An aerial view from a drone shows the parking lot is nearly empty outside of a Neiman Marcus store that has been shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic at Oak Brook Center shopping mall on May 07, 2020 in Oak Brook, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Neiman Marcus alerts 4.6 million customers about May 2020 data breach Hackers accessed user names and passwords, as well as security questions and answers associated with consumer accounts. Oct 1, 2021 By Jeff Stone
An assistant advises a customer at the L’Intendant Grands Vins de Bordeaux wine shop on June 29, 2018 in Bordeaux, France. L’Intendant is considered one of the grandest wine shops in France with a staircase that spirals up five floors surrounded by cylindrical shelves holding as many as 15,000 bottles of regional wine at prices ranging from €7 to thousands of Euros. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images) Wine scams spiked during COVID-19 lockdown The malicious wine-related activity "must be stopped at all costs." Apr 7, 2021 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) FIN8 cybercrime group resurges with improved hacking tool The financial scammers seem to be back from a hiatus. Mar 10, 2021 By Shannon Vavra
(Mike Mozart / Flickr) Home Depot to pay states $17.5 million over massive 2014 data breach The home improvement retailer also agreed to strengthen data security practices. Nov 24, 2020 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) Double-dipping scammers don’t need malware to grab card numbers and turn a profit, report says A China-based e-commerce scam appears to be harvesting payment information not through direct hacks on companies or using pernicious malware to skim data, but with a simpler… Nov 19, 2020 By Joe Warminsky
Barnes & Noble in Connecticut. (Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia) Barnes & Noble cyber incident could expose customer shipping addresses, order history Email addresses and phone numbers may be exposed as well. Oct 15, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images) Meet FIN11, a cybercrime outfit going after pharma companies while leaning on extortion The group joins the list of notorious financially-minded hackers. Oct 14, 2020 By Tim Starks
‘Valak’ gives crooks flexibility in multi-stage malware attacks More than just a “loader” that delivers malicious code, Valak can also be used to siphon off data from enterprise networks. May 28, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Dave Dugdale, Flickr) Children’s apparel company Hanna Andersson discloses data breach The incident shows that financial data anywhere on the web is a potential target for criminals. Jan 21, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Breach at e-commerce provider gave hackers an entry to Sesame Street Is nothing sacred? Oct 9, 2019 By Jeff Stone