May 16, 2011 10:50 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Credit Card Fraud,
data breach,
Fraud,
SecurityMichaels Stores, Inc. says that their point-of-sale (POS) PIN pads at 90 stores in 20 states were tampered with. The craft store chain is replacing PIN pads at most of its 964 U.S. Stores. According to BankInfoSecurity.com, the breach is much bigger than the company initially thought. [See
April 30, 2011 10:37 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Credit Card Fraud,
data breach,
Data Theft,
Hacker,
Online banking fraud,
security audits,
Security best practice,
SQL InjectionIf you pay attention to mainstream media, you can easily get the wrong idea about online attacks. The press usually only covers the sensational data breaches like the recent Epsilon and Sony fiascoes. Truth is, there are far more people at risk than the press leads you to believe.
Consider the...