Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 18, 2024

Over the past year I have experimented to see how various retailers handle personal information that they collect from customers, especially when such information is collected as part of a purchase made by the customer in what appears, at first glance, to be some “amazing deal.”

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Data collection Retail Scams Artificial Intelligence 235

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

Digging further into the skimmer's infrastructure on Russian-based hosting provider DDoS-Guard, we came across a digital crime haven for cryptocurrency scams, Bitcoin mixers, malware distribution sites and much more. In the next section, we will show exactly what happens during this process of data collection and exfiltration.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes. The cybercrooks might also use the data to contact their victims later, staging a more convincing swindle. Phishing attacks targeted both the customers of globally known retailers and regional players.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

To gain insights into the financial threat landscape, we analyzed data on malicious activities on the devices of Kaspersky security product users. Individuals who use these products voluntarily made their data available to us through Kaspersky Security Network. All data collected from Kaspersky Security Network was anonymized.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Although finance experts and retail investors estimate crypto to have a solid chance of recovery in the long term, at the time of writing this report the prices remain low. The main tool we use to obtain and analyze threat-related data is Kaspersky Security Network (KSN). In fact, cybercriminals hunting for crypto can target anyone.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The availability of access to the email accounts of C-level executives could allow threat actors to carry out multiple malicious activities, from cyber espionage to BEC scams. ” reported ZDNet. At the time of writing, it is unclear how the threat actor has obtained the login credentials.

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