Retail Sector Prepares for Annual Holiday Cybercrime Onslaught
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Retailers and hospitality companies expect to battle credential harvesting, phishing, bots, and various malware variants.
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Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Retailers and hospitality companies expect to battle credential harvesting, phishing, bots, and various malware variants.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MAY 10, 2023
The Retail Data Threat Environment and Why CIAM is a Key Cornerstone to Better Cybersecurity. madhav Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:06 The retail landscape has changed significantly. Customers should be aware of the existing threats, while retailers must understand the risks associated with poor management of customer identities.
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SecureWorld News
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) released its 2022 Holiday Season Cyber Threat Trends report, detailing the threat landscape the retail and hospitality industries face during the holiday season. Phishing activity sharing is down slightly from 18% in 2020 to 16% in 2021.
Identity IQ
AUGUST 31, 2023
How to Identify and Avoid Holiday Phishing Scams IdentityIQ The holiday season brings joy, celebrations, and… a surge in online scams. Holiday phishing scams are an ongoing issue that ramps up when folks are feeling the most festive. What Is a Phishing Scam? How Does Phishing Work? What Are the Types of Phishing Attacks?
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
A China-based financially motivated group, tracked as Fangxiao, is behind a large-scale phishing campaign dating back as far as 2019. Researchers from Cyjax reported that a China-based financially motivated group, dubbed Fangxiao, orchestrated a large-scale phishing campaign since 2017. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing).
Security Affairs
MAY 5, 2021
A new cybercrime gang, tracked as UNC2529 , has targeted many organizations in the US and other countries using new sophisticated malware. The group targeted the organization with phishing attacks aimed at spreading at least three new sophisticated malware strains. The post UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S.
Security Affairs
APRIL 21, 2024
carmaker with phishing attacks Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC. Automotive Industry Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S.
SecureList
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. But our visibility showed otherwise.
SecureList
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
In 2022, global e-commerce retail revenue was estimated to reach $5.7 Methodology In this research, we examine various types of threats, such as financial malware and phishing pages that imitate the world’s largest retail platforms, banks and payment systems. In the screenshot below, a phishing site mimics Chanel.
SecureWorld News
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Security researchers at Checkmarx and Illustria recently discovered a campaign in which a threat actor(s) managed to post over 144,000 phishing packages to popular open source platforms, including NPM, PyPi, and NuGet. The threat actors also used referral IDs to retail websites to benefit from referral rewards.
Adam Levin
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
It’s a good idea to prepare for cybercrime, and whenever possible avoid becoming a victim of it. Additionally, the political season gave rise to phishing campaigns, a phenomenon that is likely to continue through the end of the year. Individuals, businesses and organizations alike need to tread carefully.
SC Magazine
JUNE 24, 2021
A recently reported phishing and vishing campaign was designed to impersonate Geek Squad. A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home.
SecureWorld News
AUGUST 25, 2023
While it is a time of celebration, the weekend also marks an uptick in online scams and phishing attacks. Common Labor Day scams to watch out for Fake Retail Promotions: Cybercriminals create counterfeit websites or email campaigns that mimic legitimate retailers offering massive discounts on popular products.
SiteLock
AUGUST 27, 2021
For example, in a study just published by Russian security firm Kaspersky , the number two target for phishing attacks around the world in 2013 was the financial community. Any guess what the number one target for phishing was? That includes banks, credit card companies, and payment systems like PayPal and Western Union.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
FIN7 cybercrime gang used weaponized Windows 11 Alpha-themed Word documents to drop malicious payloads, including a JavaScript backdoor. Anomali Threat Research experts have monitored recent spear-phishing attacks conducted by financially motivated threat actor FIN7. ” reads the analysis published by Anomali.
The Last Watchdog
JULY 13, 2023
The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5 The data shows how perceptions around cyber and technology risks, from ransomware and other cyber-attacks to the threats posed by AI, are changing the global business risk landscape.
Security Affairs
JUNE 10, 2021
Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversarial cyber intelligence company specializing in the investigation and prevention of high-tech cybercrime, has published a comprehensive analysis of fraud cases on a global scale. . Insurance companies around the world are now suffering from phishing.
SecureList
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Today, e-commerce sales make up 21% of global retail sales, which is a 50% increase on the pre-pandemic levels. In this research, we analyze various types of threats, such as financial malware and phishing pages mimicking the world’s biggest retail platforms, banking and payment systems, and discuss recent trends.
Joseph Steinberg
JUNE 1, 2021
While some meal-kit-service-scam messages contain spelling and grammatical errors, the smishing message (smishing is phishing via text message) that I received did not suffer from such deficiencies; it appeared as well written as typical businesses correspondence. rate of growth experienced the year prior.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 20, 2019
TA505 cybercrime group that operated the Dridex Trojan and Locky ransomware, has been using a new RAT dubbed SDBbot in recent attacks. Security experts at Proofpoint observed the notorious TA505 cybercrime group that has been using a new RAT dubbed SDBbot in recent attacks. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – SDBbot RAT, TA505).
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
Other campaigns observed by the experts invited recipients to claim gift cards from popular retailers like Home Depot. In this case, the spam messages include links to fake online survey pages that have nothing to do with the retailer’s gift card.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023
ransomware builder used by multiple threat actors Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Cybercrime Unpacking the MOVEit Breach: Statistics and Analysis Cl0p Ups The Ante With Massive MOVEit Transfer Supply-Chain Exploit FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown U.S.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Researchers discovered a previously undocumented software control panel, named TeslaGun, used by a cybercrime gang known as TA505. Researchers from cybersecurity firm PRODAFT have discovered a previously undocumented software control panel, tracked as TeslaGun, used by a cybercrime group known as TA505.
McAfee
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Supply chain and logistics, e-commerce and retail, and the travel industry traditionally experience holiday seasonal increases in consumer and business activity, making them more vulnerable to cyber threats and leaving business, employee, and consumer data at risk. E-Commerce and Retail. of the total detected cyber threats.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 18, 2020
Researchers from FireEye’s Mandiant observed FIN11 hackers using spear-phishing messages distributing a malware downloader dubbed FRIENDSPEAK. ” The attack chain starts when the victims enable the macro embedded in an Excel spreadsheet that came with the phishing e-mails. . ” reads the analysis published by FireEye.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 12, 2018
” Organized cybercrime gangs that coordinate unlimited attacks typically do so by hacking or phishing their way into a bank or payment card processor. In both cases, the attackers managed to phish someone working at the Blacksburg, Virginia-based small bank.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Media Markt is a German multinational chain of stores selling consumer electronics with over 1000 stores in Europe.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 30, 2023
Sports fashion retail JD Sports discloses a data breach that explosed data of about 10M customers who placed orders between 2018 and 2020. Customers are recommended to be vigilant because they can be targeted in frauds and phishing attacks. “We want to apologise to those customers who may have been affected by this incident.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Group-IB: The online market for counterfeit goods in Russia has reached $1,5 billion, while the number of phishing attacks has surpassed 1,200 daily. It also leads to a decrease in what we call the psychological price, i.e. the cost that customers are willing to pay for a product from the official retailer.
SecureList
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
We look at phishing threats commonly encountered by users and companies as well as the prevalence of various Windows and Android-based financial malware. Phishing: In 2021, 8.2% of users were hit by phishing. E-commerce-related phishing continued to exceed banking-related phishing, as it did in 2020, making up 17.6%
SecureList
MARCH 29, 2023
However, traditional financial threats – such as banking malware and financial phishing, continue to take up a significant share of such financially-motivated cyberattacks. BlueNoroff developed an elaborate phishing campaign that targeted startups and distributed malware for stealing all crypto in the account tied to the device.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 352 appeared first on Security Affairs.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 13, 2019
Proofpoint analyzed two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
An ongoing phishing campaign launched by TA505 is using attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. In contrast, past Dudear email campaigns carried the malware as attachment or used malicious URLs.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 25, 2021
The group focuses on organizations in the insurance, retail, technology, and chemical industries in the U.S., The group has been active since 2016, it leverages known malware such as PUNCHTRACK and BADHATCH to infect PoS systems and steal payment card data. Canada, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Panama, and Italy.
SecureWorld News
AUGUST 4, 2022
Most recently, a former T-Mobile retail store owner was convicted for stealing employee credentials to illegally access internal computer systems and unlock and unblock cellphones. The former store owner used various phishing techniques to steal T-Mobile employee credentials. How was he unlocking these phones?
Security Affairs
JUNE 12, 2019
At the time, FireEye and root9B published detailed reports about a series of attacks targeting the retail sector. “It is believed that the malware was deployed as a result of several phishing attempts.” ” Experts believe the attackers launched phishing attacks in the attempt of delivering PoS malware.
Security Boulevard
MARCH 31, 2021
UK fashion retailer FatFace angered customers in its handling of a customer data theft hack. The clothes retailer revealed a data theft which included its customer's full names, home addresses, email addresses, and partial debitcredit card details. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct employee phishing tests.
SecureList
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world. Analysis of forecasts for 2021. We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular.
Security Boulevard
JUNE 26, 2023
Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. Rapid technological advancements and potential security gaps due to the growing sophistication of cybercrimes.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
AUGUST 31, 2022
That is why criminals have historically chosen to focus on this industry over the years, with organized crime evolving into organized cybercrime. Ransomware and malware were ranked as the leading threat (cited by 59% of respondents), followed by phishing and denial of service, both at 37%, and man-in-the-middle attacks at 31%.
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.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 13, 2019
According to the new alert issued by the PFD, in the first incident crooks compromised compromise a North American fuel dispenser merchant using a phishing email to deliver a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to the target network. “The threat actors compromised the merchant via a phishing email sent to an employee. Pierluigi Paganini.
SecureWorld News
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Secret Service; Cathy Click, Phishing Defense and Education, FedEx; and Fabiola Fernandez, Product Marketing Manager, Security Awareness Training, Proofpoint. Also, check out our recent post on "Holiday Season Cyber Threat Trends for Retail, Hospitality Industries.".
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