Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

The group targeted the organization with phishing attacks aimed at spreading at least three new sophisticated malware strains. The phishing messages include links to a malicious website that serves the malware, experts pointed out that the emails had subject lines that were customized for each targeted organization.

Manufacturing 101

Manufacturing Phishing Military Retail 101

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Voice-based queries use natural language processing (NLP) and sentiment analysis for speech recognition so their conversations can begin immediately. Healthcare The healthcare industry is using intelligent automation with NLP to provide a consistent approach to data analysis, diagnosis and treatment.

Artificial Intelligence 88

Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 88

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%). Social media/communication organizations, health care and non-profit organizations were less impacted.

Ransomware 109

Ransomware Retail Phishing Encryption 109

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

University of Utah Health notifies patients of phishing attack (unknown). Phishing scam targets German coronavirus task force (100+). com impersonated in year-long phishing attack (unknown). The Maine Information and Analysis Center breached in ‘Blue Leaks’ hack (unknown). Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Retail Personal data 140

Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

“Recently, the cybercriminal group FIN7,1 known for targeting such businesses through phishing emails, deployed an additional tactic of mailing USB devices via the United States Postal Service (USPS).” The packages have been sent to several businesses, including retails , restaurants, hotels. ” continues the analysis.

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Phishing Retail Sales Cybersecurity 102

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The TA544 group leverages phishing and social engineering techniques to lure victims into enabling macro included in weaponized documents. ” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. Upon enabling the macro, the infection process will start. Banca Sella UniCredit Group. ” concludes the report.

Retail 85

Retail Phishing Cybersecurity Risk 85

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

An ongoing phishing campaign launched by TA505 is using attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. “During our analysis of this campaign we were able to identify at least one U.S.

Phishing 78

Phishing Retail Security Ransomware 78

Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2019

The threat group is also known for its recent attack campaign against Bank and Retail business sectors, but the latest evidence indicates a potential expansion of its criminal operation to other industries too. Technical Analysis. The intercepted attack starts with a spear-phishing email embedding a spreadsheet.

IT 68

IT Retail Archiving File names 68

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Proofpoint analyzed two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang.

IT 92

IT Financial Services Retail Ransomware 92

Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

At the time, FireEye and root9B published detailed reports about a series of attacks targeting the retail sector. ” reads the analysis published by Morphisec. “It is believed that the malware was deployed as a result of several phishing attempts.” ” continues the analysis.

Phishing 77

Phishing Retail Communications Security 77

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 20, 2022

Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation 2021 Report indicates that over 80% of breaches evolve phishing, brute force or the use of lost or stolen credentials. Many employees work in areas where mobile phones are not allowed such as production workshops, data centers, hospitals, or labs that house medical analysis equipment.

Authentication 143

Authentication Data breaches Access Retail 143

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2019

” reads the analysis published by the DSO experts. If the visitors click on the grocery store ad, they are redirected to a phishing page in the attempt to trick users to enter their personal information. ” continues the analysis. Krampus-3PC evaded scanners and blockers leveraging on a heavy obfuscation.

Phishing 57

Phishing Retail Access Security 57

Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2019

FIN6 group has been active since 2015, past attacks were focused on point-of-sale (POS) machines used by retailers and companies in the hospitality sector in the U.S. ” reads the analysis published by IRIS. continues the analysis. ” continues the analysis. and Europe. .

Retail 85

Retail Libraries Sales Phishing 85

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Between February and April, allegedly state-sponsored hackers have launched a spear-phishing campaign against government agencies. The phishing messages posed as delivery notifications from the Croatian postal or other retail services, they included a Microsoft Excel saved in the old.xls format and compiled the previous day.

Government 82

Government Computer and Electronics Archiving Phishing 82

IT Governance

AUGUST 9, 2019

The alert, issued in partnership with the Retail & Hospitality ISAC (information sharing and analysis centre [link] ), highlights a recent increase in malware attacks targeting e-commerce websites to gain payment card data. How are organisations infected? There are many ways that an organisation’s website can be infected.

Retail 71

Retail Data breaches Phishing Government 71

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Group-IB: The online market for counterfeit goods in Russia has reached $1,5 billion, while the number of phishing attacks has surpassed 1,200 daily. It also leads to a decrease in what we call the psychological price, i.e. the cost that customers are willing to pay for a product from the official retailer.

Marketing 80

Marketing Phishing Retail Cybersecurity 80

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Since then, it has conducted 26 targeted attacks on commercial organizations alone, including companies in the fields of construction , finance , consulting , retail , banking , insurance , law ,and travel. As with all subsequent campaigns, the initial compromise vector was a well-written phishing email. Who are you, Mr. Pentester?

Cloud 140

Cloud Phishing Analytics Access 140

Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

In fact, many independent researchers pointed to a particular email attack wave probably related to the known TA505 hacking group , active since 2014 and focusing on Retail and Banking companies. Technical Analysis. The piece of malware under analysis were downloaded from “bullettruth[.com/out[.exe”, Conclusion.

Retail 72

Retail Passwords Communications Phishing 72

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

According to the new alert issued by the PFD, in the first incident crooks compromised compromise a North American fuel dispenser merchant using a phishing email to deliver a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to the target network. “The threat actors compromised the merchant via a phishing email sent to an employee.

Sales 65

Sales Phishing Access Retail 65

Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2018

” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. ” continues the analysis. The malware was involved in a small email campaign targeting organizations primarily in the information technology, healthcare, and retail industries. Experts observed the malware using code from a public repository for sandbox detection.

Passwords 58

Passwords Retail Phishing Sales 58

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 20, 2022

Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation 2021 Report indicates that over 80% of breaches evolve phishing, brute force or the use of lost or stolen credentials. Many employees work in areas where mobile phones are not allowed such as production workshops, data centers, hospitals, or labs that house medical analysis equipment.

Authentication 71

Authentication Data breaches Access Retail 71

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2019

TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. On September 20, new phishing attacks involved thousands of emails, with English and French lures, attempting to deliver Microsoft Excel and.ISO attachments to targets in the United States and Canada. ” continues the analysis.

Retail 43

Retail Phishing Ransomware Access 43

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

These baseline account takeovers can then be leveraged to spread spam, distribute phishing scams, launch denial of service attacks, infiltrate and plunder networks, execute wire fraud and more. We ingest data into a powerful AI engine, and do a comprehensive analysis to determine if a malicious bot attack is taking place.”.

Security 140

Security Digital transformation B2C B2B 140

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. It uses sophisticated monitoring, automation, and analysis tools to identify risks in real time so you can respond to them as efficiently as possible. LogicManager.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. It uses sophisticated monitoring, automation, and analysis tools to identify risks in real time so you can respond to them as efficiently as possible. LogicManager.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. 16,482,365 known records breached in 240 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. 67,273,297 known records breached in 130 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q3 & Q4 2022 The results depicted in Figure 1 show that phishing campaigns (98,7%) were more prevalent than malware (1,3%) during Q3 and Q4 2022. For more information about the Qakbot TTPs check below the full analysis. in Q2 2022.

Phishing 83

Phishing Data collection Retail Security awareness 83

Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q2 2021. The results depicted in Figure 1 show that phishing campaigns (69,5%) were more prevalent than malware (30,5%) during Q2 2021. Analyzing these results, it’s possible to notice an increased number of phishing submissions in December 2020.

Phishing 115

Phishing Data collection Retail Security awareness 115

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2022

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q2 2022. The results depicted in Figure 1 show that phishing campaigns (68,9%) were more prevalent than malware (31,1%) during Q2 2022. A growing trend in phishing submissions was observed in Q2 (2630), with malware having 31.1%

Phishing 81

Phishing Data collection Retail Security awareness 81

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q3 2021. The results depicted in Figure 1 show that phishing campaigns (79,8%) were more prevalent than malware (20,2%) during Q3 2021. Analyzing these results, it’s possible to notice an increased number of phishing submissions in December 2020.

Phishing 85

Phishing e-Delivery Data collection Retail 85

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Phishing scams use it to compromise networks. They spot unwanted traffic such as spam, phishing expeditions, malware, and scams. In some cases, in-depth analysis is done on outgoing messages to detect and block the transmission of sensitive data. Employees are duped into clicking on malicious email attachments and links.

Security 125

Security Phishing Cloud Ransomware 125

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Source (New) Retail USA Yes 2,469 Three GreatStar Industrial Co. Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. subsidiaries: Arrow Fastener Co.,

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

Threat Report Portugal Q1 2020: Phishing and malware by numbers. The campaigns were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q1 2020. The results depicted in Figure 1 show that phishing campaigns (57,7%) were more prevalent than malware (42,3%) during Q1 2020.

Phishing 98

Phishing Retail Security awareness Data collection 98

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The group’s distinctive features are the high quality of their phishing attacks and the use of legitimate services, which makes it very difficult to detect its malicious activity in companies’ infrastructures. Silence reduced the use of phishing mail-outs, instead purchasing access to targeted banks from other groups (in particular TA505).

IT 85

IT Military Cybersecurity Phishing 85

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The submissions were classified as either phishing or malware. Phishing and Malware Q4 2021. The results depicted in Figure 1 show that phishing campaigns (92,2%) were more prevalent than malware (7,8%) during Q4 2021. A growing trend in phishing submissions was observed in Q4 (1180), with malware having 7.8% in Q3 2021.

e-Delivery 89

e-Delivery Phishing Data collection Retail 89

Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2019

Traditionally, the average price for card data nabbed from online retailers — referred to in the underground as “ CVVs ” — has ranged somewhere between $2 and $8 per account. All of which means e-commerce retailers need to be stepping up their game when it comes to staving off card thieves.

Retail 220

Retail Sales Marketing Phishing 220