Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The device was found in an unnamed retail chain in the United States. Chip-based payment cards are more difficult to clone, for this reason, crooks forced the use of the magnetic stripe present on the card for backward compatibility. ” wrote Brian Krebs on Krebsonsecurity.com. Source Krebsonsecurity.com.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2020

banks took years to replace their customer card stocks with chip-enabled cards, and countless retailers dragged their feet in updating their payment terminals to accept chip-based cards. Not long ago, the price of CNP accounts was less than half that of card-present accounts. Indeed, three years later 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%). This ransomware is difficult to stop and does not have known execution flaws at the present time. “We

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

JM Bullion, the online retailer of products made of precious metals (i.e. JM Bullion, the leading online bullion dealer in the United States, has disclosed a data breach, hackers stole customers’ credit card information. gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium) has disclosed a data breach.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Around 900 pages were identified as using Arabic language and familiar brand names to snare users and steal their money and personal details — presenting big brand protection issues for retailers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

On June 10th, during the Digital Risk Summit 2021 online conference ( Amsterdam ), Group-IB presented its research on various fraudulent machinations, obtained thanks to neural networks and ML-based scorings of the Group-IB Digital Risk Protection System. Classiscam threat actors alone were found to defraud users by $ 7.75

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IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Landmark Retail is one of the largest omnichannel retailers across the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA), India and Southeast Asia (SEA). It is a division of Landmark Group, a well-known multinational retail and hospitality conglomerate headquartered in Dubai. Because of this, the budgeting process was inefficient.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2019

. “Several exploitable vulnerabilities exist in the Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450, an LTE gateway designed for distributed enterprise, such as retail point-of-sale or industrial control systems.” ” reads the analysis published by Cisco Talos.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2024

The flawed app is called Verizon Retail Demo Mode (“com.customermobile.preload.vzw”) and requires dozens of permissions for its execution. The app has been present since August 2016 [ 1 , 2 ], but there is no evidence that this vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The parent firm of bling retailers Jared and Kay Jewelers has fixed a bug in the Web sites of both companies that exposed the order information for all of their online customers. Data exposures like these are some of the most common yet preventable for online retailers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

From Figure 2, January presented a total of 15 phishing campaigns, 29 in February and 46 during March. Next, was Retail and Financing, as the most sectors affected in this season. 196 campaigns were registered during April, 262 in April, and 204 in June. Threats by Sector.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

From Figure 2, January presented a total of 15 phishing campaigns, 29 in February and 46 during March. Next, was Financing due to the Lampion Trojan and Retail, as the most sectors affected in this season. It is crucial to monitor this growth indicator to predict the trend for the next months.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Impacted customers include Sweden’s largest cinema chain Filmstaden (the attack disrupted its online ticket system) and the discount retail chain Rusta. At present, Tietoevry cannot provide a definite timeframe for the complete restoration process due to the complexity of the security breach.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2019

FIN6 group has been active since 2015, past attacks were focused on point-of-sale (POS) machines used by retailers and companies in the hospitality sector in the U.S. and Europe. . The experts discovered that the FIN6 group (a.k.a. ITG08) is injecting malicious software card skimmers into online checkout pages of compromised websites.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Black Friday and Cyber Weekend: Navigating the Tumultuous Waters of Retail Cybersecurity sparsh Tue, 11/21/2023 - 05:01 As global consumers gear up for the much-anticipated shopping bonanza that is Black Friday and Cyber Weekend, retailers brace themselves for the frenzied onslaught of shoppers and the deluge of cyber threats lurking in the shadows.

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IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The rise of online commerce over the last two decades has completely transformed the retail and consumer goods industries—and with smartphone adoption accelerating globally, the share of shopping done via the internet will only continue to expand. For retail, the average data breach studied cost $2.96

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Visa and MasterCard instituted new rules in October 2015 that put retailers on the hook for all of the losses associated with counterfeit card fraud tied to breaches if they haven’t implemented chip-based card readers and enforced the dipping of the chip when a customer presents a chip-based card.

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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. The extracted payload does not present any type of code obfuscation of other types.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 10, 2025

On March 6, I had the opportunity to speak and provide testimony at the SEC Investor Advisory Committees panel on Retail Investor Fraud in Americaa critical discussion about how AI is supercharging financial deception. March 6 also happened to be National Slam the Scam Day an ironic but fitting coincidence.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 15, 2025

In his annual letter to shareholders , Jassy presented Alexa+ as the first personal assistant that can truly act, declaring Generative AI is going to reinvent virtually every customer experience we know. But while the surface resemblance is easy to draw, the underlying intentand trajectorysets the two efforts worlds apart.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2023

. “Rather than using the attackers’ own C2 server to host malicious code, which may be flagged as a malicious domain, attackers hack into (using vulnerabilities or any other means at their disposal) a vulnerable, legitimate site, such as a small or medium-sized retail website, and stash their code within it.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Wawa operates more than 860 convenience retail stores, this breach is potentially one of the biggest card incidents in 2019. “Although the dates may vary and some Wawa locations may not have been affected at all, this malware was present on most store systems by approximately April 22, 2019.”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 28, 2020

.” Gemini’s director of research Stas Alforov stressed that some of the 30 million cards advertised for sale as part of this BIGBADABOOM batch may in fact be sourced from breaches at other retailers, something Joker’s Stash has been known to do in previous large batches. The company found the median price of U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 3, 2021

Encryption is an arcane science that has long presented an irresistible challenge to the best and brightest researchers. Yet, the bottom line is that the retailer, in this scenario, really has no choice but to accept the sizable risk that a private key will eventually get brute-forced hacked, stolen or simply left out in the open.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2023

An M&A is often associated with the “business world”; with industries such as finance, retail, technology, and more. This presents opportunities for sensitive patient data to get leaked, as unmanaged assets may gain unauthorized access to certain parts of the network.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. The map below denotes organizations that present EoC associated with TA505 indicators.” In contrast, past Dudear email campaigns carried the malware as attachment or used malicious URLs. based electrical company, a U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

“The alliance gave Google an unprecedented asset for measuring retail spending, part of the search giant’s strategy to fortify its primary business against onslaughts from Amazon.com Inc. The tool aims at tracking the conversion rate of online advertisements into real-world retail sales. . “Alphabet Inc.’s and others.”

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CGI

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The race for corporate banks to catch up with their retail peers. Corporate and transaction banks (CTBs) face the challenge of delivering services equivalent to those offered by their retail bank peers. Corporates, particularly large corporates, have not experienced the benefits of this evolution in retail banking.

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Retail Marketing Consumer Services Access 68

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Earlier this month, customers of the soccer jersey retailer classicfootballshirts.co.uk After the Ledger database got leaked publicly, we started looking at the [SIM swapping] victims and found 100 percent of them were present in the Ledger database.” started receiving emails with a “cash back” offer.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

By using MASQ and sophisticated device fingerprints spoofing the bad actors are targeting consumers of major online-retailers and e-commerce platforms. Such tools represent the greatest risk for online-transactions and used for card-not-present (CNP) fraud.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

Experts from Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab have spotted new attack attempts directed to some Italian companies operating in the Retail sector linked to Aggah campaign. Recently, during our Cyber Defence monitoring operations, we spotted other attack attempts directed to some Italian companies operating in the Retail sector. Introduction.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

According to research firm Statista, the global retail drone market is expected to reach $90 billion by 2030, with Defense, Enterprise, and Logistics being the primary industries driving growth. In China, the retail drone market reached $15 billion in 2021, with projections to exceed $22 billion by 2024. Market overview.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Verizon DBIR 2020 report indicates that financially motivated attacks against retailers have moved away from Point of Sale (POS) devices and controllers, towards web applications. Figure 1: Web application breaches in the Retail industry. Fraud and scams move to the web. Source: Verizon DBIR 2020. Online skimming.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

From Figure 2, January presented a total of 15 phishing campaigns, 29 in February and 46 during March. Next, was Retail and Financing, as the most sectors affected in this season. 196 campaigns were registered during April, 262 in April, and 204 in June. Threats by Sector.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The International fashion retail clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a data breach, the company confirmed hackers hit its gift card platform. Directly in the present card system, with their numbers, are exposed the data of 36 thousand.” ” reported TecMundo.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions. That same Google Analytics code is also now present on the homepages of wiremo[.]co com, such as abuseipdb[.]com

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CGI

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The challenge ahead for water retailers. Before we all breathe a collective sigh of relief, let’s take a quick look at other markets to get a glimpse of what my lay in store for retailers in this market. New entrants present a challenge to the incumbents and are starting to gain market share. premanath.puch….

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