One in three victims of Target card breach could face fraud http://www.cso.com.au/article/537642/one_three_victims_target_card_breach_could_face_fraud/
- Feb 14 Kebsonsecurity Target Hackers Broke in Via HVAC Company Last week, Target told reporters at The Wall Street Journal and Reuters that the initial intrusion into its systems was traced back to network credentials that were stolen from a third party vendor. Sources now tell KrebsOnSecurity that the vendor in question was a refrigeration, heating and air conditioning subcontractor that has worked at a number of locations at Target and other top retailers. Sources close to the investigation said the attackers first broke into the retailer’s network on Nov. 15, 2013 using network credentials stolen from Fazio Mechanical Services, a Sharpsburg, Penn.-based provider of refrigeration and HVAC systems. Using Shodan to find exploits?? www.shodanhq.com -
Target contractor says it was victim of cyberattack http://www.cso.com.au/article/537735/target_contractor_says_it_victim_cyberattack/
Even though Fazio Mechanical may have quite likely used the free (on-demand) versions of MBAM illegally, many folks do know that not even the Paid/Professional/Lifetime version of MBAM scans either incoming or outgoing email. If what's been published is true, IMHO, Fazio Mechanical might as well have taped a copy of the Malwarebytes logo to each of their computers for all the real-time protection they had in force. Pity! No mention seems to have been made for any other security/protection measures Fazio Mechanical may or may not have taken for their computers or Internet access.
Target's head of technology resigns in wake of devastating data breach http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/5/54...mation-offier-beth-jacob-resigns-after-breach | http://www.techmeme.com/140305/p16#a140305p16
Target hackers showed intimate knowledge of firm's network, suggests McAfee http://news.techworld.com/security/...e-knowledge-of-firms-network-suggests-mcafee/
"Missed Alarms and 40 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers: How Target Blew It Full Story Here: http://www.businessweek.com/article...ed-alarms-in-epic-hack-of-credit-card-data#p1 http://www.businessweek.com/article...ed-alarms-in-epic-hack-of-credit-card-data#p1
Major companies, like Target, often fail to act on malware alerts http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...ke_Target_often_fail_to_act_on_malware_alerts
Hey gents, I have pretty much read everything I have come across about the Target data breach, and I've got one huge unanswered question: Does anyone know why Target's firewall did not alert and/or stop the mined credit card data from leaving their network to go the overseas server(s)?
'Security vendor Trustwave was accused in a class-action suit of failing to detect the attack that led to Target’s data breach, one of the largest on record.' http://www.pcworld.com/article/2111...-named-in-targetrelated-suit.html#tk.nl_today