IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 18, 2020

With lockdown measures forcing consumers online, ecommerce has never been so popular – online spending on Black Friday was up 22 percent on last year. The practice, which involves attacking ecommerce platforms to steal customers’ payment details, rose by 26 percent during the first lockdown in March. Minimising risks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

Capital One data breach: hacker accessed details of 106M customers before its arrest. Critical zero-days discovered in VxWorks RTOS, billions of devices at risk. LAPD data breach exposes personal info of thousands of officers. Hacking eCommerce sites based on OXID eShop by chaining 2 flaws. Cisco to pay $8.6

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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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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Sensitive data exposure is an all too common cyberthreat that endangers businesses and their customers, as well as websites and their visitors. billion records containing personal data were compromised as a result of data breaches. Sensitive data exposure can be financially devastating to a website. In 2016, 4.8

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s safe to say that the volume and magnitude of high-profile data breaches and ransomware attacks that punctuated 2019 really kept the cybersecurity industry on its toes. Data breaches stole numerous headlines this year, including the notable Capital One breach that exposed more than 100 million customers’ accounts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The last eighteen months have brought a surge to the eCommerce industry, with consumers of all ages learning how to order items online. According to web developer Alex Williams from Hosting Data, companies would be wise to opt for dedicated cloud hosting if security is the sole concern.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2023

These delays can increase the risk to the organization which increases the potential for breaches and other damages. Using a third-party penetration tester runs the risk of exposing those secrets through the hacking process. Priority should be based on the risk profile of the business.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 13, 2022

It’s possible to have more categories, but add too many main classifications, and there is the risk of confusion and debate about which category is the appropriate choice, and of crossover between categories. With over 18 years of experience in web marketing, online SaaS business, and ecommerce growth.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

When a website redirect occurs, visitors navigating your site are intentionally redirected to a malware-infected or phishing website and exposed to cybersecurity risks. These modified queries can lead to a much larger security issue, such as a data breach. As a result, you lose web traffic. Sanitize input fields.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As you can see in the chart below from Statista, data breaches rose more than tenfold between 2005 and 2017. There are quite a few attack vectors available to breach a database. failing to regularly update your theme, plugin, and core files is a huge security risk. SSL Certificates.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The use of IoT technologies holds enormous potential in practically every segment of human enterprise – government, banking and finance, healthcare, retail, agriculture, and ecommerce to name a few. But making the IoT work requires trust in the devices and the data they collect.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Are the directors of a company hit by a cyberattack liable for negligence in failing to take steps to limit the risk. As the risk of a cyberattack grows, it is pivotal to consider whether the directors of a company hit by a ransomware attack, for example, can bear any liability for negligence in failing to take steps to limit the risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As Covid pushed the pendulum ever closer to ecommerce supremacy, more people are shopping online in 2022 than ever before, with the usual holiday spike already upon us. That means more people unaware of the risks online shopping presents (other than overspending). In 2021, online holiday sales reached $211.41 billion , a 2.5%

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

These infections make sites vulnerable to takeovers, defacement and data breaches from bad actors looking to tarnish site reputations and turn a profit – and the costs can be devastating for businesses. In fact, the average data breach now costs businesses $1.9 million websites globally.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

data-in-use encryption, is changing the data protection landscape and could spark a cybersecurity movement that dwarfs tokenization in both usage and magnitude of impact. Tokenization was invented a little over twenty years ago in 2001 to address the risk of losing cardholder data from eCommerce platforms.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Related: Uber hack shows DevOps risk. The common demonitor: All of those organizations have now disclosed massive data breaches over a span of the past five years. Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

With cyberattacks and data breaches on the rise, it's become especially important for brands to ensure their assets are sufficiently safeguarded, particularly as more of their infrastructure migrates to support remote systems to cloud-based platforms and their services become more reliant on the internet.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

5 DDoS Attack Risks. DDoS attacks are a substantial business risk, especially for organizations who lack the capabilities to detect and mitigate attacks on cloud-based infrastructure. These requests may strongly resemble genuine user traffic, making application layer attacks potentially more difficult to identify and mitigate.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Using older software within your own software always carries risk. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Vamosi: SolarWinds, NotPetya, WannaCry, The Target Data breach.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Using older software within your own software always carries risk. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Vamosi: SolarWinds, NotPetya, WannaCry, The Target Data breach.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Hacking InfoSec Software 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

“The security risks of remote working have been well documented. Away from the office, employees are now far more likely to practice poor cyber hygiene, for example connecting to unsafe networks, transferring work data to personnel devices, or sharing unencrypted files. Terry Storrar, Managing Director, Leaseweb UK.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

You might not think of it as a major aspect of security and yet, stolen credentials are really the key to data breaches today. So um, yeah, is up sometimes risk of falling into a black hole of, of doom, know that there's a lack of ownership. Vamosi: So let’s define some terms. What is identity?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

For example through the use of both the Finnish and US CERT the details of Heartbleed were given to several companies ahead of public disclosure, making sure that banking and ecommerce websites that used OpenSSL were patched in time. My job as an IT manager is to minimize the risk and put out fires.”

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

For example through the use of both the Finnish and US CERT the details of Heartbleed were given to several companies ahead of public disclosure, making sure that banking and ecommerce websites that used OpenSSL were patched in time. My job as an IT manager is to minimize the risk and put out fires.”

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