SecureWorld News

AUGUST 3, 2024

The hidden weakness: human error Despite leaps in cybersecurity technology, human error remains an Achilles heel in SCADA and IoT security. Looking ahead The future of SCADA and IoT security requires the use of advanced technologies such as AI and machine learning. Register here to attend for free and earn 6 CPE credits.

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Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

New initiative offers five principles for greater IoT security.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What began over 125 years ago is now an organization that powers a country, operating 1,500 retail stores and stations across ANZ, plus 89 depots for refining and importing fuels and lubricants, and 8,200 employees throughout Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Singapore. Making security an enabler, not a hindrance.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Kilmer said when Spur first started looking into Faceless, they noticed almost every Internet address that Faceless advertised for rent also showed up in the IoT search engine Shodan.io Those with IoT zero-days could expect payment if their exploit involved at least 5,000 systems that could be identified through Shodan.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 15, 2021

A new discovery has been made by security experts that could pose as a danger to over 100 million IOT devices operating worldwide. Data theft from government agencies can not be ruled out and the hackers can exploit the IoT network framework to install espionage related tools.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I also tapped some of my expert colleagues John Grimm, Sol Cates, Jose Diaz and Jon Geater to share their thoughts on a few areas including IoT, established and emerging technologies, and payments. Another headache comes from IoT Industrial use cases will grow and connections to consumer devices will prove to be the weak link in security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 18, 2018

As digital transformation takes hold, the retail industry is under siege from cyber criminals and nation states attempting to steal consumers’ personal information, credit card data and banking information. senior retail IT security managers and 96 IT security managers from retailers across the globe. Nearly 95 percent of U.S.

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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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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Supply chain and cloud misconfigurations are weak links 82% of breaches stem from IoT and cloud misconfigurations, exposing businesses to cascading failures. Retail: Supply chain vulnerabilities contribute to $7.05 Unsecured third-party software and dependencies amplify risks across industries. million in average breach costs.

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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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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2020

New research from Israeli security firm JSOF recently found vulnerabilities in millions of critical Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices in a range of fields and industries. Iot and IIoT security risks. Iot and IIoT security risk mitigation.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Securing Iot, MEC. However, these advancements open the door to new potential threats and vulnerabilities such as kernel bypass, DDOS attacks on 5G service interfaces, cyberattacks on the Internet-of-Things (IoT) ecosystem, leading to Zero-day exploits, software tampering and API exploits. Work from anywhere, forever .

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

IoT and Machine Identity Management in Financial Services. How is IoT changing the financial sector? IoT has already positively impacted the financial sector and will only continue to in the future. The most notable and well-documented example of investment in the IoT infrastructure has been by retail banks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

What’s driving the security of IoT? Imagine a world where the retail value of your car actually grows over time – that’s now becoming a reality. First off, connected vehicles and IoT devices are highly attractive targets to hackers. Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39. The Urgency for Security in a Connected World.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

These can be applications, IoT, Networks, API etc. Healthcare companies must follow HIPAA rules; retailers must comply with PCI DSS. Let us run you through the various aspects of penetration testing, or pen test, and why it is a critical component to protect a company’s network. Are the credentials updated? Business continuity.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 19, 2023

The initiative has garnered support from industry leaders and major retailers. Additionally, the Department of Energy will research and develop a cybersecurity labeling requirement for smart meters and power inverters, expanding the program's scope to critical infrastructure devices.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is very crowded. Connected things are what make the IoT – sensors, cameras, wearable electronics, medical devices, automatic controls. But making the IoT work requires trust in the devices and the data they collect. The IoT is not making the job of securing networks any easier.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

APIs are an essential component of modern mobile, SaaS, and web apps and can be found in partner-facing, internal, and applications for banks, retail, transportation, IoT, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities. The API is a fundamental component of innovation in the world of apps we live in today.

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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. And these use cases can span many industries – manufacturing, public sector, healthcare, education, stadiums, retail and more. Or, an IoT device becomes subject to a supply chain attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2024

is the first country in the world to ban default credentia from IoT devices. The NCSC clarified that the PSTI act also applies to organizations importing or retailing products for the UK market, including most smart devices manufactured outside the UK. ” The U.K.

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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. Tools that reduce multi-cloud data security complexity are critical.

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Cisco Security

JULY 3, 2025

That’s exactly what Cisco’s Hybrid Mesh Firewall does: it offers seamless, end-to-end protection for on-premises, cloud, distributed infrastructures and IoT environments. A retail chain with multiple stores across the country, for instance, can use Cisco Secure Firewall to protect payment systems at each store.

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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Retail bots are helping scalpers scoop up PS5, Xbox Series X inventory and charge massive markups.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Retailers operating in today’s hyper-competitive market are facing similar challenges. The report also shows that personalizing customer experiences can increase online retail revenue by 15%. The 2021 ForgeRock Consumer Identity Breach Report found that 16% of all breaches occur in the retail industry. This comes as no surprise.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. The next day I cut the string, There's a parallel here to IoT light bulbs that change colors. And what then are the tools and knowledge that you need to get started hacking IoT devices. Funny thing.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. The next day I cut the string, There's a parallel here to IoT light bulbs that change colors. And what then are the tools and knowledge that you need to get started hacking IoT devices. Funny thing.

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IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

The gaming industry is most targeted by DDoS attacks, but Microsoft is finding that other industries – including financial institutions, media, internet service providers (ISPs), retailers and supply-chain companies – are seeing an increase in such incidents. IoT Devices Multiply Attacks. See the Top IoT Security Solutions for 2022.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2019

“Several exploitable vulnerabilities exist in the Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450, an LTE gateway designed for distributed enterprise, such as retail point-of-sale or industrial control systems.” SecurityAffairs – IoT, hacking). ” reads the analysis published by Cisco Talos. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2025

Mail, Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS, and Commvault Web Server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The Turmoil Following BreachForums Shutdown: Confusion, Risks, and a New Beginning Earth Kurma APT is actively targeting government and telecommunications orgs in Southeast Asia A large-scale phishing campaign targets WordPress WooCommerce (..)

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Overall, across all retail programs, more than 18 percent of all bug bounty submissions are critical in severity, a new Bugcrowd report found.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2019

In an environment where a heating and ventilation subcontractor can pose an existential risk to a billion dollar retail chain – as infamously happened to Target – just knowing where to start assessing third party risk can be a challenge for any organization, Jordan told me. IOT ignorance. It’s membership and cross-industry driven.”

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

The fastest growing need stems from edge computing for the Internet of Things (IoT) such as fitness bands, self-driving cars, and retail point-of-sale (POS) registers. Instead, data now processes within branch offices, retail locations, factories, and a host of IoT devices.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

This was all part of the Lehi, Utah-based vendor’s efforts to support enterprise cloud migration and the rise of IoT systems, which were both gaining steam. Honoring data sovereignty Name any business use case: banking, retail, healthcare, government, military, entertainment, elections.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2025

Exposed feeds include private residences, retail shops, public transport, and patient areas—revealing a wide-scale risk from improperly configured surveillance systems across all sectors. Poorly secured DIY setups allow attackers to spy, plan robberies, or steal sensitive data.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 1, 2025

There has been a record vulnerability growth in unmanaged IoT sensors and medical devices , giving adversaries millions of new footholds. Generative AI sustains sophisticated, multi-channel social engineering for phishing campaigns to gain access privileges to critical infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

ransomware builder used by multiple threat actors Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Cybercrime Unpacking the MOVEit Breach: Statistics and Analysis Cl0p Ups The Ante With Massive MOVEit Transfer Supply-Chain Exploit FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Census Bureau’s latest  Annual Retail Trade Survey  reports e-commerce expenditures rose from $571.2 In addition, he is a co-founder of the IoT Hack Lab that has been offered at SecTor (Security Education Conference Toronto) since 2015. In fact, the U.S. billion in 2019 to $815.4 billion in 2020, a 43% increase.

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