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Kmart hacked, exposing customers’ card numbers

October 14, 2014   Security News
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Sears Holding Corp. said Friday the payment systems at its Kmart retail chain had been breached as a result of malware, compromising shoppers’ credit and debit card numbers.
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Dairy Queen stores hacked by ‘Backoff’ malware, payment card data stolen

October 13, 2014   Security News
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Dairy Queen said Thursday the “Backoff” point-of-sale malware infected systems at 395 of its stores, stealing payment card data.The company, which has 4,500 independently owned franchises in the U.S., said in astatement it believes the “malware has been contained.” Most of the stores, including one Orange Julius location, were affected for between three weeks to a month starting in early August, according to a list.

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Leaked programming manual may help criminals develop more ATM malware

October 12, 2014   Security News
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A leaked programming manual for interacting with the physical components of automated teller machines might have helped attackers create malware programs that were used to steal cash from ATMs in various parts of the world this year.
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Jitters over US surveillance could break the Internet

October 12, 2014   Security News
Overly broad U.S. government surveillance is breaking down trust on the Internet in ways that could hurt users everywhere and make it harder to launch new kinds of services, tech executives told a U.S. senator pushing for reforms.
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Home Depot breach put 56 million payment cards at risk

September 26, 2014   Security News
The breach of Home Depot’s payment systems may have compromised 56 million payment cards as a result of malware that has since been eliminated, the company said Thursday.
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