Krebs on Security

APRIL 10, 2025

Thus, the missives bypass the mobile phone networks entirely and enjoy near 100 percent delivery rate (at least until Apple and Google suspend the spammy accounts). And in the United States, authorities in California and Tennessee arrested Chinese nationals accused of using NFC apps to fraudulently purchase gift cards from retailers.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 28, 2025

In early May 2025, two of the United Kingdom's best-known grocers, Marks & Spencer (M&S) and the Co-op, as well as luxury retailer Harrods, were struck by sophisticated social-engineering attacks that tricked IT teams into resetting critical passwords and deploying ransomware across their networks. retail industry.

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The Hacker News

JUNE 20, 2025

When retail giant Marks & Spencer experienced a security event over Easter weekend, they were forced to shut down their online operations, which account for That’s when they can count on fewer security personnel monitoring systems, delaying response and remediation.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 18, 2024

Over the past year I have experimented to see how various retailers handle personal information that they collect from customers, especially when such information is collected as part of a purchase made by the customer in what appears, at first glance, to be some “amazing deal.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Australian retail giant Woolworths disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 2.2 Bad news for the customers of the MyDeal online marketplace, the Australian retail giant Woolworths disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 2.2 Also, no customer account passwords were accessed. million MyDeal customers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Fashion retailer Forever 21 disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 500,000 individuals. On March 20, 2023, the fashion retailer Forever 21 has discovered a cyber incident that impacted a limited number of systems. The retailer also notified law enforcement.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

However, industries reliant on shared devices—such as healthcare, retail, and manufacturing—face unique challenges. Similarly, in retail and manufacturing, delays caused by authentication procedures reduce overall efficiency. These fast-paced environments need a more flexible approach to balance security, speed, and user privacy.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2024

A partial selfie posted by Puchmade Dev to his Twitter account. That story showed how Punchmade’s social media profiles promoted Punchmade-themed online stores selling bank account and payment card data. Incredibly, Turner acknowledges that PNC told him his account was flagged for attention from law enforcement officials.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

As a total sucker for anything skimming-related, I was interested to hear from a reader working security for a retail chain in the United States who recently found Bluetooth-enabled skimming devices placed over top of payment card terminals at several stores. Want to learn more about overlay skimmers?

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Retail Accountability Banking Risk 354

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.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2025

“On November 20, 2024, we were notified by a vendor of point-of-sale processing services for some of our retail locations that accounts with their organization had been compromised by an organized cybercrime group.” After discovering the security breach, the company investigated the incident and notified law enforcement.

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Graham Cluley

MAY 7, 2025

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned the IT helpdesks of retailers to be on their guard against bogus support calls they might receive from hackers pretending to be staff locked out of their accounts. Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2020

Whoever compromised the shop siphoned data on millions of card accounts that were acquired over four years through various illicit means from legitimate, hacked businesses around the globe — but mostly from U.S. Although Visa cards made up more than half of accounts put up for sale (12.1 Indeed, three years later the U.S.

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Accountability Banking Retail Hacking 363

Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2024

The Cactus ransomware group claims to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden. Coop is one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden, with approximately 800 stores across the country. The stores are co-owned by 3.5 million members in 29 consumer associations.

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Retail Ransomware Encryption Hacking 141

Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2022

million of their customers have had their user accounts compromised in credential stuffing attacks. million accounts of their customers were compromised in credential stuffing attacks. million customer accounts, all of which appeared to have been compromised in credential stuffing attacks.” million customer accounts.

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Accountability Retail Passwords Data breaches 141

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Identity theft takes many shapes and forms, and account takeover is one of them. In this case, ATO happens when a cybercriminal gains unauthorized access to a user’s financial, airline miles, retail, streaming, or mobile device account. The post What is Account Takeover (ATO)? The post What is Account Takeover (ATO)?

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Accountability Identity Theft Retail Mobile 112

Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2025

Good bots accounted for just 14% of the internet’s traffic. An increasing number try to hijack peoples’ online accounts, which they often do by credential stuffing. These account takeover attacks have skyrocketed lately. Bad bots comprised 37% of internet traffic in 2024, up from 32% the year prior.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 18, 2022

When a participant uses a SNAP payment card at an authorized retail store, their SNAP EBT account is debited to reimburse the store for food that was purchased. ” The woman profiled in Smith’s story contacted all of the retailers where her EBT card was used to buy thousands of dollars worth of baby formula.

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Retail Banking Accountability Technology 307

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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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2021

From there, the attackers can reset the password for almost any online account tied to that mobile number, because most online services still allow people to reset their passwords simply by clicking a link sent via SMS to the phone number on file. a one-time passcode sent via email to the email address associated with the account. -a

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Flashpoint said MrMurza appears to be extensively involved in botnet activity and “drops” — fraudulent bank accounts created using stolen identity data that are often used in money laundering and cash-out schemes. was used for an account “Hackerok” at the accounting service klerk.ru

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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. Hy-Vee said it was too early to tell when the breach initially began or for how long intruders were inside their payment systems.

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Energy and Utilities Retail Data breaches Marketing 279

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2021

” The intrusion came to light on Twitter when the account @und0xxed started tweeting the details. ” Other databases allegedly accessed by the intruders included one for prepaid accounts, which had far fewer details about customers. In at least one case , retail store employees were complicit in the account takeovers.

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Mobile Data breaches Accountability Wireless 348

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

The subdomains listed above suggest the attackers may also have targeted American retailer Sears ; Green Dot , the world’s largest prepaid card vendor; payment processing firm Elavon ; hosting firm Rackspace ; business consulting firm Avanade ; IT provider PCM ; and French consulting firm Capgemini , among others. internal-message[.]app.

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Retail Phishing Antivirus Internet 259

Jane Frankland

MAY 3, 2025

Then, the focus of cyber attacks on retailers, and what lessons must be learned by business leaders and customers. These hackers, often part of loosely affiliated communities like “The Com,” use innovative methods and target industries like retail, telecoms, and finance for maximum impact.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 2, 2023

The American clothing company Hot Topic announced they identified suspicious login activity on a series of Reword accounts. The retail chain has 675 stores across the U.S. Hot Topic warns that a data breach might have compromised users` sensitive information. and an online shop with roughly 10 million visitors monthly.

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Data breaches Accountability Retail Cybersecurity 98

Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2025

Exposed data included contact details, partial SSNs and bank info, ID images, account history, and limited internal documents. Compromised data includes: Name, address, phone, and email; Masked Social Security (last 4 digits only); Masked bank-account numbers and some bank account identifiers; GovernmentID images (e.g.,

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Data breaches Banking Accountability Retail 82

Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2025

In many cases, threat actors employed methods to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA), by tricking victims’ help desk services to add unauthorized MFA devices to compromised accounts. In May, Google warned that the cybercrime group Scattered Spider behind UK retailer attacks is now targeting U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2019

Launched in May 2017, the Fuze Card is a data storage device that looks like a regular credit card but can hold account data for up to 30 credit cards. For evidence of this, one need only look to the constant innovations that fraudsters come up with to deploy physical card skimmers at ATMs and retail checkout lanes.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

If you created an online account to manage your tax records with the U.S. was originally launched in 2010 with the goal of helping e-commerce sites validate the identities of customers who might be eligible for discounts at various retail establishments, such as veterans, teachers, students, nurses and first responders. account).

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Mobile Accountability Insurance Government 364

Adam Levin

MARCH 9, 2020

The retailer wasn’t alone. The best way to avoid getting skinned by e-skimming is standard issue: We all need to monitor our accounts, avoid using debit cards (because they are a direct money funnel), keep our password games strong, and generally practice good cyber hygiene. Too Many Coders in the Kitchen. It is cultural.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

Constella Intelligence , a service that indexes information exposed by public database leaks, shows this email address was used to register an account at the clothing retailer romwe.com, using the password “ 123456xx.” DNS records for worldwiredlabs[.]com org, which is registered in Mr. Zanco’s name.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Easily the most sophisticated skimming devices made for hacking terminals at retail self-checkout lanes are a new breed of PIN pad overlay combined with a flexible, paper-thin device that fits inside the terminal’s chip reader slot. What enables these skimmers to be so slim?

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 6, 2024

Pet retail giant PetSmart is warning some customers their passwords were reset due to an ongoing credential stuffing attack attempting to breach accounts. [.]

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2025

Ahold Delhaize is a Dutch-Belgian multinational retail and wholesale holding company. A ransomware attack on grocery giant Ahold Delhaize led to a data breach that affected more than 2.2 million people. A ransomware attack on Dutch grocery giant Ahold Delhaize has led to a data breach affecting over 2.2 million people.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 12, 2025

The Order stresses that the retailer "would have known" about these configuration issues on the site "had it been monitoring its website, but [the retailer] instead deferred to third-party privacy management tools without knowing their limitations or validating their operations."

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