Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 24, 2021

How FIDO 2 authentication can help achieve regulatory compliance. One common denominator in all regulations is the need for strong authentication. Strong authentication is the key to eliminate a large percentage of cyber-attacks, including those based on stolen credentials and subsequent credential stuffing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Once the recording (for this is what it turned out to be) began with the next line in the pre-programmed speech, with no acknowledgement of my response, I knew I was dealing with a robot powered by technology that simulated a real voice. With every passing day attackers grow more and more intelligent, creative, and technologically advanced.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

So before the shopping frenzy begins, we thought this would be an opportune time to outline some best practices that both retailers and consumers should follow in order to protect consumer data. As convenience technologies evolve, look for more risks to consumers and retailers. Protecting Consumer Data is Priority #1.

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Retail Data breaches Mobile Threat Reports 70

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2022

This raises the question of where digital payment technologies will take us in the future, and how will this affect consumers? The biggest challenge for both retailers and financial organizations was the rapidness of that change. Security is paramount; digital payments are not only authorized but they must be authenticated as well.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Shop at reputable and recognizable retailers.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 19, 2023

Predictions on insider threats, passwordless authentication, artificial intelligence, and more Few industries move as quickly as cybersecurity, broadly, and the identity and access management (IAM) segment, specifically. We see them leading the way in implementing broad consumer adoption of passwordless authentication.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Seventy-nine percent of people used two-factor authentication at least once in 2021, with 72% regularly using the technology, as remote work, social media, and online retail spur demand.

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Retail Media Authentication Technology 56

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a SIM-swapping attack, the crooks transfer the target’s phone number to a device they control, allowing them to intercept any text messages or phone calls sent to the victim, including one-time passcodes for authentication or password reset links sent via SMS. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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Cryptocurrency Ransomware Retail Government 228

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 5, 2021

Retail giant Amazon recently offered to pay $10 USD for your palm prints. Amazon are well capable of creating a very secure system, but any plan to create a centralized repository of authentication information should give us pause. Would you offer them your hand? Amazon One is Amazon’s plam-powered contactless identity service.

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Retail Encryption Surveillance Authentication 136

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Because of PrivX’s modern technology, it is also one of the easiest solutions to deploy in large environments. Benefits of PrivX •Eliminates static credentials with passwordless authentication and just-in-time access, enabling easy implementation of Zero Trust access management solution. Easy to use for administrators and users.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A string of advances in biometric authentication systems has brought facial recognition systems, in particular, to the brink of wide commercial use. Adoption of facial recognition technology is fast gaining momentum, with law enforcement and security use cases leading the way. This kind of technology would have many applications.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 23, 2024

Never underestimate the power of technology in shaping your business’s success. The digital landscape is advancing, and the risks of shirking cutting-edge technology are substantial. The future belongs to those who recognize and harness the power of technology to benefit their organizations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Cyber security firm Venafi announced it has uncovered lookalike domains with valid TLS certificates that appear to target major retailers. The number is doubled compared to last year, the study revealed that less than 19,890 certificates have been issued for legitimate retail domains. retailers with over 49,500 typosquatted domains.

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Retail Encryption Advertising Phishing 73

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords and instead authenticate visitors by leveraging data elements unique to each customer’s phone and mobile subscriber account, such as location, customer reputation, and physical attributes of the device. The four major U.S.

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

An Office 365 retail pack. Researchers last week spotted a phishing campaign that leveraged an online email authentication solution from Zix, in hopes that potential victims would be lulled into a false sense of security. Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

This year is expected to see similarly high numbers which is paralleled by increasing retailer anxiety about the state of their cybersecurity. In fact, according to our recent survey of retailers , 88% feel vulnerable to data threats. Digital payment data is created, shared and stored in more places than ever before.

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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 Identify users and authenticate access to system components. The pandemic ushered in an unprecedented wave of online purchasing, as people around the world became far more comfortable with virtual shopping. In fact, the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 12, 2022

I think we can all agree that technology can be a little challenging at times. District of New Jersey, Onur Aksoy, a 38-year-old resident of Florida, was charged with running an operation to traffic fake Cisco equipment from China into the United States with an estimated retail value of more than $1 billion.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 15, 2021

The attack vectors are labelled as Security Mechanisms, Page Creations Methods, Degree of Distribution, Authentication, Input Vectors, Active Contents and Cookies. This is not the first web application security industry report provided by Outpost24 and in 2020, the top US retailers were also analysed.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In our increasingly digital world, a greater proportion of businesses across different sectors are trying to integrate new technologies into their processes. Technologies such as IoT, cloud computing, edge computing, and AI have the ability to drastically improve the service and operations of any business. Untapped potential.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 31, 2023

As technology progresses, so are these cyber scammers who have learned to utilise AI chatbots and deep fake technology to make their attacks even more sophisticated. Cybercriminals can use deep fake technology to impersonate someone you may know or trust to make a social engineering scam even more believable.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Tietoevry is a Finnish multinational information technology (IT) and consulting company that provides managed services and cloud hosting for the enterprise. Impacted customers include Sweden’s largest cinema chain Filmstaden (the attack disrupted its online ticket system) and the discount retail chain Rusta.

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Ransomware VPN Government Retail 105

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

You may not have noticed, but there has been a flurry of breakthroughs in biometric technology, led by some leapfrog advances in facial recognition systems over the past couple of years. The partners aim to combine fingerprint and facial data to more effectively authenticate employees in workplace settings. Ubiquitous surveillance.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

26 posting confirming that the compromise was at the hands of the same nation-state threat group behind the SolarWinds hack and subsequent attacks on various technology companies and federal government agencies. The intruders got in by tricking UScellular retail store employees into downloading malicious software on store computers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Data sprawl Airports handle the identity records of a highly diverse population of employees, including hospitality, retail, security, and maintenance staff. For example, implementing multifactor authentication (MFA) through mobile authenticator apps is impossible in airport areas where smartphones are prohibited.

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Hacker Combat

APRIL 22, 2022

They are followed closely by utility companies and retail organizations. 3 Enable multi-factor authentication. If you have ever had to sign in to your email and then insert a code sent to your phone to verify your identity, you are already familiar with multi-factor authentication. 6 Use strong spam filters.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 11, 2023

Biometrics are automated methods used to identify an individual or verify/authenticate an individual's identity based on physiological characteristics and behavioral traits. It can lead to risky online behavior, such as accepting a push notification to authenticate a login that the user didn't initiate. What are biometrics?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Data breaches caused by weak security measures and procedures result in severe monetary losses, erosion of clients’ trust, and irreversible reputation damage to organizations in the healthcare, financial services, technology, and retail industries, as well as government and public sector entities.

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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. Three-Domain Secure (3DS) 2.0 Three-Domain Secure (3DS) 2.0

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

During the Thales Trusted Access Summit 2021, I discussed how advances in identity proofing such as biometrics and smartphone technologies are enabling organizations to deliver KYC effectively by offering a quick, frictionless, and secure identity proofing environment. Secure online services for retailers. Setting the scene.

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Technology Retail Authentication Data privacy 71

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. This is where machine identities come in handy.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2021

A bold move by the retail giant which aims to offer the complete shopping journey for customers by changing how identification at check-in can substitute authentication at check-out for payment. The technology has only been deployed in the USA for now in two of Amazon’s stores in Seattle, Washington. A need to adapt.

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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. The answer is frictionless payments. Security as Frictionless as Checkout.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

They’ve seen tremendous interest from a wide range of parties, whether that be institutional investors or retail hobbyists looking to find an angle. Firstly, its owner practices good digital hygiene – keep your credentials secure and use multi-factor authentication. Treat NFTs like their source technology, cryptocurrency.

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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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Retail Software Marketing Engineering 67

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

The Resecurity® HUNTER unit has identified a new tool available for sale in the Dark Web called MASQ , enabling bad actors to emulate device fingerprints thus allowing them to bypass fraud protection controls, including authentication mechanisms.

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Mobile Authentication Accountability Cyber threats 121

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.

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