After CC Breach hackers now changing your PIN# on the stolen cards

KrebsonSecurity has the story again:   “KrebsOnSecurity also heard from an employee at a much larger bank on the West Coast that lost more than $300,000 in two hours today to PIN fraud on multiple debit cards that had all been used recently at Home Depot. The manager said the bad guys called the customer service folks … Read more

HomeDepot breach same as Target breach

KrebsonSecurity has the latest info on the latest attacks on HomeDepot And this image was pointed to by the malware code which means it is not only a financial attack on HomeDepot, but it is also a political attack. Here are Brian Kreb’s words themselves: “In the wake of the Target breach, I traced a … Read more

Web servers in Copiers are vulnerable = copier can be hacked

Techworld has a DEFCON22 review of the 10 scariest hacks. If a printer can be hacked on the network, all the things you scan or print can be stolen, and once the hacker is on the network there can be additional hacks to gain additional control of your machines. Irongeek story on HPJetdirect hacks   … Read more

Home Depot was target of DEFCON social engineering team event

DARKReading This was during the DEFCON 22 event in Las Vegas (the Social Engineering Capture the Flag event) “The social engineering competition held last month in Las Vegas was in no way directly related to a report yesterday that Home Depot may have suffered a massive data breach; the home improvement chain was still investigating … Read more

You think your firewall is safe from hackers?

The Internet Storm Center has a post about how to get information from computers on the Internet.   So you want to use the Internet?  If you want to use it, you have to be connected. If you are connected you can be scanned. Hackers will scan you until they find a vulnerability. There are … Read more