Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

“Frappo” acts as a Phishing-as-a-Service and enables cybercriminals the ability to host and generate high-quality phishing pages which impersonate major online banking, e-commerce, popular retailers, and online-services to steal customer data.

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Phishing Banking Retail Financial Services 73

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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Phishing Banking Social Engineering Scams 126

SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

A Guess retail store. Following news that noted fashion brand Guess suffered a data breach in which personal information may have been stolen, cybersecurity experts on Tuesday said that retailers should take this case as motivation to lock down their cyber defenses. N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0 link] , via Wikimedia Commons).

Retail 102

Retail Ransomware Hacking Digital transformation 102

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Credit cards offer markedly better fraud protections than debit cards , which connect directly to your bank account. Virtual credit cards similarly allow online shoppers to mask their financial accounts. Many financial institutions offer free transaction alerts that notify you when charges hit your account. Lock your devices.

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Scams Retail Banking Passwords 243

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Retail giant The North Face has reset the passwords for some of its customers in response to a successful credential stuffing attack. Outdoor retail giant The North Face has forced a password reset for a number of its customers following a successful credential stuffing attack that took place on October 8th and 9th.

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Passwords Retail Data breaches Accountability 117

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Identity theft happens when someone uses your personal or financial information — like your Social Security or financial account number — to commit fraud. If your data is used to open an account, take out a loan or lease, file taxes, or apply for unemployment insurance or other government benefits, you may be the victim of identity theft.

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Identity Theft Scams Data breaches Insurance 130

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2018

Dixons Carphone announced on Monday that the security breach discovered in June affected around 10 million customers, much more than the initial estimate. The situation was worse than initially thought, the company announced on Monday that the security breach affected around 10 million customers, much more than the initial estimate.

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Data breaches Telecommunications Advertising Retail 43

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

The crooks responsible for launching phishing campaigns that netted dozens of employees and more than 100 computer systems last month at Wipro , India’s third-largest IT outsourcing firm, also appear to have targeted a number of other competing providers, including Infosys and Cognizant , new evidence suggests. Image: urlscan.io.

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Retail Phishing Antivirus Internet 192

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

As the holiday season approaches, many retail, hospitality, logistics, and food manufacturing organizations hire seasonal workers to meet increasing demand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 7% job rise in the retail industry. The solution must be capable of protecting both on-premises and in-the-cloud apps and data.

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Retail Authentication Data breaches Risk 71

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 291 appeared first on Security Affairs.

Data breaches 87

Data breaches Social Engineering Ransomware Malware 87

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. “At a pre-determined time, the co-conspirators withdraw account funds from ATMs using these cards.”

Banking 215

Banking Accountability Retail Phishing 215

Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

What would happen if you typed in “Amazon,” the corresponding domain popped up, and you clicked, but instead of finding the world’s largest online retailer, you landed on a 1980s WarGames-themed page with a laughing skull? A prospective client or customer types your company name and their browser does the rest.

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Hacking Retail Cyber Insurance Authentication 130

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Bad news for fitness and bodybuilding passionates, the popular online retailer Bodybuilding.com announced that hackers have broken into its systems. The popular online retailer website Bodybuilding.com announced last week that hackers have broken into its systems. ” continues the data breach notification note.

Passwords 69

Passwords Retail Accountability Data breaches 69

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Every year about this time, Verizon comes out with an annual review of the results of its investigations into thousands of data breaches and security incidents from around the world. The report can be very data heavy and even a little depressing, but we can learn great things from it. Here are just ten: 1.

Retail 52

Retail Data breaches DDOS Passwords 52

Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2021

Source: Sucuri Blog) Mint Mobile suffered a data breach. Source: BleepingComputer) Guess , the fashion retailer, suffered a breach, too. Source: Gizmodo) Twitter verifying bot accounts raised a lot of questions regarding their process. Source: TechRepublic) Meanwhile, REvil seem to have disappeared. Stay safe!

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DNS VPN Retail Mobile 74

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 26, 2021

Inappropriate Access Leads to Data Breaches . Inappropriate levels of access granted to employees, contractors, and partners is the leading cause of data loss, theft, and breaches. Global organizations are being overrun by a flood of malware, phishing, and ransomware attacks and compromised credentials.

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Data breaches Artificial Intelligence Retail Architecture 59

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

From retail to healthcare, banking to government, manufacturing to communications services – achieving your organization's mission and beating the competition requires paying attention to customer experience demands and working in a timely fashion to address them. What exactly are customers asking for? What helps build engagement and loyalty?

Passwords 97

Passwords Retail Digital transformation Risk 97

Krebs on Security

APRIL 17, 2019

I’m not a huge fan of stories about stories, or those that explore the ins and outs of reporting a breach. And yet, here I am again writing the second story this week about a possibly serious security breach at an Indian company that provides IT support and outsourcing for a ridiculous number of major U.S.

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Data breaches Phishing Retail Antivirus 274

Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

The lockdowns have made on-demand retail and mCommerce a permanent fixture among Australian users who share their transaction details without any qualms. Almost 75% of data breach originators have gone completely scot-free and remain anonymous. Whaling is an evolved form of phishing that is highly organized and sophisticated.

Social Engineering 92

Social Engineering Mobile Scams Engineering 92

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Credential stuffing attacks involve botnets to try stolen login credentials usually obtained through phishing attacks and data breaches. “They use lists of usernames and passwords gathered from the breaches you hear about nearly every day on the news. .” The experts detected 8.3 billion per month.

Passwords 80

Passwords Data breaches Advertising Password Management 80

The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

Many SMBs lack the wherewithal to recover from the long-run consequences of a serious breach. High to very high threat Index contributors expressed a widely held belief that a data breach can put a company out of business. These stark realities are beginning to sink in.

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Risk Cyber Risk Cyber threats Banking 182

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. The clothes retailer revealed a data theft which included its customer's full names, home addresses, email addresses, and partial debitcredit card details. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct employee phishing tests.

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) just released the 2022 Holiday Season Cyber Threat Trends report that reveals the most prevalent malware tools leveraged by cyber criminals this year, with phishing and fraud dominating the list.

Retail 94

Retail Cyber threats Social Engineering Phishing 94

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Here’s a closer look at what typically transpires in the weeks or months before an organization notifies its users about a breached database. TARGETED PHISHING. customers this month.

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Passwords Password Management Phishing Scams 356

Veracode Security

MAY 14, 2021

Verizon recently published its 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). This year, Verizon analyzed 79,635 incidents, of which 29,207 met their quality standards and 5,258 were confirmed data breaches, from 88 countries around the world. Phishing, ransomware, and web app attacks ??? It doesn???t

Data breaches 102

Data breaches Cybercrime Social Engineering Phishing 102

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

25, 2021, that Accellion confirmed to SAO that SAO files were subject to this attack and provided the information needed for SAO to begin to identify which data files were impacted and individuals whose personal information is in those files.” Previous communications lacked sufficient detail, according to the SAO’s account.

Government 96

Government CISO Media Encryption 96

Spinone

OCTOBER 27, 2020

IBM’s “ 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report ” details the costs that come from a data breach as a result of various cybersecurity risks. million Healthcare organizations for the 9th year in a row had the highest costs associated with data breaches – $6.45 Yes, they are. percent in 2019.

Risk 52

Risk Cybersecurity Penetration Testing Data breaches 52

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. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

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Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 233

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Data from the Brazilian Federation of Banks registered a considerable increase in crime (such as explosions at bank branches to steal money) and cybercrime (increased phishing and social-engineering attacks) against banking customers and banking infrastructure. Facebook incidents (a data breach in April and a data leak in October).

Cryptocurrency 103

Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 103

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files. See our in-depth look at RSA Archer.

Software 67

Software Risk Government Retail 67

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files. See our in-depth look at RSA Archer.

Government 57

Government Risk Retail Insurance 57

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 deep, structural flaws persist in the way we use our web browsers and mobile apps to access online accounts.

Accountability 257

Accountability Mobile Passwords Authentication 257

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Q4 is always the busiest time of year for shoppers and retailers, chock-full of shopping celebrations like Singles’ Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, among others. There’s no reason to click unfamiliar links that could scam or phish you. By Gal Ringel, Co-Founder & CEO of Mine Privacy Ops. billion , a 2.5%

Identity Theft 90

Identity Theft Retail Passwords eCommerce 90

Identity IQ

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Perpetrators may use various tactics such as phishing emails , which are designed to look like they come from trustworthy institutions, to lure you into revealing your data. Exploit Legitimate Accounts With the credit profile set up, the fraudsters move to the next stage, “piggybacking.”

Identity Theft 111

Identity Theft Accountability Risk Retail 111

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

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Cybercrime 105

Cybercrime Retail Artificial Intelligence Hacking 105

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Phishing scams use it to compromise networks. A recent HP Wolf Security report found that email now accounts for 89% of all malware. They spot unwanted traffic such as spam, phishing expeditions, malware, and scams. It integrates data loss prevention functionality to minimize the risk of data breaches.

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Phishing Malware Engineering Ransomware 120