October 27th, 2012
What do?Michaels,?Aldi, and Barnes & Noble have in common? They?ve all suffered data breaches as a result of compromised point-of-sale terminals. Barnes & Noble this?week announced malware designed to swipe payment information?had been installed on card readers in 63 of its stores. It?s probably too soon to tell if Barnes & Noble is the latest victim of an?international?criminal?organization?specializing in?EFTPOS?fraud, but it is reasonable to presume so until intelligence indicates otherwise. Brian Krebs reported on an?underground service allowing cybercriminals to pay to access compromised computers?at specific companies and U.S. financial institutions?caught a break from DDoS attacks for the week. Anonymous made headlines again after it?stole a GB of data from the Italian State Police?and?defaced a UK police site. Sony received good news after a?federal judge largely dismissed a class-action lawsuit against the company?for April 2011?s PlayStation Network breach. The victory didn?t last long though as reports surfaced of?hackers publicly exposing a cryptographic key?responsible for locking down PlayStation 3 consoles. Surprising no one, the CIO of the London 2012 Olympics said the?games were targeted constantly by cybercriminals. The more important story is operations were not affected by the attacks. And finally, the United Nations released a?report outlining terrorists? use of the internetfor a variety of purposes. TechCrunch?s spin on the report:?the internet is dangerous because it?s just so darn open.
The paragraph above is taken from the executive summary of the RISK?Team?s weekly INTSUM report. Verizon security product customers should?access the full INTSUM via your portal.
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