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FBI warns of crooks targeting online shoppers during the holiday season

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“During the 2020 holiday shopping season, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received over 17,000 complaints regarding the non-delivery of goods, resulting in losses over $53 million,” reads a public service announcement published by the FBI. Untrusted websites and ads promoting unrealistic discounts and bargains.

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JD Sports discloses a data breach impacting 10 million customers

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Sports fashion retail JD Sports discloses a data breach that explosed data of about 10M customers who placed orders between 2018 and 2020. We are advising them to be vigilant about potential scam e-mails, calls and texts and providing details on how to report these. According to the company, account passwords were compromised.

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Nodersok malware delivery campaign relies on advanced techniques

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About 3% of the infected systems belong to organizations in different sectors, including education, professional services, healthcare, finance, and retail. T h e final payload turns the infected machine into a proxy. The post Nodersok malware delivery campaign relies on advanced techniques appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Threat Report Portugal: Q4 2021

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Also, campaigns related to the Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira were observed , using Telegram to notify criminals about new infections. Regarding the affected sectors, Retail was the most affected with both phishing and malware campaigns hitting Portuguese citizens during Q4 2021. Threats by Sector.

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TA505 group updates tactics and expands the list of targets

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TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. ISO image attachments along with a.NET downloader , a new style for macro delivery, a newer version of ServHelper, and a.DLL variant of FlawedAmmyy downloader. The cyber criminals continue to use both FlawedAmmyy RAT or the ServHelper backdoor.

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Digital Transformation In Retail: The Retail Apocalypse

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Much like the hospitality industry , digital transformation in retail has been a huge driver of change. One important fact is getting lost among all of the talk of “the retail apocalypse” and myriad stories about increasingly empty shopping malls: there’s a lot of money to be made in retail.

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Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021

Security Affairs

Also, campaigns related to the Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira were observed , using Telegram to notify criminals about new infections. Next, was Retail and Technology, as the most sectors affected in this season. Threats by Sector.

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