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Black Friday Triggers Near 700% Rise in Retail Cyber Scams

SecureWorld News

Darktrace today revealed a surge in retail cyberattacks at the opening of the 2024 holiday shopping season. Brands, particularly major retailers like those analyzed, invest significantly in protecting themselves and their customers from scams and cyberattacks, and often step up those measures for the holiday period.

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Did This Retail Giant Pay a Ransom to Scattered Spider?

Security Boulevard

The post Did This Retail Giant Pay a Ransom to Scattered Spider? Moral hazard ahoy: M&S head Archie Norman won’t say if he authorized DragonForce ransomware hacker payday. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Green Bay Packers Retail Site Hacked, Data of 8,500 Customers Exposed

Security Boulevard

The data of more than 8,500 customers were exposed during an attack on the Green Bay Packers online retail website in which the hackers were able to bypass security measure and install malicious code, steal customers' names, addresses, and credit card information.

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An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

Krebs on Security

Shefel confirmed he indeed went by the Rescator identity for several years, and that he did operate a slew of websites between 2013 and 2015 that sold payment card data stolen from Target, Home Depot and a number of other nationwide retail chains. “I’m also godfather of his second son.” ” Dmitri Golubov, circa 2005.

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Hive0117 group targets Russian firms with new variant of DarkWatchman malware

Security Affairs

Hive0117 targets Russian firms in multiple sectors with phishing attacks using a modified version of the DarkWatchman malware. A cybercrime group named Hive0117 is behind a fresh phishing campaign that targeted Russian organizations with a new version of the DarkWatchman malware, according to Russian cybersecurity firm F6.

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4 Arrested in U.K. for Cyberattacks on Retail Tied to Scattered Spider

SecureWorld News

retailers—Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods—earlier this year. Retail disruption costing hundreds of millions The arrests follow months of investigation into a coordinated campaign of cyber intrusions that began in April. retail sector in recent memory. Still, the wave of attacks sent shockwaves through the U.K.

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Android malware turns phones into malicious tap-to-pay machines

Malwarebytes

Then you’re like millions of other users now at risk from a new form of cybercrime – malware that can read your credit or debit card and hand its data over to an attacker. The malware, which cybersecurity company Cleafy calls SuperCard X, uses a feature now found in most Android phones: near-field communication (NFC).

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