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Noodles & Company investigates customer data breach
Indianapolis Star If you've eaten at Noodles & Company recently and paid with your credit card, you'll want to check your bank statement, according to Fox59. The restaurant chain is investigating a customer data breach. According to Krebs on Security, multiple financial … Data Breach at Noodles & Company |
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Industrial Internet Security Leader CyberX Expands US Presence – Launches New HQ, Company CEO Moves to …
PR Newswire (press release) CyberX, the leading provider of cybersecurity solutions for the industrial internet, announced today the launch of the company's new offices in Boston MA, the relocation of its CEO, Omer Schneider to the area and the appointment of Jim Blaschke to Vice … |
The scourge of ransomware hit new highs in 2015 and 2016 is turning out to be no bargain – particularly attacks against businesses as the payoffs are higher, the FBI said this week.
Ransomware attacks are not only proliferating, they’re becoming more sophisticated, the FBI stated.
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“Several years ago, ransomware was normally delivered through spam e-mails, but because e-mail systems got better at filtering out spam, cyber criminals turned to spear phishing e-mails targeting specific individuals,” the FBI stated. And in newly identified instances of ransomware, some cyber criminals aren’t using e-mails at all. “These criminals have evolved over time and now bypass the need for an individual to click on a link. They do this by seeding legitimate websites with malicious code, taking advantage of unpatched software on end-user computers,” said FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director James Trainor in a statement.
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