Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Black Friday and Cyber Weekend: Navigating the Tumultuous Waters of Retail Cybersecurity sparsh Tue, 11/21/2023 - 05:01 As global consumers gear up for the much-anticipated shopping bonanza that is Black Friday and Cyber Weekend, retailers brace themselves for the frenzied onslaught of shoppers and the deluge of cyber threats lurking in the shadows.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up? Retailers have been prepping for this season all year and are ready to provide a safe, secure, and seamless customer shopping experience. According to the National Retail Federation (NFR), retail sales during 2024 will grow between 2.5% trillion and $5.28

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Schneider Electric is a multinational company that specializes in energy management, industrial automation, and digital transformation. Kroll researchers reported that the ransomware strain outstands for the use of encryption to protect the ransomware binary.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Schneider Electric is a multinational company that specializes in energy management, industrial automation, and digital transformation. In early January, the Cactus ransomware group claimed to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Businesses, particularly those in financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors, suffer from operational disruptions and financial penalties. On a broader level, data breaches can erode trust between consumers and companies, leading to societal implications such as a loss of confidence in digital services.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up? Retailers have been prepping for this season all year and are ready to provide a safe, secure, and seamless customer shopping experience. According to the National Retail Federation (NFR), retail sales during 2024 will grow between 2.5% trillion and $5.28

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The tech titans have swelled into multi-billion dollar behemoths by myopically focusing on delivering targeted online advertising, in support of online retailing. This has largely shaped the digital lives we’ve come to lead. Like most other pressing cybersecurity challenges today, the problem is rooted in digital transformation.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Offers database encryption to protect against abuse by privileged users. Secure the digital transformation of the payments industry across various applications and environments. When attackers exploit vulnerabilities in these APIs, they can gain access to loyalty accounts, enabling them to steal or misuse this digital currency.

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Financial Services Digital transformation Encryption Risk 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Digital transformation (DX) is fundamentally impacting all aspects of the economy across every industry, and nowhere is this truer than in retail. Analysis of this year’s results showed that the percentage of retailers increasing IT security spending declined. Encryption technologies are the top tools needed.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The digital transformation initiatives have shifted the technology landscape and introduced new threats and risks. All retail banks and foreign bank branches with significant operations in Hong Kong are expected to submit a report containing the result of their assessment to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) by November 2021.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2018

Around the same time, US fashion retailer Forever 21 admitted that hackers had collected customers’ credit card information from its stores’ point of sale terminals over much of 2017, and the information of nearly 1.2 For more information on the Privacy Amendment Act 2017, please visit our dedicated landing page.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

With most of today’s internet traffic being encrypted, security measures can become obsolete without the ability to see into all traffic, encrypted or not. Fuel and energy retailer, Ampol , uses a variety of Cisco technologies, including Secure Firewall, to segment and safeguard its network.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The potential future compromise of classical encryption methods and "harvest now, decrypt later" (HNDL) attacks is seeing interest in post-quantum cryptography soar (72% in the financial services sector vs. 68% overall). For legacy systems, on-premises authentication solutions are still needed to protect resources.

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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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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Offers database encryption to protect against abuse by privileged users. Secure the digital transformation of the payments industry across various applications and environments. When attackers exploit vulnerabilities in these APIs, they can gain access to loyalty accounts, enabling them to steal or misuse this digital currency.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2019

What does this mean for company decision makers, going forward, especially as digital transformation and expansion of the gig economy deepens their reliance on subcontractors? And once you have that, then you have the ability to reverse algorithms and unlock encryption. We do white papers and thought leadership at conferences.

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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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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 11, 2024

However, industries reliant on shared devices—such as healthcare, retail, and manufacturing—face unique challenges. Similarly, in retail and manufacturing, delays caused by authentication procedures reduce overall efficiency. These fast-paced environments need a more flexible approach to balance security, speed, and user privacy.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 16, 2019

This week marks the return of Amazon Prime Day – Amazon’s seasonal retail event which has fast become a masterclass in driving demand and growth through great customer experience. As I wrote about earlier this year , almost all enterprises are now storing sensitive data in digitally transformative environments, but only 30% are encrypting it.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Businesses, particularly those in financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors, suffer from operational disruptions and financial penalties. On a broader level, data breaches can erode trust between consumers and companies, leading to societal implications such as a loss of confidence in digital services.

DDOS 69

DDOS Encryption Data breaches Identity Theft 69

Zero Day

JUNE 10, 2025

We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. Online security is another large aspect.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2022

Digital transformation realized through new 5G-enabled IoT, Operational Technologies (OT) and IT use cases are no exception. These are just a few examples of how businesses are being transformed through edge computing technologies.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

Although some bad bot use cases, such as content scraping and account takeover, are prevalent across different sectors, others, like scalping, usually impact specific industries like online retail and entertainment (ticketing). Certain industries, such as airlines, have unique use cases, such as 'seat spinning' attacks.

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Zero Day

JUNE 10, 2025

We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. You can also enable your iPhone to track your visited locations.

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Zero Day

JUNE 9, 2025

We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. You can also enable your iPhone to track your visited locations.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 23, 2024

This convergence of consumer and business concerns underscores the imperative for organizations to embrace technology strategically and address and mitigate the perceived risks associated with the digital realm. Companies that leverage digital tools to rethink traditional approaches can reshape entire markets and create new paradigms.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

PSD2 hinges on a critical connection between retailers, fintechs, and banks. PSD2 and open banking The move to open banking means removing barriers between competitors as it requires banks to allow their account details and transactions to be shared with third parties through APIs.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 5, 2025

Reports surface with alarming regularity detailing how city administrations have seen their IT systems paralyzed by cyberattacks , or how major retail organizations have suffered significant data losses and extensive operational disruptions. In stark contrast, Dispersives approach is rooted in dynamic multi-path stealth networking.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 25, 2018

The twin drivers of the problem are increased threats and the drive to digitally transform how organizations deliver value and revenue. The answer is probably twofold: The rate at which digital transformation is driving change. Digital transformation drives massive change. Encrypt the data.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 19, 2024

Cybercriminals often encrypt live data and demand ransom for access, corrupting backups and turning off security software. Encrypting a few devices to test their strategy is a red flag that a more significant ransomware assault is imminent and demands immediate action.

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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. Simply put: the more digitally transformed an organisation becomes, the more likely it is to experience a data breach. Cybersecurity Bedrock.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB’s report Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 examines various aspects of cybercrime industry operations and predicts changes to the threat landscape for various sectors, namely the financial industry, telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, and the energy sector. Ransomware operators buy access and then encrypt devices on the network.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

The 57 percent rate statistic is the highest of all verticals we measured in this year’s report (others include the healthcare industry, the retail industry, and the financial services industry) or any region surveyed. Many people still think data security (especially encryption) is complex and has a performance problem.

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SecureList

MAY 7, 2025

Encryption is still widely used, but the rise of double and triple extortion tactics shows a strategic pivot. RansomHub and most modern ransomware groups often combine encryption with data theft, threatening to leak or sell stolen data if a ransom is not paid, making exfiltration a critical tactic.

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