Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. Imagine a world where the retail value of your car actually grows over time – that’s now becoming a reality. The problem becomes – how do we make sure we’re securing these “driving data centers” against the risks and threats that lurk on the Internet? What’s driving the security of IoT?

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In our recent passkey blog series , we’ve been unpacking the difference between new passkey technology and more conventional password security in light of some of the most critical authentication scenarios. They’re also at risk of theft if they’re left cached on the device. That’s where passkeys come in.

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

That’s a key factor in why Gartner’s CARTA model emphasizes how important it is to “continuously discover, monitor, assess, and prioritize risk — proactively and reactively.” Your security posture must be designed to serve business access needs within your specific risk context. So what are we to do in the face of this complexity?

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Be wary of these common online shopping scams: Fake websites and online stores: Scammers often create fake websites that mimic legitimate retailers, hoping to trick unsuspecting shoppers into entering their personal and payment information. But it also presents an opportunity for scammers to exploit.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2022

Researchers spotted 5 malicious Google Chrome extensions used to track users’ browsing activity and profit of retail affiliate programs. “The users of the extensions are unaware of this functionality and the privacy risk of every site being visited being sent to the servers of the extension authors.”

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

“There are primarily three ways you can authenticate someone: with their username and password, with two-factor authentication, and with a company-supplied device that you can trace. HIPAA compliance in healthcare or PCI compliance in retail), organizations need to ensure that only managed devices are authorized to access.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

It enables insurance companies to collect and share data with customers about their insured goods in real time, allows consumers to make instant contactless payments and provides the framework for retail banks to collect information on each customer that enters one of their locations. Understand the risk level of each device to your network.

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McAfee

APRIL 21, 2021

They cooperate with airlines, retailers and government agencies, and their threats can be catastrophic. All this before thinking about IT-related issues, thefts from retailers, employee assessments and training, building safety, people tracking and … the list seems almost endless. Block surfing to high risk web sites.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 20, 2022

Email continues to be the top phishing vector, but other vectors such as SMS are growing: consumers trust text messages more than emails, and a successful SMS phishing (“SMiShing”) attack can give attackers the smartphone access that they need to bypass two-factor authentication. See the latest ThreatLabz threat research on the Zscaler blog.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Virtually every major financial institution, retailer, and scores of payment processors have been the victims of data breaches, incurring both financial and reputational damage. In this blog I will focus on two requirements and show how Thales CipherTrust Data Security Platform solutions can help businesses streamline compliance.

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Financial Services Data breaches Accountability Encryption 77

McAfee

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In addition, the more integrations that enterprises accept, the higher the level that their risk is. To be more precise, the risk doesn’t necessarily grow with the number of partners as much as the risk grows with the number of partners whose cybersecurity environments are less secure than the enterprise’s own environment.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2017

We’re now seeing big data play an increasing role in how retail sales and payments are being tailored to individual consumer’s preferences, and providers are adopting and integrating smarter, more efficient ways of completing the path-to-purchase. appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales e-Security. Three-Domain Secure (3DS) 2.0

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Centraleyes

MAY 23, 2024

Benefits of Data Access and Governance Strong data access governance benefits firms in various industries, including financial services, retail, and healthcare. Limiting data access to only those who require it lowers the danger of a cyberattack and simplifies risk mitigation by reducing the attack surface.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 19, 2022

509 certificates to authenticate and secure communication between Kubernetes workloads, containers, clusters and microservices. million downloads per day across industries including financial services, technology, retail, healthcare and manufacturing. retailers; and the top four banks in each of the following countries: the U.S.,

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 25, 2019

With an estimated $500 billion retail market spend per year, what’s next for the payments industry as a whole. Consumers today live in the world of Amazon and online shopping and the need for effortless speed is ever-growing thanks to the retail giant. appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity. Frictionless.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

It’s a tough time to be a retailer. Just recently, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), owner of retailers Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5th and Lord & Taylor, acknowledged that an undisclosed number of customers’ payment card data had been stolen, and HBC shares fell more than 6 percent in response to the news. .

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 21, 2023

Why Sucessful Central Bank Digital Currencies require Partnership enagement madhav Thu, 06/22/2023 - 06:23 In Part 1 of this blog series we explored what CBDC, or Central Bank Digital Currencies are, and why they are important. These risks need to be identified, anticipated, mitigated and managed.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 16, 2019

This week marks the return of Amazon Prime Day – Amazon’s seasonal retail event which has fast become a masterclass in driving demand and growth through great customer experience. The post Priming the payments ecosystem for explosive growth appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Related: Cyber risks spinning out of IoT Credential stuffing and account takeovers – which take full advantage of Big Data, high-velocity software, and automation – inundated the internet in massive surges in 2018 and the first half of 2019, according to multiple reports.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We live in a digital world in which we engage with significant social, government, retail, business and entertainment services now delivered without any direct human service management. In this blog post I will discuss just a few of these insights. Tue, 10/11/2022 - 06:46. Social Media Organisations have trust issues.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 28, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. More online retailers are offering Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday deals to maximize profits and expect to see a 107% revenue boost over the holiday shopping weekend. This includes checking for authentication, authorization, and even encryption protocols.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. More online retailers are offering Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday deals to maximize profits and expect to see a 107% revenue boost over the holiday shopping weekend. This includes checking for authentication, authorization, and even encryption protocols.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 16, 2021

Fast forward to 2021, the European Banking Authority passed the Strong Consumer Authentication (SCA)—a PSD2 requirement—for payment service providers to make online payments more secure and prevent financial fraud. Otherwise, they risk losing ground in a transformed industry.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

retail giant Target was battling a wide-ranging computer intrusion that compromised more than 40 million customer payment cards over the previous month. That story about the Flashback author was possible because a source had obtained a Web browser authentication cookie for a founding member of a Russian cybercrime forum called BlackSEO.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 26, 2018

One challenge, however, is that not all retailers have the necessary scanners to read QR codes. The cashless security model has changed considerably since chip-enabled payments, in which everything was pinned to the authenticated consumer. From a merchant’s point of view, QR codes could represent more of a risk. Root of trust.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The use of IoT technologies holds enormous potential in practically every segment of human enterprise – government, banking and finance, healthcare, retail, agriculture, and ecommerce to name a few. These are: Enabling strong mutual authentication between connected devices and applications. Threats and Vulnerabilities.

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Webroot

MARCH 4, 2024

Example: Online retailer: “Looking for running shoes? In finance, algorithms handle stock trading, fraud detection, and credit risk assessment. Financial institutions assess investment risks, adapting to market dynamics. In our quest for digital companionship, we risk losing genuine human connections.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Here’s how the top five industries ranked by number of ransomware attacks this spring: Services: 171 Manufacturing: 76 Technology: 65 Utilities: 61 Retail: 50. To add insult to injury, REvil (aka Sodonokibi) appeared to return in April with new payloads and a fresh leak blog featuring a mixture of recent and old victims.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

The 57 percent rate statistic is the highest of all verticals we measured in this year’s report (others include the healthcare industry, the retail industry, and the financial services industry) or any region surveyed. What are the risks associated with cloud-based services, and how can a data-centric security approach help?

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

If the movie lover entered their bank card details on the fake site, they risked paying more than the displayed amount for content that did not exist and sharing their card details with the scammers. Soccer fans chasing merchandise risked compromising their bank cards or just losing some money.

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