Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 12, 2018

On January 8, 2017, the UK Information Commissioner (“ICO”) issued an unprecedented monetary penalty of £400,000 against British mobile phone retailer, The Car Phone Warehouse Limited.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Cyber security firm Venafi announced it has uncovered lookalike domains with valid TLS certificates that appear to target major retailers. The number is doubled compared to last year, the study revealed that less than 19,890 certificates have been issued for legitimate retail domains. retailers with over 49,500 typosquatted domains.

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Retail Encryption Phishing Authentication 72

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Most online retailers grew wise to these scams years ago and stopped shipping to regions of the world most frequently associated with credit card fraud, including Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Russia. The stuffers use stolen cards to purchase high-value products from merchants and have the merchants ship the items to the drops’ address.

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Marketing Retail Blockchain Communications 256

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The X-Force Exchange threat intelligence platform (TIP) was launched in 2015 to open up the wealth of threat intelligence collected by IBM X-Force to the public to support collaborative defense. One retailer, noted Dillingham, replaced multiple threat intelligence feeds with X-Force Exchange to dramatically reduce their investigation time.

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Retail Cloud Access Privacy 71

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2019

Security experts at riskIQ revealed today that another two organizations were victims of Magecart crime gang, the bedding retailers MyPillow and Amerisleep. Security experts at RiskIQ announced that the two bedding retailers MyPillow and Amerisleep were victims of the Magecart cybercrime gang. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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IT Governance

JUNE 13, 2018

At this point, the major consumer electronics retailer said there was no evidence of any fraud. This isn’t the first time that the retailer has suffered a data breach. In 2015, the personal data of 2.4 In a second breach, personal customer data in the form of names, addresses and email addresses was accessed.

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Retail Data breaches GDPR Compliance 65

ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

During 2013’s peak holiday shopping months, popular retailer Target was breached -- 40 million customer credit card accounts, and up to 110 million sets of personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers were stolen. Thus far, the breach has cost the retailer $61 million. Damaged reputation. See graph above.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

JM Bullion, the online retailer of products made of precious metals (i.e. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. JM Bullion, the leading online bullion dealer in the United States, has disclosed a data breach, hackers stole customers’ credit card information. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2019

“CyberInt researchers have been tracking various activities following the spear-phishing campaign targeting large US-based retailers detected in December 2018.” ” The TA505 group was first spotted by Proofpoint back 2017, it has been active at least since 2015 and targets organizations in financial and retail industries. .

Retail 71

Retail Phishing Ransomware Access 71

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

Claire’s is an American retailer of accessories, jewelry, and toys primarily aimed toward girls, tweens and teens, it has over 2,000 locations in North America and Europe, and 6,794 concession locations and 546 franchised stores in other regions. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT has been stealing payment card data from customers of large retailers in the U.S. Sansec researchers reported that North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has been stealing payment card information from customers of large retailers in the U.S. and Europe for at least a year. and Europe for at least a year.

Retail 95

Retail Phishing Marketing IT 95

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Another fashion retailer suffered a data breach, the victim is SHEIN that announces the security breach affected 6.42 The retailer hired a forensic cybersecurity firm as well as an international law firm to investigate the security breach. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2020

He was arrested in Malaysia in September 2015 and transferred to the US to face trial. The collaboration between the IS hackers Hussain and Ferizi started in April 2015, according to the US authorities. The ISIS-linked hacker obtained the data by hacking into the US web hosting company’s servers on June 13, 2015.

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Military Government Retail Risk 88

ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

During 2013’s peak holiday shopping months, popular retailer Target was breached -- 40 million customer credit card accounts, and up to 110 million sets of personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers were stolen. Thus far, the breach has cost the retailer $61 million. Watch EP 04 See TV Guide. See graph above.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

To cash out the payment card data obtained, the scammers attempted to make purchases at the catalogue retailer Argos. The scammers told the client of the hotel that her payment card had been declined, and asked her for a second bank card, then they tried to make several transactions in excess of £1,000 at the catalogue retailer Argos.

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Retail Data breaches Security IT 104

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

“A forensic investigation of the incident has concluded, and no exfiltration of any sensitive business data or retail customer, supplier, consumer, or employee data was identified. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the 10-Q form. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ransomware Retail Encryption IT 112

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The retail industry is cyclical, so certain times of the year — including the holiday season or when kids go back to school — are particularly busy. Despite those risks, retailers make blunders when budgeting for cybersecurity. happened at retail establishments. A recent report found 50 percent of all data breaches in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

Freedom Mobile attempted to downplay the incident saying that the total records stored in the unprotected database were related to only 15,000 customers who had opened or made any changes to their accounts at 17 Freedom Mobile retail locations between March 25 and April 16.

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Data breaches Retail Encryption Communications 82

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

However, by 2015, bad bot traffic had fallen to its lowest historical level of 18.6%, mainly due to increased human traffic from China, India, and Indonesia. In 2013, when Imperva first launched the Bad Bot Report, bad bots comprised 23.6% of internet traffic, while good bots accounted for 19.4% and human traffic for 57%.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

The images include scans of government-issued IDs, retail club membership and loyalty cards, NRA membership cards, gift cards, credit cards with all details exposed (including CVV), medical insurance cards, medical marijuana ID cards, and more. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Retail Encryption Insurance Passwords 105

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2021

In 2015, a computer breach at big three credit bureau Experian exposed the Social Security numbers and other data on 15 million people who applied for financing from T-Mobile. In at least one case , retail store employees were complicit in the account takeovers. WHO HACKED T-MOBILE?

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Data breaches Access Retail Sales 308

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Scan4you service allows its customers to develop malicious codes that were used to steal millions of payment cards from retail stores across the world, it has been estimated that overall losses account for $20.5 ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. billion. . Pierluigi Paganini.

Retail 94

Retail IT Security 94

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

As a California-based provider of POS technology for the retail and hospitality sector, a successful infection would allow the group to obtain payment card data and later sell the information on online marketplaces.” “The specified targeting of the Clearmind domain fits well with FIN7’s preferred modus operandi.

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Retail Sales Phishing IT 118

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog : On November 2, 2015, a putative class action was filed against retailer Big Lots Stores, Inc.

Retail 40

Retail Government IT Privacy 40

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

re, a proxy service that since 2015 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, announced this week that it is shutting down in the wake of a data breach that destroyed key components of its business operations. The 911 service as it existed until July 28, 2022.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

A German p rivacy watchdog is investigating into clothing retailer H&M because it was allegedly spying on its customer service representatives in Germany. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. In the coming weeks, the data protection officer would decide the fines for this case.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 28, 2020

.” Gemini’s director of research Stas Alforov stressed that some of the 30 million cards advertised for sale as part of this BIGBADABOOM batch may in fact be sourced from breaches at other retailers, something Joker’s Stash has been known to do in previous large batches. The company found the median price of U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

Analyzing the general distribution of the compromised domains, grouped by category, it is possible to verify that the most affected were as follows: professional/companies (20.2%), personal (13.5%), retail (12.7%) and industry (11.9%). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT.

Ransomware 110

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2019

Early 2014, the high-end retailer confirmed a data breach, the incident happened a few weeks after the clamorous data breach at US giant retailer Target. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Tens of attorneys general announced this week a $1.5 billion in the Q4 2013. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2019

As people have growing opportunities to shop online, the chances for hackers to carry out lucrative cyberattacks in the retail sector also go up. Statistics from 2016 showed that the average cost per compromised retail record was $172. People are becoming less tolerant of retailers that have widescale data breaches.

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Cybersecurity Retail Manufacturing Data breaches 82

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Broad cost leadership strategy example: Walmart When Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, started his retail career in the 1940s, he had a simple idea: To find less expensive suppliers than those who served his competition and pass those savings on to the customers in his variety stores. Live Better.”

Marketing 78

Marketing Retail Customer Experience IT 78

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks and experts that investigated on the crew consider it highly sophisticated. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” states the report.

Retail 91

Retail Libraries Phishing Authentication 91

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Mandiant researchers highlighted an important with operations conducted by the TA505 cybercrime gang (aka Evil Corp ), which has been active since 2014 focusing on retail and banking sectors. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FIN11).

Ransomware 128

Ransomware IT Healthcare Phishing 128

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Experts from vpnMentor have uncovered a leaking, active database containing over 123 million records belonging to the sporting goods retailer Decathlon Spain (and possibly Decathlon UK as well). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the post published by vpnMentor.

Archiving 91

Archiving Passwords Retail Education 91

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

This second vulnerability could have allowed an attacker to access all public and retail mobile and data traffic, and monitor the servers of the firm. “Negotiations were stalled, but the programmer continued to search for a more serious vulnerability that could allow access to all public and retail mobile and data traffic.”

Retail 99

Retail Risk Access Security 99