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Russian e-commerce giant Elevel exposed buyers’ delivery addresses

Security Affairs

Original post at [link] Founded in 1991, Elevel (previously Eleko) positions itself as the leading Russian electrical engineering company that runs both an e-commerce business and wholesale stores.

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Experts warn of deliveries scams that use a COVID-19 theme

Security Affairs

The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing people to work from home and make shopping online causing a consequent increase in the number of home deliveries. The emails urge the recipient to click on a malicious link to unlock the delivery and reschedule for pick up. Experts also discovered a similar campaign using UPS phishing scams.

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GUEST ESSAY: Understanding the security limits of the static and dynamic passwords we rely on

The Last Watchdog

When we sign up for an online account or request resetting a password, we usually receive a new password via e-mail. However, if an attacker is able to intercept and read this e-mail she or he will be able to compromise our account. Multi-channel password delivery systems.

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Cybercriminals Deliver IRS Tax Scams & Phishing Campaigns By Mimicking Government Vendors

Security Affairs

Cybercriminals are leveraging advanced tactics in their phishing-kits granting them a high delivery success rate of spoofed e-mails which contain malicious attachments right before the end of the 2021 IRS income tax return deadline in the U.S. Easter), that’s why you need to be especially careful during these times. com” domain.

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Who’s In Your Online Shopping Cart?

Krebs on Security

These days, a compromised e-commerce site is more likely to be seeded with a tiny snippet of code that invokes a hostile domain which appears harmless or that is virtually indistinguishable from the hacked site’s own domain. Zoobashop is also a presently hacked e-commerce site.

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Visa warns of new sophisticated credit card skimmer dubbed Baka

Security Affairs

Visa issued a warning regarding a new e-skimmer known as Baka that removes itself from memory after having exfiltrating payment card details. Baka is a sophisticated e-skimmer developed by a skilled malware developer that implements a unique obfuscation method and loader. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Baka e-skimmer).

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Meals on Wheels Disrupted by Suspected Ransomware Attack

IT Governance

The disruption has caused major problems for the delivery of Meals on Wheels, a service that brings food to the elderly and vulnerable. Unfortunately, as our systems are not currently working, we will be unable to make many deliveries in the next few days. How did the cyber attack occur?