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January 28, 2020

Wawa Breach May Have Compromised More Than 30 Million Payment Cards

This post was originally published on this siteIn late December 2019, fuel and convenience store chain Wawa Inc. said a nine-month-long breach of its payment card processing systems may have led to the theft of card data from customers who visited any of its 850 locations nationwide. Now, fraud experts say the first batch of card data stolen from Wawa customers is being sold at one of the underground’s most popular crime shops, which claims to have 30 million records to peddle from a new nationwide breach. On the evening of Monday, Jan. 27, a popular fraud bazaar known as Joker’s […]
April 28, 2020

Would You Have Fallen for This Phone Scam?

This post was originally published on this siteYou may have heard that today’s phone fraudsters like to use use caller ID spoofing services to make their scam calls seem more believable. But you probably didn’t know that these fraudsters also can use caller ID spoofing to trick your bank into giving up information about recent transactions on your account — data that can then be abused to make their phone scams more believable and expose you to additional forms of identity theft. Last week, KrebsOnSecurity told the harrowing tale of a reader (a security expert, no less) who tried to […]
April 30, 2020

How Cybercriminals are Weathering COVID-19

This post was originally published on this siteIn many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon to cybercriminals: With unprecedented numbers of people working from home and anxious for news about the virus outbreak, it’s hard to imagine a more target-rich environment for phishers, scammers and malware purveyors. In addition, many crooks are finding the outbreak has helped them better market their cybercriminal wares and services. But it’s not all good news: The Coronavirus also has driven up costs and disrupted key supply lines for many cybercriminals. Here’s a look at how they’re adjusting to these new realities. FUELED […]
June 30, 2020

COVID-19 ‘Breach Bubble’ Waiting to Pop?

This post was originally published on this siteThe COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder for banks to trace the source of payment card data stolen from smaller, hacked online merchants. On the plus side, months of quarantine have massively decreased demand for account information that thieves buy and use to create physical counterfeit credit cards. But fraud experts say recent developments suggest both trends are about to change — and likely for the worse. The economic laws of supply and demand hold just as true in the business world as they do in the cybercrime space. Global lockdowns from COVID-19 […]