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Russian tool grabs nude selfies from iCloud accounts

Yes, this is for real.  Russian entrepreneurs have figured out there is a market for this. According to an article in ITWorld, there is a business in hacking iCloud accounts.  Get the password by some means and then using EPPB from Elcomsoft, the hacker can grab just pictures or contact or messages – just what […]

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Significant number of major businesses hit by Backoff malware

After my last post, a  new article came out about the Backoff malware.  The article, quoting the US Department of Homeland Security, said that over a thousand small, medium and enterprise U.S. businesses have been compromised by the Backoff malware package. Backoff is fairly new – first seen last year – and scrapes the memory […]

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Why we are going to see more card breaches at retailers

An article in Venturebeat the other day suggested 7 reasons why we are going to continue to see credit card breaches at retailers.  First I will share their list, then I will add my own. Their list includes: The PCI standard is failing to protect merchants from breaches Merchants are not implementing P2PE Retailers introduce […]

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To disclose or not to disclose

In an August 12, 2014 post on Pymnts.com, the information security executive at Urban Outfitters, Dawn-Marie Hutchinson, argued against disclosure of breaches.  In fact, the company’s policy is to notify their lawyers first so that they can use attorney-client privilege. While I sort of understand the concept of not disclosing things too soon (like before […]

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