Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2023

Retailer WH Smith disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack, threat actors had access to access company data. Retailer WH Smith revealed that threat actors have breached its infrastructure and had access to the data of about 12,500 current and former employees.

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Retail Data breaches Cyber Attacks Hacking 87

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2021

American clothing brand and retailer Guess discloses a data breach after the February ransomware attack and is notifying the affected customers. The company told BleepingComputer that threat actors had no access to customer payment card information and that the security breach did not have a material impact on operations or financial results.

Retail 95

Retail Data breaches Ransomware Identity Theft 95

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Retail giant Target is going to open-source an internal tool, dubbed Merry Maker , designed to detect e-skimming attacks. Retail giant Target announced the release in open-source of an internal tool, dubbed Merry Maker , designed to detect e-skimming attacks. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

Retail 83

Retail Cybersecurity Hacking Software 83

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2021

fine under GDPR against the online laptop and electronic goods retailer NBB for video-monitoring employees. million fine under the GDPR against an online laptop and electronic goods retailer NBB’s (notebooksbilliger.de) for video-monitoring employees for at least a couple of years. .” The post German laptop retailer fined €10.4m

Retail 106

Retail Surveillance Hacking Information Security 106

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Resecurity has identified a new underground marketplace in the Dark Web oriented towards mobile malware developers and operators. “In the Box” dark web marketplace is leveraged by cybercriminals to attack over 300 financial institutions (FIs), payment systems, social media and online-retailers in 43 countries.

Mobile 98

Mobile Malware Banking Retail 98

Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

The previously undetected LOBSHOT malware is distributed using Google ads and gives operators VNC access to Windows devices. Researchers from Elastic Security Labs spotted a new remote access trojan dubbed LOBSHOT was being distributed through Google Ads. ” reads the report published by Elastic Security Labs.

Malware 82

Malware Cybercrime Banking Software 82

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

Microsoft linked a private-sector offensive actor (PSOA) to attacks using multiple zero-day exploits for its Subzero malware. Microsoft states that multiple news reports have linked the company to the Subzero malware toolset used to hack a broad range of devices, phones, computers, and network and internet-connected devices.

Surveillance 85

Surveillance Malware Authentication DNS 85

Hot for Security

APRIL 19, 2021

Notorious FIN7 gang stole payment card details from retailers around the world Cybercrime gang posed as penetration testing firm to recruit hackers. More details on how the malware operated can be read about in this technical paper by Bitdefender Labs. Gorman of the Western District of Washington. ”

Penetration Testing 144

Penetration Testing Retail Social Engineering Cybersecurity 144

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2020

E-Land Retail suffered a ransomware attack, Clop ransomware operators claim to have stolen 2 million credit cards from the company. E-Land Retail is a South Korean conglomerate headquartered in Changjeon-dong Mapo-gu Seoul, South Korea. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). Credit cards CVV code is not included in Track 2 data.

Ransomware 118

Ransomware Retail Encryption Malware 118

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

TA544 is a financially motivated threat actor that is active at least since 2017, it focuses on attacks on banking users, it leverages banking malware and other payloads to target organizations worldwide, mainly in Italy and Japan. ” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. Banca Sella UniCredit Group. ” concludes the report.

Malware 78

Malware Banking Social Engineering Retail 78

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Cyber security team at retail giant Walmart dissected a new ransomware family dubbed Sugar, which implements a ransomware-as-a-service model. The cyber threat team at retail giant Walmart has analyzed a new ransomware family dubbed Sugar, which is offered through a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model.

Ransomware 92

Ransomware Retail Malware Cyber threats 92

Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2024

Skanlog, a critical distributor for Systembolaget, the Swedish government-owned retail chain suffered a ransomware attack. It operates stores across Sweden and is responsible for the retail sale of wine, spirits, and strong beer. “It Systembolaget has a monopoly on the sale of alcoholic beverages containing more than 3.5%

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Retail Cyber Attacks Backups 98

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2020

com to deliver malware. One way to do this is NOT to click on promotional links in emails, and instead, Google your desired retailer and click the link from the Google results page. The post Crooks leverage Zoom’s popularity in Coronavirus outbreak to serve malware appeared first on Security Affairs.

Malware 107

Malware Advertising Retail Architecture 107

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Croatia government agencies have been targeted by unknown hackers with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. A mysterious group of hackers carried out a series of cyber attacks against Croatian government agencies, infecting employees with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. ” reads one of the alerts.

Government 76

Government Malware Computers and Electronics Advertising 76

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Once the malware has escalated the privileges on a machine, the threat actors use a batch script to uninstall popular antivirus solutions installed on the machine. In early January, the Cactus ransomware group claimed to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden.

Ransomware 120

Ransomware Hacking Data breaches Digital transformation 120

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

Most of the victims are in the manufacturing, engineering and construction, and retail sectors. Some of the victims’ ransom payments were sent by both Conti and Black Basta groups to the gang behind the Qakbot malware. 61,9% of the victims are in the US, 15.8% in Germany, and 5.9%

Ransomware 106

Ransomware Hacking Healthcare Retail 106

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2019

Lumber Liquidators, a leading specialty retailer of hard-surface flooring in North America, announced that a malware attack took down its network. North American hard-surface flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators revealed that it was victim of a security incident, a malware-based attack took down part of its network for nearly a week.

Malware 66

Malware Retail Advertising Mobile 66

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Microsoft researchers observed a campaign delivering malware, dubbed Nodersok, relying on advanced techniques and elusive network infrastructure. Microsoft experts observed a malware campaign, tracked as Nodersok, relying on advanced techniques and elusive network infrastructure. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 79

Malware Advertising Retail Healthcare 79

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2021

The company detected the security breach on January 6, 2021, and determined that the intrusion took place early this year, on January 4th, 2021. Then threat actors tricked UScellular employees working in retail stores into downloading and installing malicious software. ” reads the USCellular data breach notification.

Data breaches 138

Data breaches Wireless Retail Accountability 138

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Facebook has suspended some accounts linked to APT32 that were involved in cyber espionage campaigns to spread malware. Facebook has suspended several accounts linked to the APT32 cyberespionage that abused the platform to spread malware. APT32 also carried out watering hole attacks through compromised websites or their own sites.

Retail 122

Retail Malware Mobile Accountability 122

NopSec

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

No industry is immune to IT security breaches and it seems that retailers have been in the spotlight of late. It will be interesting to see if courts decide whether the retailer was vigilant enough in protecting against known security vulnerabilities and allowing a significant breach to go on for multiple months undetected.

Information Security 40

Information Security Retail Cyber Attacks Data breaches 40

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Agent Tesla , first discovered in late 2014, is an extremely popular “malware-as-a-service” Remote Access Trojan (RAT) tool used by threat actors to steal information such as credentials, keystrokes, clipboard data and other information from its operators’ targets. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

Cyber threats 131

Cyber threats Engineering Financial Services Malware 131

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Human Security identified a supply chain of a Chinese manufacturer that was compromised to backdoor the firmware of several products delivered to resellers, physical retail stores and e-commerce warehouses. “Unfortunately, BADBOX-infected devices are unsalvageable by an average user. ” concludes the report.

Firmware 140

Firmware Mobile Malware Retail 140

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Once the malware has escalated the privileges on a machine, the threat actors use a batch script to uninstall popular antivirus solutions installed on the machine. In early January, the Cactus ransomware group claimed to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden.

Ransomware 96

Ransomware Digital transformation Retail Antivirus 96

Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

Once the malware has escalated the privileges on a machine, the threat actors use a batch script to uninstall popular antivirus solutions installed on the machine. In early January, the Cactus ransomware group claimed to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden.

Data breaches 97

Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing Encryption 97

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2023

PoC Exploit for CVE-2022-47966 will be released soon Fortinet observed three rogue PyPI packages spreading malware Managing Asset Risks During Healthcare M&As Avast researchers released a free BianLian ransomware decryptor for some variants of the malware Experts spotted a backdoor that borrows code from CIA’s Hive malware T95 Android TV Box sold (..)

Data breaches 86

Data breaches Retail Malware VPN 86

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2021

Threat Report Portugal Q4 2020: Data related to Phishing and malware attacks based on the Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d. The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q4 2020. A new piece of malware was also tracked and analyzed during Q3 and active in Q4 – trojan URSA/mispadu.

Threat Reports 105

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 105

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

In contrast, past Dudear email campaigns carried the malware as attachment or used malicious URLs. pic.twitter.com/mcRyEBUmQH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 72

Malware Security Intelligence Banking Phishing 72

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

.” Most of the victims are in the manufacturing, engineering and construction, and retail sectors. Some of the victims’ ransom payments were sent by both Conti and Black Basta groups to gang behind the Qakbot malware. The malware spreads via malspam campaigns, it inserts replies in active email threads.

Ransomware 80

Ransomware Retail Malware Insurance 80

Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The campaigns were classified as either phishing or malware. This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipating emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. Phishing and Malware Q2 2020. Malware by Numbers.

Threat Reports 122

Threat Reports Phishing Banking Malware 122

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Census Bureau’s latest  Annual Retail Trade Survey  reports e-commerce expenditures rose from $571.2 Test security of systems and networks regularly. Support information security within organizational policies and programs. In fact, the U.S. billion in 2019 to $815.4 billion in 2020, a 43% increase.

Antivirus 138

Antivirus Retail Software Accountability 138

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. For more information about the Qakbot TTPs check below the full analysis.

Threat Reports 76

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 76

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This Is What Will Change When You Sign On Growing use of AI in cybersecurity reveals new possibilities Are Software Updates Useless Against Advanced Persistent Threats?

Social Engineering 99

Social Engineering Spyware Data breaches Surveillance 99

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Giant office retail company Staples disclosed a data breach, threat actors accessed some of its customers’ order data. Staples, the office retail giant, disclosed a data breach, it notified its customers that their order data have been accessed by threat actors without authorization.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Retail Identity Theft Advertising 130

Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipating emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. Phishing and Malware Q2 2021. Malware by Numbers.

Threat Reports 113

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 113

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

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Data breaches 90

Data breaches Phishing Ransomware Malware 90

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. Phishing and Malware Q4 2021. Malware by Numbers. in Q3 2021.

Threat Reports 83

Threat Reports Phishing Banking Malware 83