Cybercrime, eCommerce and Phishing - Cyber Security Informer

Cybercrime: Why Ecommerce Environments Should be Extra Vigilant

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It is sadly the case that ecommerce cybercrime is on the rise. As cybercriminals do seem to be taking a keener interest in the industry, it is up to owners of ecommerce businesses to be extra vigilant about cybercrime and put appropriate defenses in place to keep the company secure. Major risks for online retailers.

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How Website Localization Strengthens Cybersecurity in Global Markets

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Cybercrime has been steadily on the rise for the past years. are vital for the smooth functioning of an ecommerce website. If you localize your ecommerce website for this market, you should add localized security features to prevent exploitation of this local vulnerability. Nearly 3 billion records were stolen in the U.S.,

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Ransomware en masse on the wane: top threats inside web-phishing in H1 2020

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. Secure web- phishing. In the first six months of 2020, CERT-GIB blocked a total of 9 304 phishing web resources, which is an increase of 9 percent compared to the previous year.

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The danger of data breaches — what you really need to know

Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Here are some of the most likely targets for access to consumer data: Healthcare organizations : Healthcare companies are a prime target for cybercrime due to the large amounts of sensitive data they store, which includes personal information and medical records. This makes it accessible to a worldwide network of criminals.

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Carding Action 2020: Group-IB supports Europol-backed operation saving €40 million

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The three-month anti-cybercrime effort targeted traders of compromised card details and prevented approximately €40 million in losses. . Cybercrime can affect all aspects of our daily life, from paying in the supermarket, transferring money to our friends to using online communication tools or Internet of Things devices at home.

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Law enforcement Operation HAECHI IV led to the seizure of $300 Million

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The six-month operation (July-December 2023) targeted organizations involved in seven types of online scams: business email compromise (BEC), ecommerce fraud, investment fraud, voice phishing , money laundering associated with illegal online gambling, romance scams , and online sextortion schemes.

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Is Increased Remote Working Fueling a Cybersecurity Crisis?

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2022

However, it has now been well established that over the period of the pandemic there has been an enormous rise in cybercrime. But what has driven this rise in cybercrime? This relates to both having to start an ecommerce site if they couldn’t sell physically, or put their work on servers and provide access to employees. .

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Cybercriminals Implemented Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Invoice Fraud

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. The necessary login credentials for online banking systems are previously harvested through a phishing kit.

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Magecart attacks are still around but are more difficult to detect

Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2022

link] #Magecart #ecommerce pic.twitter.com/p3C4EOXh3C — Sansec (@sansecio) June 9, 2022. Crypto wallets and similar digital assets are extremely valuable and there is no doubt that clever schemes to rob those are in place beyond phishing for them. org Sansec tracks payment fraudsters around the clock. staticounter[.]net

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SiteLock’s Top Five Cybersecurity Predictions For 2020

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

SMS phishing attacks will be the new phish in town. Phishing is a common attack used by cybercriminals to trick individuals into providing personal data or login credentials through a “spray and pray” method that can reach a mass audience, typically via email. Given that over 2.5

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Phishing trap: security awareness through a different lens

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Is it just us, or is phishing everywhere right now? Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. An emotional phish . A message to you.

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Top 4 Tips to Get Ahead of Security Threats

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Because cybercrime is big business (and the fastest-growing type of crime), new attack methods are always arising. By inserting a simple piece of code into an ecommerce site, formjackers can steal customers’ personal identifiable information (PII) as they enter it. •

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Securing Your Organization's Digital Media Assets

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Here are just some of the types of cybercrime that could jeopardize the safety of digital media assets: External attacks : Cybercriminals may attempt to breach company networks or systems to steal sensitive assets through phishing emails, brute force, or DDoS attacks.

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Your Small Business Cybersecurity Guide to the Most Common Cyberthreats

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This makes stealthy attacks incredibly popular in the cybercrime community. An increase in stealthy cybercrime means SMB website owners must educate themselves and take proactive measures to guard against these types of attacks. Cybercriminals won’t become complacent, and that means you shouldn’t, either.

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More than 460,000 payment card details offered for sale on a black market

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A breakdown of the data indicated that all the cards could have likely been compromised online either due to phishing, malware or increased activity of Java-Script sniffers,” commented Dmitry Shestakov, Head of Group-IB ?ybercrime SecurityAffairs – payment card details , cybercrime). ybercrime research unit. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Why Do I Need Website Security?

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cybercrime is a big business and cybercriminals are actively looking to cash in, no matter the website’s size or purpose. Even if you don’t run an eCommerce business, you’ll still want to protect your website. Once they secretly enter your website, they can access your data, steal traffic, deploy phishing schemes, and more.

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