Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

[link] pic.twitter.com/z91nfnGYAQ — Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) February 19, 2024 The Cactus ransomware operation has been active since March 2023, Kroll researchers reported that the ransomware strain is notable for the use of encryption to protect the ransomware binary.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 22, 2022

American Online Retailing Giant CafePress has been pressed with a $500,000 penalty for failing to protect the data of its customers. This includes usage of multi-factor authentication, encrypting sensitive details such as social security numbers, and not storing any critical information on the retail servers.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Legitimate retailers are never going to make you dig for the deals, so they aren’t going to put the good stuff in an attachment. It’s not just attachments from retailers, but also from shipping companies or financial institutions. Keep a close eye on your accounts. …and don’t open that attachment. Be wary of “free” offers.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 22, 2019

million new accounts belonging to cardholders from 35 U.S. But typically, such breaches occur when cybercriminals manage to remotely install malicious software on a retailer’s card-processing systems. “This encryption technology protects card data by making it unreadable.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s also clear from recent attacks that the holiday season and the associated spending sprees make online retailers an attractive target for cybercriminals. Dutch electronics retail giant MediaMarkt has fallen victim to the Hive ransomware group. But more and more European firms are showing up on the target list.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This indicates that your connection is encrypted, making it harder for cybercriminals to intercept your data. Shop from reputable and well-known online retailers : Stick with the big names or trusted online stores. Monitor Your Financial Accounts Keeping an eye on your financial accounts is a fundamental part of online shopping safety.

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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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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. There are two ways to protect customers’ PAN, encryption and tokenization.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

In addition to the encryption of data, victims have received threats that data stolen during the incidents will be published.” Most of the attacks have been reported in July, the organizations hit by the ransomware gang operate in professional services, construction, manufacturing, retail, and food industries. ransomware.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In fact, holiday shopping can account for up to 30 percent of annual sales for online retailers. In fact, the National Retail Federation (NRF) forecasts holiday sales will grow to between $727.9 With this continued uptick in predicted spend, ecommerce retailers need to place a stronger emphasis on cybersecurity than ever before.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

IKEA, the furniture giant from Sweden, has disclosed that its servers were hit by a Qakbot malware that could have compromised its staff and partner accounts to a certain extent. However, as the investigation is still underway, compromise of accounts is yet to be determined.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

“An enormous number of people are footloose and fancy free when it comes to their interactions with retailers over the holiday season,” says Cyberscout founder and chairman Adam Levin. Many online retailers depend heavily on outreach and advertising via email and social media networks to bolster their sales through the holiday season.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In a security blog about Octo Tempest Microsoft states: “Octo Tempest monetized their intrusions in 2022 by selling SIM swaps to other criminals and performing account takeovers of high-net-worth individuals to steal their cryptocurrency.” Stop malicious encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Often, organizations are not implementing PAM comprehensively, leaving some of their privileged user accounts under a risk of being compromised for criminal purposes. Our passwordless and keyless Zero Trust solutions reduce costs and complexity while quantum-safe encryption keeps critical connections future-proof.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

of internet traffic, while good bots accounted for 19.4% Although some bad bot use cases, such as content scraping and account takeover, are prevalent across different sectors, others, like scalping, usually impact specific industries like online retail and entertainment (ticketing). and human traffic for 57%.

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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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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. mandates that account data storage is kept to a minimum by implementing data retention and disposal policies, procedures, and processes. Requirement 3.2

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 22, 2024

Users can save credit card details that can be easily filled on retail websites, as well as bank information such as account and routing numbers. This information can be securely shared with others with full end-to-end encryption, ensuring your most sensitive financial information is never exposed via unsecure channels.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

The perpetrators also alter account balances and security measures to make an unlimited amount of money available at the time of the transactions, allowing for large amounts of cash to be quickly removed from the ATM. “At a pre-determined time, the co-conspirators withdraw account funds from ATMs using these cards.”

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 27, 2021

According to the company, its password manager is used by more than 29,000 customers across the industries of banking, retail, manufacturing, education, healthcare, government, aerospace, and more. That estimate may increase though, said Click Studios, as it continues to investigate. That attack, which resulted in an $18.5

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Census Bureau’s latest  Annual Retail Trade Survey  reports e-commerce expenditures rose from $571.2 is clearly failing to protect cardholder account details effectively in today’s environment. Protect stored account data. In fact, the U.S. billion in 2019 to $815.4 billion in 2020, a 43% increase. and PCI v4.0:

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

Exposed records include email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, dates of birth, IP addresses associated with payment methods, credit scores (from Equifax and other companies), unencrypted payment card data with CVV codes, locations, and other customer service records, and account details. All the data was encrypted.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 23, 2022

The said malicious software is a kind of file encrypting malware that exploits WinRAR app and compresses the files of the victim with a password that is hard to detect. the company as it failed to protect its user data containing banking account info, insurance numbers, ethnic origin details and religion.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

“The key to the wallet is encrypted and stored securely in the cloud. Norton Crypto lets users withdraw their earnings to an account at cryptocurrency platform CoinBase, but as Norton Crypto’s FAQ rightly points out, there are coin mining fees as well as transaction costs to transfer Ethereum. ”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

FiXS, a new ATM malware that is targeting Mexican banks BidenCash leaks 2.1M stolen credit/debit cards Pegasus spyware used to spy on a Polish mayor Hundreds of thousands of websites hacked as part of redirection campaign MQsTTang, a new backdoor used by Mustang Panda APT against European entities Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. locked to the filename of the encrypted files. Once compromised the target network, attackers attempt to exfiltrate the company’s accounts and passwords database. continues the report.

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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. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2023

This London-based business provides facility management & security services to organizations such as the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), HM Revenue & Customs, various UK boroughs and councils, British retailer WHSmith , and other organizations.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 12, 2023

To find out, in 2022 we created a list of 700 companies worldwide from different industries: industrial, telecommunication, financial, retail, and others. According to the source of origin, we divide all compromised accounts into three categories: Public leakages that are freely distributed within cybercriminal society.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 5, 2021

” The message above was sent to a customer of RaceTrac Petroleum , an Atlanta company that operates more than 650 retail gasoline convenience stores in 12 southeastern states. . “Call or write to this store and ask to protect your privacy!!!!” Wosar said Clop isn’t the only ransomware gang emailing victim customers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Only purchase items from official, encryption-using websites. Be wary of online retailers who use a free email service instead of a company email address. Pay for items using a credit card dedicated for online purchases, checking the card statement frequently, and never saving payment information in online accounts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Another fashion retailer suffered a data breach, the victim is SHEIN that announces the security breach affected 6.42 The retailer hired a forensic cybersecurity firm as well as an international law firm to investigate the security breach. million customers. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Retailers around the world are anticipating less foot traffic in their shops this holiday season, with more than 75% of consumers expected to do most of their shopping online due to the pandemic. Make certain it is secure, encrypted and possibly even hidden. Make sure your Wi-Fi networks are secure. Limit access to business computers.

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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. Cybercriminals are forever leveraging advanced tools and tactics to attack consumers globally.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The tech titans have swelled into multi-billion dollar behemoths by myopically focusing on delivering targeted online advertising, in support of online retailing. Cybercriminals have begun escalating their efforts to bend the legitimate online advertising and retailing fulfillment ecosystem to their whims.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 28, 2020

27, a popular fraud bazaar known as Joker’s Stash began selling card data from “a new huge nationwide breach” that purportedly includes more than 30 million card accounts issued by thousands of financial institutions across 40+ U.S. On the evening of Monday, Jan. The company found the median price of U.S.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 10, 2021

Now for access as a service, you're getting a username and password to a database, or to the back end of the administrative account, to a hospital or to a bank. This specific variety of criminal market offerings is less well known than others, such as the sale of compromised payment cards from retail and hospitality breaches.

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