A security firm says credit card skimming malware installed by hackers on British Airways’ website a few months ago was to blame for a data breach of over 380,000 credit cards. Payments through the airline’s website and mobile app were stolen over the three week period, but a key clue was that travel information wasn’t […]
View More British Airways breach caused by credit card skimming malware, researchers sayCategory: security breaches
British Airways customer data stolen in data breach
British Airways has confirmed a data breach. The London-based airline, the largest in the UK, did not disclose much about the breach, only that hackers stole customer data from its website, ba.com. In a statement, BA said that the “personal and financial details” of customers who made bookings on BA’s site or app between August […]
View More British Airways customer data stolen in data breachWeak passwords let a hacker access internal Sprint staff portal
It’s not been a great week for cell carriers. EE was hit with two security bugs and T-Mobile admitted a data breach. Now, Sprint is the latest phone giant to admit a security lapse, TechCrunch has learned. Using two sets of weak, easy-to-guess usernames and passwords, a security researcher accessed an internal Sprint staff portal. Because […]
View More Weak passwords let a hacker access internal Sprint staff portalChinese “hackers” are sending malware via snail mail
In what amounts to one of the simplest but most baffling forms of social engineering, hackers from China have taken to sending CDs full of malware to state officials, leading the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a government security outfit, to release a warning detailing the scam. The trick is simple: a package arrives […]
View More Chinese “hackers” are sending malware via snail mailRansomware technique uses your real passwords to trick you
A few folks have reported a new ransomware technique that preys upon corporate inability to keep passwords safe. The notes – which are usually aimed at instilling fear – are simple: the hacker says “I know that your password is X. Give me a bitcoin and I won’t blackmail you.” Programer Can Duruk reported getting […]
View More Ransomware technique uses your real passwords to trick youNew malware highjacks your Windows clipboard to change crypto addresses
In what amounts to be an amazingly nefarious bit of malware, hackers have created an exploit that watches 2.3 million high-value crypto wallets and replaces the addresses in the Windows clipboard with an address associated with the hackers. In other words, you could paste your own wallet address – 3BYpmdzASG7S6WrpmrnzJCX3y8kduF6Kmc, for example – and the […]
View More New malware highjacks your Windows clipboard to change crypto addressesDixons Carphone discloses data breach affecting 5.9M payment cards, 105k of which were compromised
European electronics and telecoms retailer Dixons Carphone has revealed a hack of its systems in which the intruder/s attempted to compromise 5.9 million payment cards. In a statement put out today it says a review of its systems and data unearthed the data breach. It also confirms it has informed the UK’s data watchdog the ICO, […]
View More Dixons Carphone discloses data breach affecting 5.9M payment cards, 105k of which were compromised