Seems that contacting the City may be in order to find out if it is using the following:
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Hackers have planted credit card stealing malware on local government payment sites
TC Zack Whittaker, TechCrunch 20 hours ago (Posted here 6:25 A.M., 20 September 2018)
"Security firm FireEye has confirmed that a widely used web payment portal used to pay for local government services, like utilities and permits, has been targeted by hackers.
Hackers have broken into self-hosted Click2Gov servers operated by local governments across the US, likely using a vulnerability in the portal’s web server that allowed the attacker to upload malware to siphon off payment card data over a period of “weeks to numerous months,” Nick Richard, principal threat intelligence analyst at FireEye, told TechCrunch.
Superion, a major technology provider that owns the web payment portal Click2Gov, said in June following a confirmed breach last year that there was “no evidence” that the portal was unsafe to use amid reports of suspicious activity by customers. Superion issued patches after several customers complained that their credit card information had been stolen, but said that it was largely up to local governments and municipalities to patch their servers.
But since then, several more local government sites were identified as victims of the malware.
FireEye’s incident response arm Mandiant said the hacker used the server vulnerability to upload a tool, which it calls FIREALARM, to sift through server log data for credit card data, while another piece of malware it’s calling SPOTLIGHT to intercept credit card data from unencrypted network traffic. Once collected, the data is encoded and exfiltrated by the hacker.
Credit card numbers, expiration dates, and verification numbers, along with names and addresses were stolen by the malware, the security firm said.
But Richard said it’s not known how many victims there are for each compromised server.
“Any web server running an unpatched version of Oracle WebLogic would be vulnerable to exploitation, thus allowing an attacker to access the web server to manipulate Click2Gov configuration settings and upload malware,” said Richard.
FireEye did not say who was to blame for the attacks but said it was “likely” a team of hackers, given the skills necessary to pull off the attack.
“There is much left to be uncovered about this attacker,” FireEye said in a blog post, and anticipates that the hackers will “continue to conduct interactive and financially motivated attacks.”
Superion told TechCrunch that it has “diligently kept our customers informed while working with them to update available patches for the third-party software that contributed to the issue,” and that none of its cloud customers are affected".
I am going to advise some "Truth in Advertising" in that material that was written and posted on this site from last Tuesday- Friday was done by noon Monday. I did go back in a couple of places and update something such as he Sears Closure, but 97% was written as noted. I felt it was necessary to do so as my Wife had surgery on Tuesday and a stay in the Hospital through Friday (when I finished this). Made it home mid afternoon Friday, as still waiting on Doctor. Because of that, I felt it was necessary of course to attend too her and take over the obligations in our home that she refused to give up till the very last minute. One tough, but hard headed lady to say the least.
Is interesting to watch Mr. Rapp spin on the new businesses opening and the expected announcement of a new occupant or plurals at the old K-mart site. He noted several new stores that have opened or are said to be opening. But few if any are the result of the City efforts as much as the Mall Staff/ PMC efforts. Stay tuned as Mr. Rapp spins the loss of yet another "Anchor Store" at the Mall. They being of course Elder Beerman and now Sears. Still suggesting to watch first quarter of 2019 to see who may bail from Mall also?
Seems the 2.8% SSA raise is firming up as gas has again gone back up.
Mr. Nohe was in front of the County Commission the other day and commented that Property Values were expected to go up by about 2.5% next year. Says of a lot it because of the construction in the Williamstown area. Seems a bit like B.S. to me. Look at the increases in your property valuation over the past years and it seems to match the rate of inflation each year which was expected for this year to be in the 2.5- 2.9% range. That is now as I noted solidifying at about the above 2.8%. So don't be surprised it really does come in at the expected 2.8% and nothing to do with any increases in your property based on demand. 'nuff said.