Three new variants of the Prilex point-of-sale malware were discovered by Kaspersky researchers to have the capability of blocking NFC-enabled contactless credit card transactions to force targets to insert their credit card into the payment terminal and enable easier card data exfiltration, reports BleepingComputer.
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SiliconAngle reports that nearly 10 million customers of U.K. retailer JD Sports Fashion had their data stolen after a hack of its systems, impacting its JD, Blacks, Millets, MilletSport, Size?, and Scotts brands.
U.S. telecommunications firm Charter Communications has disclosed being affected by a third-party data breach after data claimed to be stolen from nearly 550,000 of its customers has been posted on a hacking forum, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled insurance carrier wasn’t required to cover medical vendor's losses from a ransomware attack since software is ‘intangible’ and couldn’t be physically damaged.
CyberScoop reports that 66% of data breach disclosures last year lacked victim and attack details, a far cry from two years ago when all reported breaches had attack vector information and other details.
Major stock market data research provider Zacks Investment Research has disclosed that 820,000 individuals had their data compromised in a data breach from November 2021 to August 2022, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
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