Well, it might not constitute breach news per se – or it doesn’t yet anyway– but the announcement this week that two-thirds of all online websites for the past two years had been vulnerable certainly was. The security flaw, dubbed Heartbleed,” had made openly available...
In the past couple of weeks, Target and its security assessor have faced scrutiny over the breach Target experienced at the end of last year. Hit with a lawsuit by two banks one day, the institutions a week later dropped the litigation without saying why....
During a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing last week, U.S. Sen. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) questioned Target's chief financial officer, John Mulligan, about the preventative measures the company could have taken to prevent last winter’s data breach.
More fallout this week from the Target breach, as a lawsuit filed by two banks implicated Trustwave, the company responsible for ensuring Target’s PCI Data Security Standard compliance, as allegedly failing to detect obvious signs of weakness preceding the breach reported in December.
Trustwave, the company responsible for ensuring Target’s PCI Data-Security Standard compliance, allegedly failed to detect obvious signs of weakness preceding the breach reported in December, according to a lawsuit filed by two banks.
Hackers seems to be taking a break (OK, we know they’re not). But there were no major merchant data breaches to report again this week. Perhaps the plenty of activity around creating and introducing defense mechanisms is having an affect.
New evidence suggests that an underground cybercrime ring — or rings — may be involved in the merchant-data breaches taking place recently. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Target acknowledged this week that the holiday season point-of-sale malware attack continue for longer than previous admitted. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...
A refrigeration contractor hired by Target may have unwittingly opened the door for the masterminds of the Target POS malware attack to gain entry to the retailer’s back-end system. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
