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. In Q3 2021 , online stores were in second place by share of recorded phishing attacks (20.63%). Methodology.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 31, 2023

Phishing attacks, malicious links and social engineering are just a few of the tricks used by cybercriminals to obtain credentials and other valuable information. Phishing attacks are the one of the most common attack vectors used by cybercriminals.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1% Thus, these Australian attacks significantly contribute to the rising trend in socially engineered attacks. 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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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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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It has links to multiple types of cyber crime, including ransomware, carding, phishing, and malware development. 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.

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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.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Despite these uncovered campaigns, attackers were still more likely to hunt for cryptocurrency using phishing, offering dubious cryptocurrency exchange platforms, and launching cryptojacking to illicitly mint cryptocurrency. According to the freshest data on DeFi, every hour 15 newly deployed scams against smart contracts are detected.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Data from the Brazilian Federation of Banks registered a considerable increase in crime (such as explosions at bank branches to steal money) and cybercrime (increased phishing and social-engineering attacks) against banking customers and banking infrastructure. Forecasts for 2022.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q3 & Q4 2022 The results depicted in Figure 1 show that phishing campaigns (98,7%) were more prevalent than malware (1,3%) during Q3 and Q4 2022. of the total, in comparison with 31.1% in Q2 2022. of the total, in comparison with 31.1%

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2022

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q2 2022. The results depicted in Figure 1 show that phishing campaigns (68,9%) were more prevalent than malware (31,1%) during Q2 2022. A growing trend in phishing submissions was observed in Q2 (2630), with malware having 31.1%

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

Key Information About Ransomware Ransomware is in the top-five threats in all fields and the second biggest cybersecurity threat in the retail business. That is why hackers use social engineering tricks to pressure victims into paying a ransom. Most antiviruses don’t protect against ransomware.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

Today’s columnist, Yonatan Israel Garzon of Cyberint, says that the online boom during the pandemic has caused serious security issues for online retailers. At the same time, retailers have been forced to extend their online services to a breaking point, while often involving third parties in their supply and logistics chains.

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