Sources: Target Investigating Data Breach

Target works on security-heavy credit cards, after breach.

-- Tom

 

Target Hackers Broke in Via HVAC Company

 

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/

 

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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
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Target contractor says it was victim of cyberattack

http://www.cso.com.au/article/537735/target_contractor_says_it_victim_cyberattack/

 

Email Attack on Vendor Set Up Breach at Target

 

https://krypt3ia.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/assessment-the-target-hack-as-an-apt-style-attack/

 

Sick pivot. lol mbam.

 

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.

 

Fire Sale on Cards Stolen in Target Breach

 

Card Backlog Extends Pain from Target Breach

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/us-usa-target-idUSBREA1O19720140225

 

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)?

 

Two posts above yours.

 

Target breach optioned as Sony feature film

hqsec

 

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/25/us-target-breach-senate-idUSBREA2O1VA20140325

 

They saw the iceberg and the captain shouted.........Full Throttle!

 

'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