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2022 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Scams

KnowBe4

Then, in 2005 the clever people at the National Retail Federation decided that an online frenzy of shopping was needed the Monday after Thanksgiving. Over time, Black Friday became Black November as retailers cashed in on the sales and consumers obliged. We know this Monday as Cyber Monday.

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MY TAKE: Agile cryptography is coming, now that ‘attribute-based encryption’ is ready for prime time

The Last Watchdog

And since 2005 or so, one area of focus has been on sharpening the math formulas that make attribute-based encryption possible. Yet, the bottom line is that the retailer, in this scenario, really has no choice but to accept the sizable risk that a private key will eventually get brute-forced hacked, stolen or simply left out in the open.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net.

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The Sainsbury Archive chooses Preservica to create new cloud-based digital archive

Preservica

Preservica’s active digital preservation platform selected to future-proof unique digital assets that document nearly 150 years of corporate, brand and retail history. In 2003 the Sainsbury Archive was set up as an independent charitable trust and in 2005 relocated to the Museum of London Docklands in Canary Wharf.

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MY TAKE: How digital technology and the rising gig economy are exacerbating third-party risks

The Last Watchdog

Allen is a widely respected thought leader on this topic, having launched Shared Assessments in 2005 as an intel-sharing and training consortium focused on third-party risks. And Jordan has had a hands-on role working third-party risk issues for more than a decade. To hear the full interview, please give the accompanying podcast a listen. “We

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Publishers, Marketers, and the Gap Scenario

John Battelle's Searchblog

In it I outlined one (of many) scenarios that I imagined would become pretty commonplace as location based services, search, and social merged into a retail setting. As I laid out in my original post (and my 2005 book), location aware services are not yet a cultural habit, in particular ambient ones.

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Sixth Circuit Finds Coverage for Losses Resulting from Retailer’s Data Breach

Hunton Privacy

that losses resulting from the theft of customers’ banking information from a retailer’s computer system are covered under a commercial crime policy’s computer fraud endorsement. In February 2005, a computer hacker gained access to the main computer system of shoe retailer DSW Shoe Warehouse, Inc. (“DSW”) Retail Ventures, Inc.,