Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

residents to acquire and store a COVID-19 vaccine credential did not validate user input properly and stored forged verifications, according to security researchers. NCC Group: Users Could Fraudulently Create QR Code, Get COVID Pass A recently patched flaw in a mobile app allowing N.Y.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

The Australian Startup Uses Blockchain To Stop Data Tampering, Document Alteration OneSpan plans to purchase an Australian startup founded by a longtime Quest Software executive to securely store and vault documents based on blockchain technology.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

Convenience Store Chain Says Payment Card Data Exposed The Wawa convenience store chain is investigating why malware planted on point-of-sale devices at nearly all of its over 850 locations throughout the East Coast went undetected for nearly eight months.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Facebook Under Fresh Scrutiny Over How It Stored User Passwords Facebook has corrected an internal security issue that allowed the company to store millions of user passwords in plaintext that were then available to employees through an internal search tool.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Avast: Most of These Apps, Which Had 8 Million Downloads, Have Been Removed Some 21 malicious Android apps containing intrusive adware were discovered on the Google Play Store, but most have now been removed, according to a new report from the security firm Avast.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Google removed fake Signal and Telegram apps from its Play store. It was also available in the Samsung app store and on signalplus[.]org, Both apps remain available in the Samsung store. org, a dedicated website mimicking the official Signal.org. Google removed it from Play in 2021.

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MAY 22, 2019

Passwords Remained Encrypted for Enterprise Users Google is notifying administrators and users of its business-oriented G Suite product that the company had been storing unhashed passwords for years because of a flaw in the platform. The company believes no customer data was leaked and that all passwords remained encrypted.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 7, 2019

Latest Attack Targets Online Campus Stores in US and Canada JavaScript sniffers, which are used to skim credit card and other customer data from e-commerce websites, are a persistent threat. In the latest incident, an attack targeted about 200 online campus stores in the U.S. and Canada, Trend Micro reports.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

Crooks use to exploit vulnerabilities in e-commerce platforms and CMSs to inject the skimming script into the page of the e-store. The term digital skimming refers to the criminal practice of harvesting payment information of visitors of a website during checkout. ” reads the press release published by Europol.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ThreatFabric researchers discovered five malicious dropper apps on Google Play Store with more than 130,000 downloads. Researchers at ThreatFabric have discovered five malicious dropper apps on the official Google Play Store. ” reads the analysis published by ThreatFabric. ” reads the analysis published by ThreatFabric.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2023

The campaign is active since at least January 2023, threat actors seem to be interested in payment stats from the orders in the victim’s Magento store placed in the past 10 days. These attackers used these two names because they are also the names of the popular Magento extensions stores.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Experts discovered two new malicious dropper apps on the Google Play Store distributing the Xenomorph banking malware. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a couple of malicious dropper apps on the Play Store distributing the Xenomorph banking malware. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

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JULY 19, 2022

Google blocked dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were spreading Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. Google has removed dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were distributing Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A security flaw in the Galaxy Store app for Samsung devices could have potentially allowed remote command execution on affected phones. A now-patched vulnerability in the Galaxy Store app for Samsung devices could have potentially triggered remote command execution on affected phones. ” reads the advisory. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

The researchers discovered over a dozen Android Apps on Google Play Store, collectively dubbed DawDropper, that were dropping Banking malware. As of reporting, these malicious apps are no longer available on Google Play Store.” ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Xenomorph Android trojan has been observed distributed via the official Google Play Store targeting 56 European banks. Researchers from ThreatFabric have spotted a new Android banking trojan, dubbed Xenomorph , distributed via the official Google Play Store that has over 50,000 installations. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2023

“Based on our telemetry, we were able to identify active Android campaigns where an attacker uploaded and distributed malicious apps that go by the names Signal Plus Messenger and FlyGram via the Google Play store, Samsung Galaxy Store, and dedicated websites, mimicking the Signal application (signalplus[.]org)

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2023

Researchers found two flaws in Samsung Galaxy Store that could be exploited to install applications or achieve code execution on the devices. The vulnerability CVE-2023-21433 is an improper access control that can allow local attackers to install apps from the Galaxy App Store. ” reads the advisory published by NCC Group.

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JULY 17, 2022

Google is going to remove the app permissions list from the official Play Store for both the mobile app and the web. As part of the “ Data safety ” initiative for the Android app on the Play Store, Google plans to remove the app permissions list from both the mobile app and the web. Pierluigi Paganini.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Media Markt is a German multinational chain of stores selling consumer electronics with over 1000 stores in Europe. The sales online were not affected by the security incident. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Book a conversation here The post More in store with IBM Storage Virtualize appeared first on IBM Blog. Either an on-premises iteration and a public cloud version.

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CILIP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

CILIP launches store for Library and Book Lovers The CILIP store is now open for business with a range of gifts and items that are inspired by the wonderful work of librarians and information professionals. All products in the store are created with an ethical and environmental framework, with sustainable packaging and raw materials.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

An interesting report published by RiskIQ on 2019 Mobile App Threat Landscape, lists the most dangerous mobile app store online. Mobile users downloaded over 200 billion apps in 2019 and the overall expense in app stores worldwide has been estimated in more than $120 billion. ” reads the report published by RiskIQ.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

The infamous Joker malware has found a way to bypass the security checks to be published in the official Play Store, new clicker was found by experts. In January, Google revealed it successfully removed more than 1,700 apps from the Play Store over the past three years that had been infected with the Joker malware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Many stores were forced to close or switch to cash-only payments after the attack. SPAR operates 13,320 stores in 48 countries as of 2019, but the cyberattack hit only stores in Lancashire county. The attack took place over the weekend and today some stores remained closed. a NCSC spokesperson said. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2023

Fleckpe is a new Android subscription Trojan that was discovered in the Google Play Store, totaling more than 620,000 downloads since 2022. Once discovered, the apps have been quickly removed from the Play Store, but the threat actors might have already uploaded other tainted apps that have yet to be discovered.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

BMA raises concerns with minister about planned data platform, which could be run by US firm Palantir Patients fear that their personal information may be misused by the NHS’s new data store, especially if the US spy technology company Palantir runs it, doctors’ leaders have warned ministers.

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Jamf

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Apple created Privacy Nutrition Labels for apps in the App Store. These apps list what data, if any, is collected and if it is linked to you or used for tracking. This blog goes through the types of data in these labels, what Jamf app labels look like and how to use limited ad tracking.

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Jamf

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Apple created Privacy Nutrition Labels for apps in the App Store. These apps list what data, if any, is collected and if it is linked to you or used for tracking. This blog goes through the types of data in these labels, what Jamf app labels look like and how to use limited ad tracking.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Dakota Murphey explains why store owners and security managers need to also protect their physical locations from the cyber threat, too, however. When we think about cybercrime and retail it is natural to focus on websites being targeted with attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Google removed this week 17 Android apps from its Play Store because they were infected with the Joker (aka Bread) malware, Zscaler revealed. Security researchers from Zscaler spotter 17 apps in the Play Store that were infected with the Joker (Bread) malware. Recently, we have seen regular uploads of it onto the Google Play store.”

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