IT Governance

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Once the scammer has access to an account, they’ll monitor the victim’s email account, learning about suppliers and projects, seeking an opportunity to lay their trap. It identified a 100% increase in financial losses between May 2018 and June 2019. See also: Phishing scams for November 2019. Phishing scams for October 2019.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 15, 2021

Data Subject Access Requests – no unqualified right to documents. The Defendant instigated possession proceedings which the Claimant unsuccessfully opposed. Over a period of 2 years, the Claimant made various DSARs, which the Defendant responded to.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Hackers have already compromised more than 2,300 Linear eMerge E3 building access systems exploiting a severe vulnerability that has yet to be fixed. Researchers from SonicWall revealed that hackers are attempting to compromise Linear eMerge E3 smart building access systems to recruit them in a DDoS botnet. 06 and older. 06 and older.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2021

“We have determined that unauthorized access to some T-Mobile data occurred, however we have not yet determined that there is any personal customer data involved,” T-Mobile wrote. ” Other databases allegedly accessed by the intruders included one for prepaid accounts, which had far fewer details about customers.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Welcome to the second part of our round-up of 2019’s information security stories. The NHS was criticised for signing a deal with Amazon that allowed patients to access their health information via its Alexa voice assistant – potentially granting the online retail giant access to vast amounts of sensitive personal data.

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Data breaches Personal data GDPR Ransomware 78

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 13, 2021

against a mid-size online retailer who allegedly violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by monitoring their employees using CCTV. AG” (the Retailer) at the end of 2020. AG” (the Retailer) at the end of 2020. The Retailer should, instead, have considered milder measures (e.g.

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Retail GDPR IT Access 113

CGI

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

‘People are strange, when you’re a stranger’: A retail bank view into artificial intelligence. Wed, 09/04/2019 - 00:02. How fast can the bank access the data? In the past, data availability and access has been spotty, and context was frequently a challenge. What data does the bank already have? A checking account?),

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Artificial Intelligence Retail Customer Experience Marketing 45

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

The securWizCase experts found a major breach that affected the popular online retailer Cosmolog Kozmetik. l, has found a major breach in popular online retailer Cosmolog Kozmetik’s database. There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. What’s Happening?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

which includes info related to the activity of the gang, such as initial access, threat activity and mitigations. Most of the attacks have been reported in July, the organizations hit by the ransomware gang operate in professional services, construction, manufacturing, retail, and food industries. ransomware. in Australia since 2020.

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Ransomware Retail Security Manufacturing 113

Krebs on Security

JUNE 27, 2019

based cloud solution provider, allowed hackers to access email and file sharing systems for some of the company’s clients, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Sources say PCM discovered the intrusion in mid-May 2019. A digital intrusion at PCM Inc. , a major U.S.-based El Segundo, Calif. El Segundo, Calif. billion in revenue in 2018.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Verizon DBIR 2020 report indicates that financially motivated attacks against retailers have moved away from Point of Sale (POS) devices and controllers, towards web applications. Figure 1: Web application breaches in the Retail industry. Fraud and scams move to the web. Source: Verizon DBIR 2020. Stolen credentials.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

APRIL 18, 2019

2019 promises challenges of similar or greater magnitude. In this year’s edition of Consumer Horizons, the Hogan Lovells global Consumer team identifies trends that will impact food and beverages companies, fashion and luxury goods producers, retailers, consumer electronics manufacturers, and other consumer businesses throughout 2019.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

“Based on current knowledge, we believe that an unauthorized party gained access to a vendor platform United Rentals uses in connection with designing and executing email campaigns,” the organisation said in a statement. The post Catches of the month: Phishing scams for September 2019 appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Although the total number of data breaches – or rather, in those reported – decreased by 24% between 2019 and 2022 in the finance sector, the number of incidents increased by 99%. So to account for seasonality, we’ve only looked at Q2–Q4 for all four years (2019–2022). million (about £4.70

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Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 104

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

Experts at cyber security firm Cypher conducted a study on Portuguese domains during 2019 and concluded that Emotet and Ryuk were the most active threats. This is the conclusion of a study by Cipher Portugal, which studied Portuguese domains during 2019. This enhancement appeared in the middle of September 2019.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2019

Russian financially motivated threat actor TA505 used remote access Trojans (RATs) in attacks on financial entities in the United States and worldwide. The hackers used remote access Trojans (RATs) in attacks aimed at financial entities in the United States and worldwide. ” reads the analysis published by Cyberint.

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Retail Phishing Ransomware Access 71

Data Matters

JANUARY 29, 2019

On January 17, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released its annual Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter (Letter), which identifies topics that FINRA will focus on in 2019. Market Access. This is in addition to multiple actions related to market access in 2017: [link].

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Risk IT Compliance Marketing 60

Krebs on Security

JUNE 30, 2020

Global lockdowns from COVID-19 have resulted in far fewer fraudsters willing or able to visit retail stores to use their counterfeit cards, and the decreased demand has severely depressed prices in the underground for purloined card data. An ad for a site selling stolen payment card data, circa March 2020. .

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Sales Retail Marketing Security 311

erwin

JUNE 14, 2019

According to IDC’s digital transformation predictions report for 2019, these types of initiatives are going to flood the enterprise during the next five years. Digital Transformation in Retail. The inherently competitive nature of retail has made the sector a leader in adopting data-driven strategy. Data can tell you.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

which was renamed to NortonLifeLock in 2019 (LifeLock is now included in the Norton 360 service). Only you have access to the wallet.” ” Norton 360 is owned by Tempe, Ariz.-based based NortonLifeLock Inc. In 2017, the identity theft protection company LifeLock was acquired by Symantec Corp. ”

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Mining Computer and Electronics Blockchain Marketing 332

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Bad news for fitness and bodybuilding passionates, the popular online retailer Bodybuilding.com announced that hackers have broken into its systems. The popular online retailer website Bodybuilding.com announced last week that hackers have broken into its systems. ” reads the announcement published on the website.

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Passwords Security Retail Personal data 69

ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A 2019 Ponemon study revealed that the cost of a data breach is $4.88 In a May 2019 financial earnings call, Equifax disclosed that the cybersecurity incident cost the organization $1.4 Thus far, the breach has cost the retailer $61 million. The retailer has spent the last 5 years recovering its image. million dollars.

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Retail Data breaches Cybersecurity Paper 52

ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A 2019 Ponemon study revealed that the cost of a data breach is $4.88 In a May 2019 financial earnings call, Equifax disclosed that the cybersecurity incident cost the organization $1.4 Thus far, the breach has cost the retailer $61 million. The retailer has spent the last 5 years recovering its image. million dollars.

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Retail Data breaches Cybersecurity Paper 52

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

Customer authentication For the past 15 years, e-commerce has increased as a percentage of all retail sales. In 2019 the Web Payments Working Group began work on Secure Payment Confirmation to help fulfill Strong Customer Authentication requirements with low checkout friction.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

For other businesses, a software outage or unauthorized access can be catastrophic. In a May 2019 financial earnings call, Equifax disclosed that the cybersecurity incident cost the organization $1.4 Thus far, the breach has cost the retailer $61 million. The retailer has spent the last 5 years recovering its image.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Russian TA505 hacking group , aka Evil Corp , has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. The ServHelper backdoor is written in Delphi and according to the experts, the development team continues to update it by implementing new features since 2019.

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CGI

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In my first blog in this two-part series, I shared a key finding of The Global Treasurer’s Transaction Banking Survey (GTNews survey) for 2019—declining corporate client satisfaction. In 2019, as in 2018, the number one technical priority raised by corporate clients is benefitting from new technologies, including blockchain.

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Retail Marketing Blockchain Customer Experience 90

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2019

Oracle released the first critical patch advisory for 2019 that addresses a total of 284 vulnerabilities, 33 of them are rated “critical”. The flaw also affected the Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure, the Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and four three Oracle Retail components.

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Financial Services Libraries Mining Retail 71

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

“The group’s shifting monetization methods—from point-of-sale (POS) malware in 2018, to ransomware in 2019, and hybrid extortion in 2020—is part of a larger trend in which criminal actors have increasingly focused on post-compromise ransomware deployment and data theft extortion.” ” reads the analysis published by FireEye.

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Ransomware IT Healthcare Phishing 134

ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

For other businesses, a software outage or unauthorized access can be catastrophic. In a May 2019 financial earnings call, Equifax disclosed that the cybersecurity incident cost the organization $1.4 Thus far, the breach has cost the retailer $61 million. The retailer has spent the last 5 years recovering its image.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2020

issued a flash alert to warn organizations of the new threat actor targeting healthcare, government, financial, and retail industries in the US. The PwndLocker ransomware first appeared in the threat landscape by security researchers in late 2019, operators’ demands have ranged from $175,000 to more than $660,000 worth of Bitcoin.

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Ransomware Retail Access Security 109

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

According to the notice published by the retailer, the mobile application and mobile website were not impacted. “On October 15, 2019, we were alerted to a suspicious connection between macys.com and another website. Our teams successfully removed the unauthorized code on October 15, 2019.”

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Retail Data breaches Access Security 47

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

is an American bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States in fifty states. Over the weekend, users have been complaining on Nook’s Facebook page and Twitter that they were not able to access their library of purchased eBooks and magazine subscriptions. . Barnes & Noble, Inc. ,

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Ransomware Encryption Retail Access 112

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

According to the notice published by the retailer, the mobile application and mobile website were not impacted. “On October 15, 2019, we were alerted to a suspicious connection between macys.com and another website. Our teams successfully removed the unauthorized code on October 15, 2019.”

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Retail Data breaches Access Security 45

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2019

An attacker with physical access to the victim’s iPhone could steal funds from his account. Last year, the researcher Hang Do Thi Duc, reported that she was able to access 207,984,218 Venmo transactions by visiting ? The attack technique leverages the following iOS features that are enabled by default. : this public URL.

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Retail Privacy Access Security 83

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2019

Pick any company in any vertical – financial services, government, defense, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, retailing, travel and hospitality – and you’ll find employees, partners, third-party suppliers and customers all demanding remote access to an expanding menu of apps — using their smartphones and laptops.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

According to industry researchers, TA505 is known to have carried out attacks on banks, medical institutions retailers and other businesses in the past. FlawedAmmyy , a RAT that provides full access to infected machines, is reported to have been used in some of TA505 recent attacks. The former has been active since late January 2020.

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