PetSmart warns customers of credential stuffing attack

Pet retail company PetSmart has emailed customers to alert them to a recent credential stuffing attack. Credential stuffing relies on the re-use of passwords. Take this example: User of Site A uses the same email and password to login to Read More …

Binge & Dan Murphys Among Major Brands Hit By Cyber Attack

Thousands of retail customers have fallen victim to a hacking scheme where scammers access their online accounts to make fraudulent transactions. Local scammers, having bought online login details from overseas cybercriminals, bragged in a chat online about purchasing iPhones, clothing Read More …

23andMe user data breached in credential-stuffing attack

Biotech company 23andMe, known for its DNA testing kits, said the leak occurred through a credential-stuffing attack. A credential-stuffing attack involves user information that has already been compromised (usernames and passwords, for example) from one organization, which a hacker obtains Read More …

Cybersecurity threats to corporate America are present now ‘more than ever,’ SEC chair says

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton is telling corporate America it needs to get much more vigilant on security. In an interview Monday on CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” stressed that significant cybersecurity threats remain, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and Read More …