The latest CSI Computer Crime and Security Survey is available for download this month, and great reading it is. One of the more interesting trends is the prevalence of non-malicious insiders as a cause of losses: "Twenty-five percent of respondents felt that over 60 percent of their financial losses...
It's hard to let this one go by without some kind of comment - Albert Gonzalez a.k.a. "soupnazi", was charged earlier this week with stealing 130 million credit card numbers from such notable organizations as Hannaford Brothers, Heartland Payment Systems, TJ Maxx etc. Which is staggering...
Ouch. This from SC Magazine - $12.6 Million in fines and other costs for Heartland as a result of their breach last year. Of course, the long-term costs are likely to be far higher than this initial round: "It's still early to understand everything that's going to impact the final total...
Bankinfosecurity is maintaining a list of those financial institutions affected by the Heartland Payment Systems breach , reported earlier this year. So far, it seems more than 200 have been affected, and more are discovered on a daily basis. While the scope of this breach continues to become more clear...
As news (and discussion) of the Heartland Payment Systems breach continues to reverberate around the security industry, the payment card industry, and the web in general, there's ample room for rampant speculation and rumor regarding what happened, how big it was, and what it all means. A couple...