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Chilean-based retail giant Cencosud has suffered a ransomware attack that impacted operations at its stores, Egregor ransomware appears to be involved. A ransomware attack, allegedly launched by the Egregor ransomware gang, hit the Chilean-based retail giant Cencosud, the incident impacted operations at its stores. Pierluigi Paganini.
LightInTheBox is a Chinese online retailer trading on the New York Stock Exchange, most of its customers are in North America and Europe. “Led by cybersecurity analysts Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a leak in a database belonging to the online retailer LightInTheBox.” concludes the post.
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billion in revenue for 2019. The company filed a 10-Q form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mattel disclosed that it suffered a ransomware attack on July 28th, 2020. The post Toymaker giant Mattel disclosed a ransomware attack appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the 10-Q form. Pierluigi Paganini.
In December 2019, Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security team discovered a PoS malware on its payment processing systems. Wawa operates more than 860 convenience retail stores, this breach is potentially one of the biggest card incidents in 2019. ” concludes Gemini.
” reads a security breach notice published by the company on its website. “Market supply is secure. Fuel sales at our retail locations continue unhindered. All payments are secure, whether it is a cash payment, an INA card or a bank card. INA is taking steps to remedy the system’s hassle.”
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This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipating emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. For more details about this threat, please access the Threat Report: Emotet Triple Chain Analysis 2019 – Portugal. Malware by Numbers.
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In late December 2019, fuel and convenience store chain Wawa Inc. The fraud bazaar Joker’s Stash on Monday began selling some 30 million stolen payment card accounts that experts say have been tied back to a breach at Wawa in 2019. Gemini monitors multiple carding sites like Joker’s Stash.
In December 2019, Maastricht University (UM) announced that ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on December 23. Extra security measures have been taken to protect (scientific) data. ” N ow all critical systems at the University are online and offline backups were secured by the company.
Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security team discovered a PoS malware on its payment processing systems. Wawa operates more than 860 convenience retail stores, this breach is potentially one of the biggest card incidents in 2019. We continue to take steps to enhance the security of our systems.”
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This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipating emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. Next, was Retail and Technology, as the most sectors affected in this season. Phishing and Malware Q4 2020. Threats by Sector.
The company owns and operates eleven properties and an outdoor lifestyle equipment/apparel retail division with stores in cities throughout Michigan. In June, security experts from Symantec reported that at least 31 organizations in the United States have been targeted with the recently discovered WastedLocker ransomware.
Today, the company shared a statement saying it was aware of a possible payment card security incident at some of its eateries: “We received a report indicating that a payment card security incident may have occurred. Q6Cyber CEO Eli Dominitz said the breach appears to extend from May 2019 through September 2020.
This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipating emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. Next, was Retail and Financing, as the most sectors affected in this season. Phishing and Malware Q2 2020. Threats by Sector.
issued a flash alert to warn organizations of the new threat actor targeting healthcare, government, financial, and retail industries in the US. The PwndLocker ransomware first appeared in the threat landscape by security researchers in late 2019, operators’ demands have ranged from $175,000 to more than $660,000 worth of Bitcoin.
“The group’s shifting monetization methods—from point-of-sale (POS) malware in 2018, to ransomware in 2019, and hybrid extortion in 2020—is part of a larger trend in which criminal actors have increasingly focused on post-compromise ransomware deployment and data theft extortion.” ” reads the analysis published by FireEye.
Group-IB, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape in the “Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020” report. According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace.
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A China-based financially motivated group, tracked as Fangxiao, is behind a large-scale phishing campaign dating back as far as 2019. The sophisticated phishing campaign exploits the reputation of international brands and targets businesses in multiple industries, including retail, banking, travel, and energy. .”
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In October 2019, someone hacked BriansClub , a popular stolen card bazaar that uses this author’s likeness and name in its marketing. McCoy and fellow NYU researchers found BriansClub earned close to $104 million in gross revenue from 2015 to early 2019, and listed over 19 million unique card numbers for sale.
Oracle released the first critical patch advisory for 2019 that addresses a total of 284 vulnerabilities, 33 of them are rated “critical”. The flaw also affected the Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure, the Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and four three Oracle Retail components. Pierluigi Paganini.
“A source in the cyber-security community who agreed to contact the seller to obtain samples has confirmed the validity of the data and obtained valid credentials for two accounts, the CEO of a US medium-sized software company and the CFO of an EU-based retail store chain.” ” reported ZDNet. Pierluigi Paganini.
Cybercrime gang tracked as TA505 has been active since 2014 and focusing on Retail and Banking industries. This new variant was behind a series of ransomware campaigns beginning in June 2019, including attacks against the City of Edcouch, Texas and the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture.” ” continues the analysis.
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Its homepage includes a copy of my credit report, Social Security card, phone bill, and a fake but otherwise official looking government ID card. Briansclub updated its homepage with this information in 2019, after it got massively hacked and a copy of its customer database was shared with this author.
They claim one of those databases holds the name, date of birth, SSN, drivers license information, plaintext security PIN, address and phone number of 36 million T-Mobile customers in the United States — all going back to the mid-1990s. In at least one case , retail store employees were complicit in the account takeovers.
Originally published in Security Magazine on November 20, 2019. This is a problem facing nearly every industry, but retailers remain a top target for cybercrime. According to the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report-Retail Edition , 62 percent of U.S. Read the full article in Security Magazine.
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