Hot for Security

MARCH 2, 2021

Internet scams are everywhere, inflicting billions of dollars in reported losses from victims each year. Anyone can fall for online scams, as tactics are tailored to the interests of all age groups. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most common scams: Coronavirus-related scams. A daily dose of spam.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, fraud accounts for 73% of all online attacks: 56% are scams (fraud that results in the victim voluntarily disclosing sensitive data) and 17% are phishing attacks (theft of bank card details). In 2020, a multi-stage scam called Rabbit Hole targeted companies’ brands, primarily retail and online services.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The experts pointed out that the majority of all Black Friday spam (by volume) (56%) received in the same period was marked as a scam. The report provides details about some of the Black Friday scams analyzed by the experts, such as Louis Vuitton and Ray Ban sales scams. SecurityAffairs – hacking, scam).

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Case in point: we’re already seeing scams targeting World Cup fans more than a year out from the event. Fact 2: the retail sector, particularly e-commerce, has always been popular with cybercriminals. One of the most common scams is to create a fake website offering great deals for popular shopping portals.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Online holiday shopping brings game-changing convenience to busy shoppers, but without the proper safety best practices, online shoppers can be vulnerable to hackers, identity theft , and all other kinds of scams. Shop from reputable and well-known online retailers : Stick with the big names or trusted online stores.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2023

.” As early as April 2022, KrebsOnSecurity began receiving tips from Canadian readers who were puzzling over why they’d just received one of these SMS phishing messages that referenced information from a recent order they’d legitimately placed at an online retailer. info and pay a $1.55 info , legodelivery[.]info

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Hot for Security

JANUARY 29, 2021

The company believes the incident occurred on January 4, 2021, after threat actors managed to trick employees into accessing and downloading malicious software on some retail-store computers. “A few employees in retail stores were successfully scammed by unauthorized individuals and downloaded software onto a store computer.”

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

One might even say passwords are the fossil fuels powering most IT modernization: They’re ubiquitous because they are cheap and easy to use, but that means they also come with significant trade-offs — such as polluting the Internet with weaponized data when they’re leaked or stolen en masse. TARGETED PHISHING.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Your internet browsing, including entering your credit card information, may not be secure, and you don’t know who is in the middle or on the other end of that connection. Only buy from trusted retailers : Sketchy websites probably have sketchy cybersecurity, which could lead to your information getting stolen.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In this blog, we’ll take a look at the components of a crypto scam, including investors, designers, developers, and marketers, as well as a few interesting trends that characterize this black market. Ocean’s Crypto: Putting the Team Together Crypto Scam Investors Starting a cryptocurrency scams require a significant amount of capital.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2020

Here are key takeaways: Romance scams Like many modern companies, Zoosk, the popular San Francisco-based dating site, rests on infrastructure that’s predominantly cloud-based. And the next step we saw was romance scams. “The unfortunate fact of the matter was that we did see customers falling prey to romance scams.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In fact, holiday shopping can account for up to 30 percent of annual sales for online retailers. In fact, the National Retail Federation (NRF) forecasts holiday sales will grow to between $727.9 As holiday shopping revenue reaches new heights, the number of internet shoppers continues to grow as well, with 55 percent.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In this period netizens hope to take advantage of online bargains and are more active online, for this reason they are more exposed to the risk of scams. Be wary of online retailers who use a free email service instead of a company email address. As always – if the deal sounds too good to be true, chances are it is a scam.

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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. The risk of being scammed runs even higher. While on ordinary days, the customer can easily see that if the product is too cheap, it is most likely a scam, during the Black Friday sales, it gets harder to tell.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 21, 2019

. – namely smart refrigerators, garage doors, home routers and the like – nearly quadrupled for the retail and financial services sectors. The result is what we see taking place in the Internet wild today. In the same time frame, US-based retail companies experienced roughly an 800% spike. residential IP addresses?”

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Sharing more than you feel comfortable with While you need to share data to make a purchase online, you should be wary of any retailer that is requesting more information than you feel comfortable sharing. If an online store requires you to share more information than you want, find another retailer on the internet—or in real life!

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Retailers around the world are anticipating less foot traffic in their shops this holiday season, with more than 75% of consumers expected to do most of their shopping online due to the pandemic. For example, it’s best not to surf the Internet with the same computer that you use to process payments.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

With the growing popularity of the Internet over the past decade, the retail holiday Cyber Monday debuted in 2005 as the online version of Black Friday. consumers’ spending during the holiday season is through an online retailer. consumers’ spending during the holiday season is through an online retailer. 25% of U.S.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Navigating the internet in 2022 is more dangerous than ever for Australian netizens. Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1% The lockdowns have made on-demand retail and mCommerce a permanent fixture among Australian users who share their transaction details without any qualms.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 20, 2022

Retail and wholesale saw a massive 436% leap in phishing attacks in 2021 as attackers took advantage of COVID-boosted online shopping trends. Retail and wholesale moved from the fifth-most phished industry category all the way to first, ahead of last year’s most phished industry, manufacturing.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2020

From vulnerabilities in remote work solutions , to online retail fraud , to hackers profiting from the pandemic through phishing scams and healthcare cyberattacks , SecureWorld has revealed the increased digital threat posed by this worldwide crisis. And the Secret Service hopes to mitigate complex cyber-enabled financial crimes.

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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. In a typical internet hoax manner, crypto scam sites offered visitors to get rich quick by paying a small fee. “Promotional campaigns by major banks” were a popular bait in 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The nonstop intensity of these attacks is vividly illustrated by the fact that malicious bot communications now account for one-third of total Internet traffic. This activity can be seen at any moment of any day by examining the volume of malicious botnet traffic moving across the Internet.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 6, 2023

But with identity theft and other online scams rapidly becoming more prevalent, it’s essential not to leave your credit and identity vulnerable, even if you are determined to cancel IdentityIQ. These features also include dark web and internet monitoring, SSN alerts, stolen funds reimbursement of up to $1 million, and more.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2022

Regarding Q1 2022, the phishing campaigns increased in reference to 2021 as a result of the research focused on the online stores’ scams that hits users worldwide. These kinds of campaigns are the most critical and dangerous for Internet end-users, with a large number of people impacted every week. in Q1 2022. Threats by Sector.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2019

After researching and blocking these resources, Group-IB’s team discovered several other fake websites illegally using famous international brands, including Conad (Italian retail store), Target (International retail stores), Carrefour (international chain of hypermarkets) and many others. Why is this dangerous?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Regarding Q1 2022, the phishing campaigns increased in reference to 2021 as a result of the research focused on the online stores’ scams that hit users worldwide. These kinds of campaigns are the most critical and dangerous for Internet end-users, with a large number of people impacted every week. in Q2 2022.

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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. Stolen in Pandemic Scams. How not to disclosure a Hack. Covid Fraud: £34.5m

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

In the not-so-distant past, banks dealt with online and account takeover fraud, where hackers stole passwords and used phishing scams to target specific individuals. Security capabilities are branching out beyond mobile banking into corporate cash management applications and retail channels. Covering all channels. Talk more soon.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The industries affected included everything from IT to retail, from oil and gas to healthcare. Many used browsers that they were accustomed to, not browsers of choice, or default browsers set by organizations, such as the Internet Explorer. But our visibility showed otherwise. million USD) monthly. Everyone is a target now.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

But SIM swaps are frequently abused by scam artists who trick mobile providers into tying a target’s service to a new SIM card and mobile phone that the attackers control. There is no retail-store employee who will sell access to your SIM information for a paltry $80 payday. Mind you, this isn’t my advice.

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

Phishers mimic every type of organization, including banks, government services, retail and entertainment, as long as the service has a strong user base. Common types include Ponzi schemes, ICO scams, phishing scams, and fake wallet scams.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

While direct customer facing businesses like restaurants and retailers have had to change their opening hours, adapt their business models or close their doors entirely, there are still millions of jobs that can be done at home, outside of the usual office working environment. Scam and phishing. Most common shadow IT in use.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 18, 2018

.” Compared with today, those were sleepy times – when you might update your desktop antivirus weekly or even monthly -like changing the batteries in your TV remote, but not be overly concerned about debilitating cyber attacks or scams, Schrader noted.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

American Express phishing scams also have held consistent over the years with 10% in 2021. Throughout the past year, scammers extensively targeted users of various retail platforms. A noticeable development was the prominence of cryptocurrency-related phishing scams.

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