Posts Tagged ‘databreach’
Sony's restoration of services of its PlayStation Network and Qriocity Networks over the weekend didn't go as smooth as company officials had hoped... #epicfail Read the rest of this entry »
The Hacktivist group Anonymous, has been implicated again in another attack, defacement and data breach, this time it is the web sites for computer game giant Eidos Interactive and one of its biggest titles — Deus Ex Read the rest of this entry »
Due to the sheer size of the Epsilon Marketing Breach, the list of affected companies grows daily. Here is a list of the affected companies reported so far: # is 65 Read the rest of this entry »
Epsilon partner ReturnPath – which provides monitoring and authentication services to email service providers – warned customers about a series of coordinated phishing and hacking attacks leveled at the mailing list industry. Epsilon failed to take warning Read the rest of this entry »
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Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle... Napoleon Hill Read the rest of this entry »
Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), parent company of Epsilon, today reaffirmed Epsilon’s previous statement that the unauthorized entry into an Epsilon email system was limited to email addresses and/or customer names only. No personal identifiable information (PII) was compromised, such as social security numbers, credit card numbers or account information. Read the rest of this entry »
Newly Released – a customized version of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report for 2010.
Symantec Logged 286 Million Threats In 2010… more than 40 percent more mobile vulnerabilities than a year ago.
Tags: Assets, Cyber War, databreach, IT Controls, Risk, SCADA, SQL Injection, Stuxnet, Symantec, XSS | Comments Closed
More sites added today to the reported Epsilon Marketing Breach. Today TIAA-CREF and soccer.com were added.
Many Security Experts believe that the Epsilon breach will lead to an increase in “spear phishing” attacks, those that take advantage of known trust relationships between corporations and customers by crafting personalized messages that address recipients by name, thereby increasing the apparent authenticity of the email. Read the rest of this entry »
This is an in-depth analysis and attack data from HP DVLabs. Documenting security vulnerabilities and breaches for 2010. The goal of this report is to arm enterprise IT, network and security administrators with information on the attacks targeting their data centers and networks. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Assets, Cyber War, databreach, Human Element, IT Controls, Risk, Risk Management, SCADA, SQL Injection, XSS | Comments Closed
On March 30th, an incident was detected where a subset* of Epsilon clients' customer data were exposed by an unauthorized entry into Epsilon's email system. The information that was obtained was limited to email addresses and/or customer names only. A rigorous assessment determined that no other personal identifiable information associated with those names was at risk. A full investigation is currently underway. Read the rest of this entry »
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