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Big Brands Defenseless Against POS Malware

SiteLock

It wasn’t just the small window that revealed data breaches at Target, Neiman Marcus, Michaels Craft Stores and potentially dozens of other retailers. The malware was so good it was easily able to avoid the security of encryption by grabbing the data in that millisecond of time when the data had yet to be encrypted.

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What Is Edge Security? Overcoming Edge Computing Risks

eSecurity Planet

Edge security provides protection for resources beyond the edge of the traditional network. The fastest growing need stems from edge computing for the Internet of Things (IoT) such as fitness bands, self-driving cars, and retail point-of-sale (POS) registers.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware & Data Theft Organizations worldwide continue to feel the pain of ransomware attacks, although many ransomware gangs may be shifting to extortion over data theft instead of encrypted data. Email security tools : Screens emails and attachments for known malware, malicious URLs, and SPAM before delivery to the end user.