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Credit/Debit Card Breach at Barnes & Noble Exposes Holes in Point of Sale Systems

Hackers gained access to credit card information from customers at 63 Barnes & Noble stores.  Although the incident was first discovered in September, the FBI requested that Barnes & Noble delay publicly reporting the incident so as not to impede the investigation. Somehow, and the exact methodology has not been revealed, hackers were able to capture information from PIN … Continue reading

ZeuS Source Code Leaked

Most people that have been involved in a data breach involving the theft of banking information are probably aware of ZeuS — a trojan horse that has helped criminals steal banking information by keystroke logging since at least 2007.  It has impacted some very large companies.  Confidential access codes and passwords are stolen and used … Continue reading