identity theft and data security breach

Things just got a lot worse for users of the Sony PlayStation Network. With the service still offline after almost a week, Sony has now said that an intruder stole personal information about its users, potentially including their credit card numbers.

2010 Data Breach Report from Verizon Business finds more insider threats, greater use of social engineering, and continued strong organized criminal involvement.

Since the beginning of May, Symantec has observed a new wave of phishing attacks on Facebook users, and it seems these attacks are set to continue with a current method of attack that targets a victim’s Facebook account.

NCR Corporation has sold 50,000 licenses of Solidcore for APTRA, an ATM software security solution that prohibits the introduction of unauthorized code to an ATM.

Survey findings show airlines worldwide lost over $1.4 billion to online fraudsters in 2008, about 1.3% of worldwide airlines’ online revenue. The data comes from a new independent Airline Online Fraud Survey commissioned by CyberSource Corporation, in association with Airline Information LLC and completed January, 2009.