Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A 2016 screen shot of the Joker’s Stash homepage. retailers, including Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord and Taylor , Bebe Stores , Hilton Hotels , Jason’s Deli , Whole Foods , Chipotle , Wawa , Sonic Drive-In , the Hy-Vee supermarket chain , Buca Di Beppo , and Dickey’s BBQ. The links have been redacted.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 27, 2019

based cloud solution provider, allowed hackers to access email and file sharing systems for some of the company’s clients, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. A digital intrusion at PCM Inc. , a major U.S.-based El Segundo, Calif. earlier this year. earlier this year.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

A remote attacker can trigger the flaw to obtain administrative privileges and eventually gain access to camera video feeds. According to the company, they have over 600,000 Cameras and 50,000 Recorders installed all over the world in multiple sectors such as Banking, Retail, Government, etc. in MVPower CCTV DVR models.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Markets and Use Cases In 2015, when IBM launched the X-Force Exchange it noted that six of the world’s top 10 retailers and five of the world’s top 10 banks were part of the 1,000+ organizations contributing to the X-Force Exchange threat database. In 2016, IBM also announced shared threat intelligence feeds with Check Point.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2023

Originally designed as a network access control (NAC) solution, Aruba ClearPass continues to evolve into a portfolio of network security tools. Even as the capabilities expand, ClearPass continues to deliver on its central purpose of controlling network access at scale. 30 points of presence). It is also on the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Several strong themes emerged from 2022’s crop of breaches, including the targeting or impersonating of employees to gain access to internal company tools; multiple intrusions at the same victim company; and less-than-forthcoming statements from victim firms about what actually transpired. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2019

The advisory fixed the CVE-2016-1000031 flaw, a remote code execution (RCE) bug in the Apache Commons FileUpload, disclosed in November last year. The Commons FileUpload library is the default file upload mechanism in Struts 2, the CVE-2016-1000031 was discovered two years ago by experts at Tenable.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

re, a proxy service that since 2015 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, announced this week that it is shutting down in the wake of a data breach that destroyed key components of its business operations. The 911 service as it existed until July 28, 2022. A cached copy of flashupdate[.]net

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

This trend remained constant from 2016 to 2018. Although some bad bot use cases, such as content scraping and account takeover, are prevalent across different sectors, others, like scalping, usually impact specific industries like online retail and entertainment (ticketing). in 2018 to an all-time high of 32% in 2023.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The group is considered responsible for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack, a string of SWIFT attacks in 2016, and the Sony Pictures hack. According to the report published by the US-CERT, Hidden Cobra has been using the FASTCash technique since at least 2016, the APT group targets bank infrastructure to cash out ATMs.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2019

In August 2016, security expert Martin Vigo devised a method to abuse an optional SMS-based feature that allowed users to authorize payments by replying to an SMS message with a provided 6-digit code. An attacker with physical access to the victim’s iPhone could steal funds from his account. this public URL.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s worth noting that there’s no reason a legitimate retailer would need that last one — the skeleton key to your identity — to process a purchase.). Shop at reputable and recognizable retailers. If you’re shopping at a retailer that is new to you, research the company’s standing on the Better Business Bureau website.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Recent judicial interpretations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), 740 ILCS 14, present potential litigation risks for retailers who employ biometric-capture technology, such as facial recognition, retina scan or fingerprint software. 1540 (2016) purposes by alleging a violation of his right to privacy.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Assuming privacy concerns get addressed, much wider consumer uses are envisioned in areas such as marketing, retailing and health services. According to Allied Market Research, the facial recognition systems market is in the midst of rising at a compounded annual growth rate of 21% between 2016 to 2022. billion by 2022.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

The ServHelper is a backdoor, experts analyzed two variants of it, while FlawedGrace is a remote access trojan (RAT). ” The TA505 group was first spotted by Proofpoint back 2017, it has been active at least since 2015 and targets organizations in financial and retail industries. ” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The crooks infected more than 4,000 victim computers globally with GozNym banking Trojan between 2015 and 2016, most of the victims were in the United States and Europe. The GozNym has been seen targeting banking institutions, credit unions, and retail banks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

A deep investigation on artifacts uploaded on VirusTotal allowed the experts to determine that the botnet may have been active at least since May 2016. Prometei has been observed to be active in systems across a variety of industries, including: Finance, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, Utilities, Travel, and Construction.”

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

According to The Register , the online retail giant emailed affected customers on Tuesday, unapologetically saying: Hello, We’re contacting you to let you know that our website inadvertently disclosed your name and email address due to a technical error. He told Norwich Youth Court that he was showing off.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

According to the new alert issued by the PFD, in the first incident crooks compromised compromise a North American fuel dispenser merchant using a phishing email to deliver a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to the target network. Then the RAT was used to siphon utilized credentials and move laterally to infect a PoS system on the same network.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2019

In late April 2019, KrebsOnSecurity received a tip from an online retailer who’d seen an unusual number of suspicious transactions originating from a series of Internet addresses assigned to a relatively new Internet provider based in Maryland called Residential Networking Solutions LLC.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 16, 2019

In fiscal year (FY) 2018, the OCIE National Exam Program examined approximately 17 percent of SEC-registered advisers (RIAs), up from 15 percent during FY 2017 and 11 percent during FY 2016. Continued Focus on Retail Investors. Just five years ago, 9 percent of RIAs were examined. Other Relevant Focus Areas.

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IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

Victoria, Australia, school says former student gained unauthorised access to sensitive data (90,000). India-based electronics retailer Vijay Sales made to pay for misconfigured database (unknown). Settlement reached in lawsuit over 2016 hack of Quest Diagnostics. In other news….

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Collibra

APRIL 4, 2023

When he joined in 2016, data governance was still a new concept for many organizations. One example of how I was able to do this at Collibra is when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was published, in 2016 and later implemented EU wide, in May 2018. Tudor Borlea is a Senior Manager, Sales Engineering at Collibra.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2020

Singapore-based retailer Love, Bonito apologises to customers after malware infection (unknown). Vistaprint Logomaker files publicly accessible due to insecure Amazon S3 bucket (unknown). Nebraska Medical Center says employee gained unauthorised access to sensitive info (unknown). IoT provider Wyze confirms server leak (2.4

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 7, 2016

The last several years have seen a rise in “free” digital content exchanged for access to personal data, which is often resold. The Recommendation attempts to provide some uniformity by encouraging governments to extend their product safety regulations beyond brick-and-mortar retail to e-commerce products.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It is now makes general cybersecurity training and certification testing accessible to high school students, as well as underemployed adults. Imagine if every state supported accessible, flexible training and testing facilities that served as a nerve center for training talent and helping companies implement the latest best practices.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Marriott has reported that it became aware of the breach in September this year, when it was alerted by an internal security tool regarding an attempt to access the Starwood database in the US. Marriott acquired the Starwood chain in 2016 for $13.6

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

million patients when hackers gained unauthorized access to databases operated by a third-party billing vendor. Members gain access to third-party IT security risk management best practices via case studies, surveys, whitepapers, webinars, meetings and conferences. Related: Atrium Health breach highlights third-party risks.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

With the 2020 presidential race underway, there is plenty of hard and anecdotal evidence that local governments remain totally unprepared for Russia and others to repeat – and expand upon – what happened in the 2016 presidential race. These all translate into viable attack vectors wide open to motivated, well-funded threat actors.

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CGI

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Early 2018 will mark the beginning of a new era for the UK’s retail banks. Using the Open Banking API, new entrants and smaller players will have a structured and secure way to access customer account information and challenge the established institutions by creating new customer offers. p.butler@cgi.com. Tue, 10/17/2017 - 01:03.

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RFID Global Solution, Inc.

JULY 15, 2017

Billion in 2016 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.7% The base year considered for the study is 2016, and the forecast period is between 2017 and 2023. End-user industries such as retail, logistics and supply chain, commercial, sports, healthcare and others. Security and Access Control. between 2017 and 2023.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The online fashion retailer SHEIN (I’ve probably pronounced that wrong) has said that it suffered a data breach from June to August this year involving the personal information of approximately 6.42 Big numbers this week: we discuss a data breach affecting 6.42 Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 28 September.

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CGI

OCTOBER 31, 2018

while the share of spending on traditional direct response media like newspapers has shrunk from 38% in 2008 to 14% in 2016. Specifically, more than 30 petabytes of user-generated data that is stored, accessed and analyzed to create precision ads and measurable goals. Data also needs to be easily accessible by all users.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

Experts from Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab have spotted new attack attempts directed to some Italian companies operating in the Retail sector linked to Aggah campaign. Recently, during our Cyber Defence monitoring operations, we spotted other attack attempts directed to some Italian companies operating in the Retail sector. Introduction.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

billion in 2016. It also leads to a decrease in what we call the psychological price, i.e. the cost that customers are willing to pay for a product from the official retailer. According to Group-IB, the online market for counterfeit goods in Russia has increased by 23% in a year and totaled more than $1.5

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The NHS was criticised for signing a deal with Amazon that allowed patients to access their health information via its Alexa voice assistant – potentially granting the online retail giant access to vast amounts of sensitive personal data. This follows on from the US FTC (Federal Trade Commission) issuing TikTok a $5.7

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JULY 26, 2021

The Company was found guilty of infringing the following provisions of Regulation EU 2016/679 (“ GDPR ”): Information provided to the riders pursuant to Article 13 of the GDPR. What infringements did the Garante identify? Security measures in place. The need for a DPIA.

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