Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Gambling and Retail Firms Top Targets of 'GambleForce' Group, Researchers Warn A recently spotted hacking group with a penchant for using open source tools has been using a less-than-novel tactic: exploiting SQL injection flaws.

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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

JANUARY 19, 2024

According to the Ransomlooker tool, the number of ransomware attack victims increased by 128.17% compared to the previous year (2022), with 1837 additional incidents. This group primarily focused its attacks on the construction, manufacturing/industrial, and retail industries. Winter was the least active time (14.6%

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Also: Insights From Israel; Costco's Web Tracker Problem In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discuss how Israeli tech companies are supporting the war effort, how the volume of ransomware attacks reached a record high in September and why retailer Costco faces privacy claims for its use of website tracking tools for online pharmacy customers. (..)

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For example, just this morning a trusted source forwarded me the VPN credentials for a major clothing retailer that were stolen by malware and made available to cybercriminals. Perhaps this particular retailer also did so at one point, however my message was returned with a note saying the email had been blocked.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

The ransomware identifies user accounts by viewing successful logins in Windows Event Viewer, it also uses a modified variant of the open-source PSnmap Tool. The Cactus ransomware relies on multiple legitimate tools (e.g.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2021

Ciaran Martin , former head of the NCSC , provided disconcerting info about the supply chain ransomware attack that disrupted 20% of Swedish food retail capacity, pharmacies, train ticket sales. “The new Compromise Detection Tool was rolled out last night to almost 900 customers who requested the tool.”

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Russian Threat Actor Delivers NetSupport RAT, BurnsRAT via Fake Requests A malware campaign targeting Russian retailers and service businesses aims to deploy remote access tools and install infostealer malware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The ransomware identifies user accounts by viewing successful logins in Windows Event Viewer, it also uses a modified variant of the open-source PSnmap Tool. The Cactus ransomware relies on multiple legitimate tools (e.g.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2020

Diebold Nixdorf , a major provider of automatic teller machines (ATMs) and payment technology to banks and retailers, recently suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted some operations. The 35,000-employee company also produces point-of-sale systems and software used by many retailers.

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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. The backdoor is written in.NET and leverages the domain name service (DNS) protocol to establish a covert communication channel with the command and control infrastructure.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 24, 2019

Hackers Create a Backdoor to Steal Card Data, Gigamon Researchers Report FIN8, a hacker group that targeted POS devices in the hospitality and retail sectors, is back on the scene with new malware, including the Badhatch backdoor that's designed to steal payment card data, according to researchers with Gigamon's threat detection unit.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2020

issued a flash alert to warn organizations of the new threat actor targeting healthcare, government, financial, and retail industries in the US. ” In March, threat actors behind PwndLocker changed the name of their malware to ProLock, immediately after security firm Emsisoft released a free decryptor tool.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

The ransomware identifies user accounts by viewing successful logins in Windows Event Viewer, it also uses a modified variant of the open-source PSnmap Tool. The Cactus ransomware relies on multiple legitimate tools (e.g.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Resecurity researchers dumped Gigabytes of data from Agent Tesla C2Cs, one of the most well-known cyberespionage tools suffers a data leakage. The majority of intercepted credentials by Agent Tesla related to financial services, online-retailers, e-government systems and personal and business e-mail accounts. .

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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. Same tools and naming convention have been used as well, for example md.exe, rdp.bat, svchost.exe.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As the Holiday Season approaches, online retailers face the challenge of protecting their websites against the growing threat of malicious attacks, such as Magecart. Reflectiz, a unique web security tool, ensures 100% readiness for Magecart attacks before and during the Holiday Season.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

CyberNews researchers reported that Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Original post @ [link]. It’s no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking, an old Irish proverb says.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

. “PIONEER KITTEN tradecraft is characterized by a pronounced reliance on exploits of remote external services on internet-facing assets to achieve initial access to victims, as well as an almost total reliance on open-source tooling during operations.” ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

APRIL 12, 2024

The TA547 group sent emails to the victims impersonating the German retail company Metro, purportedly related to invoices. “This is a typical output of LLM-generated coding content, and suggests TA547 used some type of LLM-enabled tool to write (or rewrite) the PowerShell, or copied the script from another source that had used it.”

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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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Nodersok abuse of legitimate tools also called living-off-the-land binaries ( LOLBins ). Researchers observed threat actors dropping two legitimate tools onto the infected machines, namely Node.exe, the Windows implementation of the popular Node. js framework, and WinDivert, a network packet capture and manipulation utility.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In late August, ESET researchers uncovered the SideWalk backdoor that was employed by the Chine cyberespionage group in an attack aimed at a computer retail company based in the U.S. Three of them (Jiang Lizhi, Qian Chuan, and Fu Qiang) were involved in the Grayfly tools and tactics. Following this, the malicious backdoor was executed.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

.” The CPU will address critical vulnerabilities in Oracle Essbase, Graph Server and Client, Secure Backup, Communications Applications, Communications, Construction and Engineering, Enterprise Manager, Financial Services Applications, Fusion Middleware, Insurance Applications, PeopleSoft, Support Tools, and Utilities Applications.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Fuel sales at our retail locations continue unhindered. The malicious code executes a small program, just before starting the encryption process, to disable security tools running on the infected systems that could detect its operations. ” reads a security breach notice published by the company on its website.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This article is going to explore cybersecurity considerations surrounding drone platforms through an initial review of drone market trends, popular drone hacking tools, and general drone hacking techniques that may be used to compromise enterprise drone platforms, including how drone platforms themselves may be used as malicious hacking platforms.

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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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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

In a follow-up story Wednesday on the tone-deaf nature of Wipro’s public response to this incident, KrebsOnSecurity published a list of “indicators of compromise” or IOCs , telltale clues about tactics, tools and procedures used by the bad guys that might signify an attempted or successful intrusion. internal-message[.]app.

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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

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. TektonIT RMS acts as a remote administration tool, allowing the attacker to gain complete access to the victim machine.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2023

Most of the tools are open-source, meaning that actors can readily adapt and modify to suit their needs. Many developers take credit on different iterations of the tools.” “The most recent of the known toolsets, this set is organized much differently, with each tool assigned a numerical identifier (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

In 2020, a multi-stage scam called Rabbit Hole targeted companies’ brands, primarily retail and online services. The scheme is aimed at people using marketplaces and services related to property rentals, hotel bookings, online bank transfers, online retail stores, ridesharing and deliveries.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 15, 2025

He then carries out his grand plan to dominate the sale and distribution of all booksand eventually, just about everything else in retailing and that was just the foundation for what Amazon has become. Daikon farmers and dentists are exploring AI as a tool for local governance, triage, and planning. The difference now is speed.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Group-IB’s new research contains the first ever description of RedCurl’s tactics, tools, and infrastructure. 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. Tricky cloud.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. The malicious updates employed in the Zerologon attacks are able to bypass the user account control (UAC) security feature in Windows and abuse the Windows Script Host tool (wscript.exe) to execute malicious scripts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

“In the Box” dark web marketplace is leveraged by cybercriminals to attack over 300 financial institutions (FIs), payment systems, social media and online-retailers in 43 countries. Resecurity has identified a new underground marketplace in the Dark Web oriented towards mobile malware developers and operators.

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