Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Protecting Retailers Against Cyber Risks on Black Friday and Cyber Monday josh.pearson@t… Tue, 11/26/2024 - 08:01 As Black Friday and Cyber Monday loom, the stakes for retailers extend far beyond enticing deals and record sales. With retail sales during 2024 set to grow to between $5.23 trillion and $5.28 trillion and $5.28

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Other campaigns observed by the experts invited recipients to claim gift cards from popular retailers like Home Depot. In this case, the spam messages include links to fake online survey pages that have nothing to do with the retailer’s gift card.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Unsuspecting online shoppers could also fall victim of identity theft of phishing attack aimed at stealing their payment card data. Be wary of online retailers who use a free email service instead of a company email address. Use safe passwords or pass phrases. Never use the same password on multiple accounts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Credential stuffing attacks involve botnets to try stolen login credentials usually obtained through phishing attacks and data breaches. This kind of attacks is very efficient due to the bad habit of users of reusing the same password over multiple services. The experts detected 8.3 billion per month.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, has suffered a massive data breach, affecting 123 million customer and employee records. It contained information from the retailer’s Spanish businesses and potentially its UK stores. It contained information from the retailer’s Spanish businesses and potentially its UK stores.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2023

Sports fashion retail JD Sports discloses a data breach that explosed data of about 10M customers who placed orders between 2018 and 2020. JD Sports does not hold full payment card data and, further, has no reason to believe that account passwords were accessed.” According to the company, account passwords were compromised.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2019

The threat group is also known for its recent attack campaign against Bank and Retail business sectors, but the latest evidence indicates a potential expansion of its criminal operation to other industries too. The intercepted attack starts with a spear-phishing email embedding a spreadsheet. Technical Analysis. The TA505 Connection.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 17, 2019

Six hours after my story ran saying Wipro was in the throes of responding to a breach, the company was quoted in an Indian daily newspaper acknowledging a phishing incident. I then asked when the company believed the phishing attacks began, and Ballapuram said he could not confirm the approximate start date of the attacks beyond “weeks.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. . Change any default usernames and passwords. ” reads the joint report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Since then, it has conducted 26 targeted attacks on commercial organizations alone, including companies in the fields of construction , finance , consulting , retail , banking , insurance , law ,and travel. As with all subsequent campaigns, the initial compromise vector was a well-written phishing email. Who are you, Mr. Pentester?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The intruders got in by tricking UScellular retail store employees into downloading malicious software on store computers. Having long passwords and a password manager can also add additional layers of security and protect you as a customer. And now UScellular admits that it detected its network breach on Jan.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2018

The malware was involved in a small email campaign targeting organizations primarily in the information technology, healthcare, and retail industries. The phishing emails used weaponized Microsoft Word attachments with macros that act as a downloader for the RAT. Researchers already spotted the threat in attacks in the wild.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Approximately 83 percent of organizations said they faced a successful phishing attempt in 2021, up from 57 percent in 2020. This guide breaks down the different types of phishing attacks and provides examples to help organizations better prepare their staff to deal with them. What is Phishing? Spear Phishing.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The breach involved a malicious JavaScript pop-up that directed users to check compromised email addresses and passwords. Exposed data included email addresses, usernames and bcrypt password hashes. 3 threats organisations face during the holiday season 1. Today’s ransomware doesn’t just encrypt data – it often exfiltrates data, too.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

” Organized cybercrime gangs that coordinate unlimited attacks typically do so by hacking or phishing their way into a bank or payment card processor. In both cases, the attackers managed to phish someone working at the Blacksburg, Virginia-based small bank.

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

Phishing is one of the most common and dangerous forms of cyber crime. Despite an array of technological solutions designed to counter phishing attacks – from antimalware software to password protections – the main weapon in anyone’s arsenal should be knowledge and awareness. How common are phishing attacks?

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

In fact, many independent researchers pointed to a particular email attack wave probably related to the known TA505 hacking group , active since 2014 and focusing on Retail and Banking companies. Conclusion. Nowadays, the email accounts are an effective source of revenue for the cyber criminals.

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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. “The threat actors compromised the merchant via a phishing email sent to an employee.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked. ” SEPTEMBER.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 7, 2021

Credential stuffing is a type of advanced brute force hacking that leverages software automation to insert stolen usernames and passwords into web page forms, at scale, until the attacker gains access to a targeted account. Some of the credential stuffing attacks can be traced back to existing data breaches or phishing.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

Unauthorized SIM swaps often are perpetrated by fraudsters who have already stolen or phished a target’s password, as many banks and online services rely on text messages to send users a one-time code that needs to be entered in addition to a password for online authentication. All four major U.S.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But in the US, Black Friday refers to the discounts that retailers offer the day after Thanksgiving – and thanks to the rise in online shopping (which will be even more prominent this year with COVID-19), it has become a global custom. When you enter your email and password, you’re handing your information to them.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2022

In the latest episode of Thales Security Sessions podcast , I was asked by Neira Jones to join Simon Keates, Head of Strategy and Payment Security at Thales and share my thoughts about the major security and organizational challenges retailers and other financial services organizations are facing. Pandemic has changed us all.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2021

Some 91 percent of the respondents agreed that passwordless authentication was important to stop credential theft and phishing. Password abuse emerged as a criminal specialty shortly after the decision got made in the 1990s to jump start the commercial Internet using a security framework built on shared secrets. Cost, 66 percent.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

Amtrak resets user passwords after Guest Rewards data breach (unknown). University of Utah Health notifies patients of phishing attack (unknown). Phishing scam targets German coronavirus task force (100+). com impersonated in year-long phishing attack (unknown). Florence, AL, government hit by cyber attack (unknown).

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 10, 2022

A report last week by the New York Attorney General’s Office put a spotlight on the ongoing threat of credential stuffing, a common technique used by cybercriminals that continues to spread and is helping to fuel the push for security practices that don’t involve usernames and passwords. Password Reuse.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Chegg resets 40 million user passwords after data breach. NewsNow suffers security breach – passwords should be considered compromised. UNITED NATIONS ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSED PASSWORDS AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION TO THE WHOLE INTERNET. privacy officials look into data breach involving bankrupt computer retailer.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Football world-governing body FIFA has admitted that its systems suffered a sustained phishing hack earlier this year. It is believed that the breach was caused by an employee falling for a phishing scam. Phishing attacks are increasingly sophisticated, but there are simple steps that can be taken to mitigate the risks.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. Notably, there has been a decline in data breaches and cyber attacks in the retail sector compared to Q2 (18 vs 41).

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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.). Make sure your smartphone, tablet and laptop are password-protected, particularly if you’re in the habit of carrying them around wherever you go. Create long and strong passwords.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Businesses, particularly those in financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors, suffer from operational disruptions and financial penalties. It's crucial to recognize that data breaches have enormous impacts on individuals, businesses, and society. Individuals risk identity theft, financial loss, and privacy violations.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 21, 2018

Only time will tell – and we may not have to wait long – but in the meantime, what is the impact of data breaches in the retail industry, and what needs to be done to mitigate them? The data included contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. million users was compromised. The PCI DSS. The PCI challenge.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Gloucester Council cyber attack linked to Russian hackers (unknown) Parents warned after scam emails at Liverpool secondary school (unknown) DatPiff data being sold online after password-cracking attack (7.5 million) New York Attorney General alerts companies to credential-stuffing cyber attacks (1.1 Financial information.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

With so many of us spending money freely and hurriedly trying to bag the best deal available, it’s inevitable that someone will visit a dodgy website or click a phishing email because they thought it was about an online order they’d made. When you enter your email and password, you’re handing your information to them. Get started.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

In the not-so-distant past, banks dealt with online and account takeover fraud, where hackers stole passwords and used phishing scams to target specific individuals. But now not only are you providing the fake username and password, but you’re providing all this information about the phone itself. That’s finally advanced.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Soon after, the attackers were able to use their control over his mobile number to reset his Gmail account password. “The next thing they do is go to these accounts and use the ‘forgot password’ function and request a password reset link via SMS to gain access to those accounts. ” Lt.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

Certain verticals, namely the government and transportation sectors, gave themselves a positive preparedness rating; meanwhile the hospitality, legal and retail sectors were much less positive about their cybersecurity preparedness. Years of stealing user names and passwords, and poor password practices add to this mix.

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