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Banking sites crippled by Iran-sponsored DDoS, US officials claim

Banking sites crippled by Iran-sponsored DDoS, US officials claim
  • Posted January 10, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • Iran is being blamed for a recent wave of cyberattacks, namely a series of Distributed Denial of Service attacks launched against major financial institutions. Affected financial institutions include, but may not be limited to, Bank of America, Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo,…

TD Bank "misplaced" the unencrypted data of 267,000 customers

TD Bank "misplaced" the unencrypted data of 267,000 customers
  • Posted October 16, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in IT Security, Industry News
  • Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank is notifying customers about a mishap that may have exposed the personal details of more than a quarter million people. In letters sent to folks along the East Coast of the US, the company writes that it lost two data backup tapes that may have...

Pro-Israeli hackers release 4500 Saudi credit cards, DDoS bank websites

Pro-Israeli hackers release 4500 Saudi credit cards, DDoS bank websites
  • Posted January 19, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security
  • The ongoing saga between pro and anti-Israeli hackers continues to escalate as pro-Israel attackers use distributed denial of service attacks to take down the websites of three notable Saudi banks. In addition, hackers have released over 4,500 Saudi credits card…

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