business … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, 2015, Brian Krebs, cybercrime, email, hackers, phishing, Security Awareness, spoof
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New Scam, Don’t Click Court Ordered Appearance Notification
Bad guys are sending emails claiming to come from a real law firm called ‘Baker & McKenzie’. The email states you are scheduled to appear in court and should click a link to view a copy of the court notice. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, beware, court, cybercrime, malware, Security Awareness, summons
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