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Times are changing and fraud is climbing in some areas. Data breaches are up 35% across the industry. Malware has hit Kmart hard. Phishing scams are getting more sophisticated and scams to steal card data are rising. See article below for the whole story. (more…)
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Yahoo reported Wednesday a breach of more than 1 billion user accounts in August 2013. This breach is separate from one involving 500 million accounts the Web giant announced back in September. Yahoo said the new breach involved names, email addresses, birth dates, secure passwords, security questions and answers. But, did not involve payment card data or bank account information. Payment data was not stored in the system Yahoo believed was affected, it said. See full story and release from Yahoo below:
By Bob Lord, CISO
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Following a recent investigation, we’ve identified data security issues concerning certain Yahoo user accounts. We’ve taken steps to secure those user accounts and we’re working closely with law enforcement. (more…)
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