Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

However, industries reliant on shared devices—such as healthcare, retail, and manufacturing—face unique challenges. Similarly, in retail and manufacturing, delays caused by authentication procedures reduce overall efficiency. The industry has key gaps and areas for improvement.

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OpenText Information Management

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The resulting bottleneck in goods movement sent shockwaves across industries. For retail, it underscored an urgent need to address the escalating threat of natural disasters to global trade. With consumer confidence up, interest rates and inflation down, retailers could be dealing with heavy demand. Check us out.

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Weissman's World

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

If you’re a regular reader, then you know that my pieces are typically more universal than they are industry-specific – though I have been known to opine in such particular places as local government and oil and gas.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2024

Skanlog, a critical distributor for Systembolaget, the Swedish government-owned retail chain suffered a ransomware attack. It operates stores across Sweden and is responsible for the retail sale of wine, spirits, and strong beer. “It Systembolaget has a monopoly on the sale of alcoholic beverages containing more than 3.5%

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. We shared our findings including YARA rules and malware signatures with our industry peers so they too can detect and stop this activity.” ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

A new analysis of the retail market’s threat landscape discusses the challenges faced by this industry and what threat tactics are being used to take advantage of retail’s cyber weaknesses.

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KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

With Retail seeing and feeling the impact of more ransomware attacks than nearly every other industry, a new report focuses in on what the repercussions look like for this sector… and it’s not good.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 7, 2021

The video game industry saw massive growth in 2020; nothing like a global pandemic to drive people to spend more time than ever gaming. The video game industry withstood nearly 11 billion credential stuffing attacks in 2020, a 224 percent spike over 2019. LW: SQL injection persists, accounting for 59% of gaming industry attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

ransomware attacks against Australian organizations in multiple industry sectors starting July 2021. This activity has occurred across multiple industry sectors. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. ransomware. . ransomware.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Are Retailers Shopping for a Cybersecurity Breach? Retailers started the century as the prime targets for cyber attackers looking for credit card data. Today, unfortunately, retailers are again coming back to the spotlight. Similar to many organizations, 36% of retail respondents cited human error as the leading threat.

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KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

New data polled from analysts and members of the retail industry about their security focus is this holiday season reveals the kinds of attacks every organization should be preparing for.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Energy management and industrial automation firm Schneider Electric suffered a data breach after a Cactus ransomware attack. Schneider Electric is a multinational company that specializes in energy management, industrial automation, and digital transformation.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

is an Italian eyewear conglomerate and the world’s largest company in the eyewear industry. The Italian eyewear and eyecare giant Luxottica has reportedly suffered a cyber attack that disrupted its operations in Italy and China. Luxottica Group S.p.A.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

.” At the time of the report, although Mandiant has no evidence about the purposes of the attacks, the broad targeting across multiple industries and the choosing of targets of a global scale, suggests that the attackers could be financially motivated. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2019

“CyberInt researchers have been tracking various activities following the spear-phishing campaign targeting large US-based retailers detected in December 2018.” ” 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. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

This ransomware strain emerged in September 2020, but the threat actors behind already managed to lock quite big companies, such as game developers Crytek, booksellers Barnes & Noble, and most recently a retail giant Cencosud from Chile. of victims) and Retail (14.5%). ProLock = Egregor. Inside Egregor.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Toy industry giant Mattel announced that it has suffered a ransomware attack that took place on July 28th, 2020, and impacted some of its business operations. Toymaker giant Mattel disclosed a ransomware attack, the incident took place in July and impacted some of its business operations. ” reads the 10-Q form.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 7, 2024

Nordstrom CISO Nicole Darden Ford Shares Her Journey From B2B to B2C Industry From working in B2B industries to now shifting to a B2C industry, Nicole Darden Ford, CISO, Nordstrom, is confident of bringing a fresh perspective to tackling the retail sector's complex cybersecurity and fraud challenges.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The malware was used in attacks against multiple industries, including education, real estate, retail, non-profit organizations, telecom companies, and governments. Unit42 researchers uncovered a new backdoor named Agent Raccoon, which is being used in attacks against organizations in the Middle East, Africa, and the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

Analyzing the general distribution of the compromised domains, grouped by category, it is possible to verify that the most affected were as follows: professional/companies (20.2%), personal (13.5%), retail (12.7%) and industry (11.9%).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2019

Some of the flaws could be exploited to execute arbitrary code, modify passwords, and change system settings, Sierra Wireless AirLink gateways and routers are widely used in enterprise environments to connect industrial equipment, smart devices, sensors, point-of-sale (PoS) systems, and Industrial Control systems (ICSs).

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erwin

JUNE 14, 2019

Digital transformation examples can be found almost anywhere, in almost any industry. Digital Transformation in Retail. The inherently competitive nature of retail has made the sector a leader in adopting data-driven strategy. From loyalty cards to targeted online ads, retail has always had to adapt to stay relevant.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. Bleeping Computer, citing a source in the cybersecurity industry, confirmed that Steelcase suffered a Ryuk ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The company owns and operates eleven properties and an outdoor lifestyle equipment/apparel retail division with stores in cities throughout Michigan. An industry leader in multiple U.S. Most of the victims belong to the manufacturing industry, followed by IT and media and telecommunications sectors.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 27, 2023

On January 25, 2023, Hunton Andrews Kurth’s retail industry team released its annual Retail Industry in Review publication, which provides an overview of key issues and trends that impacted the retail sector in the past year, as well as a preview of relevant legal issues retailers can expect to arise in 2023.

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OpenText Information Management

JANUARY 5, 2023

The retail and consumer goods industries continue to evolve at a rapid rate. Overall, 2022 retail holiday spending grew 7. … The post 2023 retail and consumer goods industry predictions appeared first on OpenText Blogs. 6%, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse.

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CGI

MARCH 3, 2020

CGI Client Global Insights: A look at top retail banking trends and priorities. Many retail banks have invested in their “plumbing”- implementing digital technologies to deliver the products, services and experiences their customers demand - but many are still running their businesses just as they did before.

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CGI

MARCH 31, 2021

Listening to the Voice of Our Clients: Informing strategies to drive a shared value future in the retail, consumer and services industry. In my previous blog, I talked about the pandemic accelerating the impetus for retail, consumer and services organizations to become truly digital. cgi.com.

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OpenText Information Management

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The retail and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industries are experiencing a profound technological metamorphosis, driven by rapid digital innovation, changing consumer expectations, and the need for operational efficiency. In 2025, these technologies are no longer novelties but integral components of retail and CPG marketing strategies.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 30, 2024

Tighter Security Controls Help Stop Fraud, But Fake IDs and Web Scraping Are Rising Account takeover fraud in the financial services industry is declining in contrast with other industries such as retail and hospitality.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

As a California-based provider of POS technology for the retail and hospitality sector, a successful infection would allow the group to obtain payment card data and later sell the information on online marketplaces.” “The specified targeting of the Clearmind domain fits well with FIN7’s preferred modus operandi.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As the retail industry witnesses a shift towards a more digital, on-demand consumer base, AI is becoming the secret weapon for retailers to better understand and cater to this evolving consumer behavior. Retailers recognize the need to build their strategies around AI, integrating it into many aspects of their operations.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

After two years of silence, FIN8 group is back and carried out a new campaign against the hotel-entertainment industry employing the ShellTea/PunchBuggy backdoor. At the time, FireEye and root9B published detailed reports about a series of attacks targeting the retail sector. ” reads the analysis published by Morphisec.

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OpenText Information Management

MARCH 30, 2021

2020 is proving to have been a sea change for the retail industry. Forward-looking retailers are using this opportunity to develop and update their online … The post Maximizing online delivery with DAM for retail appeared first on OpenText Blogs. Of course, things will get better and people will come back.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2019

” The following table shows stolen credentials per industry: Most of the login credentials (95%) include plaintext passwords, 76% of them were compromised during the last 12 months. . “As many as 95% of the credentials contained unencrypted, or bruteforced and cracked by the attackers, plaintext passwords.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Since August, FIN11 started targeting organizations in many industries, including defense, energy, finance, healthcare, legal, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, and transportation. The group carried out multiple high-volume operations targeting companies across the world, most of them in North America and Europe.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 12, 2019

Tommy McDowell, Vice President, on the Value of Information Sharing In response to large data breaches, the retail and hospitality industry formed the RH-ISAC to serve as a central hub for sharing sector-specific cybersecurity information and intelligence, says Tommy McDowell, vice president, who explains how ISACs' roles are changing.

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