The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Oracle launched OCI in October 2016. Cavanagh As a latecomer to the hyperscale data center market , Oracle focused on its heritage of helping large enterprise customers securely and efficiently run their mission critical systems and applications, Cavanagh told me. “We And that was the design point we gave them.”

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The top-ranked IBM X-Force Exchange threat intelligence platform (TIP) integrates enterprise-grade external security threat information with the tools a security professional needs to analyze how the threat might impact the organization. In 2016, IBM also announced shared threat intelligence feeds with Check Point.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

net circa 2016, which shows it was the homepage of a pay-per-install affiliate program that incentivized the silent installation of 911’s proxy software. The 911 service as it existed until July 28, 2022. A cached copy of flashupdate[.]net “Not sure how did the hacker get in,” the 911 message reads.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 27, 2019

One security expert at a PCM customer who was recently notified about the incident said the intruders appeared primarily interested in stealing information that could be used to conduct gift card fraud at various retailers and financial institutions. earlier this year. earlier this year.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. “On December 13, 2018, we observed another large ServHelper “downloader” campaign targeting retail and financial services customers.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2019

The APT33 group has been around since at least 2013, since mid-2016, the group targeted the aviation industry and energy companies with connections to petrochemical production. The post Iran-linked APT33 updates infrastructure following its public disclosure appeared first on Security Affairs. South Korean, and Europe.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

This trend remained constant from 2016 to 2018. Although some bad bot use cases, such as content scraping and account takeover, are prevalent across different sectors, others, like scalping, usually impact specific industries like online retail and entertainment (ticketing). of internet traffic, while good bots accounted for 19.4%

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Browse online using secure networks. Do your research.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Adoption of facial recognition technology is fast gaining momentum, with law enforcement and security use cases leading the way. Assuming privacy concerns get addressed, much wider consumer uses are envisioned in areas such as marketing, retailing and health services. Security use cases. billion by 2022.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In 2016, 108.5 This year is expected to see similarly high numbers which is paralleled by increasing retailer anxiety about the state of their cybersecurity. In fact, according to our recent survey of retailers , 88% feel vulnerable to data threats. million Americans shopped online over the long weekend. Happy (and safe!)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Bondars is one of the two hackers found to have been running Scan4you from 2009 to 2016, its service was very popular in the cybercrime community and was used by malware developers to test their malicious codes. The post Operator of Scan4You Malware-Scanning sentenced to 14 Years in prison appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The group is considered responsible for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack, a string of SWIFT attacks in 2016, and the Sony Pictures hack. According to the report published by the US-CERT, Hidden Cobra has been using the FASTCash technique since at least 2016, the APT group targets bank infrastructure to cash out ATMs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2019

In addition to the monetary costs associated with things like lost productivity and improving network security to reduce the likelihood of future incidents, affected companies have to deal with the costs tied to reduced customer trust and damaged reputations. People are becoming less tolerant of retailers that have widescale data breaches.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Ferizi is the first man charged with cyber terrorism that was extradited to the US early 2016. The KHS breached a database of a US retailer was able to identify the records belonging to military and government personnel. The post Hacker who helped the ISIS will remain in US prison appeared first on Security Affairs.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

There’s a frantic scramble going on among those responsible for network security at organizations across all sectors. Enterprises have dumped small fortunes into stocking their SOCs (security operations centers) with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The data stolen from BriansClub encompasses more than 26 million credit and debit card records taken from hacked online and brick-and-mortar retailers over the past four years, including almost eight million records uploaded to the shop in 2019 alone. at , a thriving fraud bazaar named after this author. million card records for sale.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Recent judicial interpretations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), 740 ILCS 14, present potential litigation risks for retailers who employ biometric-capture technology, such as facial recognition, retina scan or fingerprint software. 1540 (2016) purposes by alleging a violation of his right to privacy.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2019

The advisory fixed the CVE-2016-1000031 flaw, a remote code execution (RCE) bug in the Apache Commons FileUpload, disclosed in November last year. The Commons FileUpload library is the default file upload mechanism in Struts 2, the CVE-2016-1000031 was discovered two years ago by experts at Tenable. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

Australia’s Defence Force Recruiting systems were taken offline after security breach (unknown). South African utility provider Eskom is still feeling effects of a cyber security incident (unknown). Wichita State University notifies students and staff of a security incident (1,762). Cyber attacks. Financial information.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 8, 2017

It will come as no surprise that Christmas is by far the busiest period for online shopping , with online sales accounting for £25 billion during Christmas 2016 (IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, January 2017). The festive period is an ideal time for cyber criminals to strike.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

According to The Register , the online retail giant emailed affected customers on Tuesday, unapologetically saying: Hello, We’re contacting you to let you know that our website inadvertently disclosed your name and email address due to a technical error. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 23 November.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2019

In August 2016, security expert Martin Vigo devised a method to abuse an optional SMS-based feature that allowed users to authorize payments by replying to an SMS message with a provided 6-digit code. Researcher leaked online a dataset containing over 7,000,000 transactions scraped from the Venmo public API. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2021

MITRE Engenuity last month released the latest MITRE ATT&CK evaluations of endpoint security products, and the results contain some pretty big surprises. The latest evaluations were dubbed Carbanak+FIN7 and were modeled after threat groups that target the banking and retail industries. Palo Alto Networks remains king.

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CGI

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Early 2018 will mark the beginning of a new era for the UK’s retail banks. Using the Open Banking API, new entrants and smaller players will have a structured and secure way to access customer account information and challenge the established institutions by creating new customer offers. p.butler@cgi.com. Tue, 10/17/2017 - 01:03.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

A deep investigation on artifacts uploaded on VirusTotal allowed the experts to determine that the botnet may have been active at least since May 2016. Prometei has been observed to be active in systems across a variety of industries, including: Finance, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, Utilities, Travel, and Construction.”

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Data Matters

JANUARY 16, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) released its report (the 2019 Report) setting forth its list of examination priorities for 2019 (the Exam Priorities). Continued Focus on Retail Investors. On December 20, 2018, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. capital markets.

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Retail Compliance Risk Marketing 68

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The crooks infected more than 4,000 victim computers globally with GozNym banking Trojan between 2015 and 2016, most of the victims were in the United States and Europe. The GozNym has been seen targeting banking institutions, credit unions, and retail banks. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

The last time security experts documented the FIN8’s activities was in 2016 and 2017. At the time, FireEye and root9B published detailed reports about a series of attacks targeting the retail sector. ” reads the analysis published by Morphisec. ” continues the analysis.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

And this continues to include enterprises that have poured a king’s ransom into hardening their first-party security posture. Shared Management equips its members to lead their organizations – and their organizations’ partners — in mitigating third party IT security risks in several ways. Advancing best practices.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Snyder says his experience as head of Gateway Computers and as an investor in tech security startups, prior to entering politics, gave him an awareness of why putting Michigan ahead of the curve, dealing with cyber threats, would be vital. or MEDC, I’m prepared to rechristen Michigan the Cybersecurity Best Practices State. Cobo Center.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The online fashion retailer SHEIN (I’ve probably pronounced that wrong) has said that it suffered a data breach from June to August this year involving the personal information of approximately 6.42 Personally, I find it hard to be sympathetic if banks are found to be negligent in their data security practices. million customers.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Machine learning algorithms are already being used in transportation to ease road congestion, in healthcare to spot medical errors and improve patient care and in retail to improve the customer shopping experience. But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? Listen here: [link].

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Collibra

APRIL 4, 2023

When he joined in 2016, data governance was still a new concept for many organizations. One example of how I was able to do this at Collibra is when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was published, in 2016 and later implemented EU wide, in May 2018. Tudor Borlea is a Senior Manager, Sales Engineering at Collibra.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2019

According to the security experts Brian Krebs, who first reported the data breach, the hackers stole data of more than 26 million payment cards. The file contains details stolen from bricks-and-mortar retailers over the past four years, including nearly eight million records that were uploaded in 2019 alone. million stolen cards, 4.9

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Marriott has reported that it became aware of the breach in September this year, when it was alerted by an internal security tool regarding an attempt to access the Starwood database in the US. Marriott acquired the Starwood chain in 2016 for $13.6 Phone numbers. Passport numbers. Encrypted payment card numbers.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Countless hotel chains, retailers and restaurants have been breached in recent years – particularly in the US, which by and large doesn’t use chip-and-PIN. Most ransomware attacks target one organisation at a time – and usually small ones that they think won’t have the cyber security knowhow to realise that paying ransoms is a bad idea.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

According to a security alert published by VISA, the PoS systems of North American fuel dispenser merchants are under attack. FIN8 is a financially motivated group that has been active since at least 2016 and often targets the POS environments of the retail, restaurant, and hospitality merchants to harvest payment account data.

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