HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MARCH 24, 2020

Across the world, large retail stores and small businesses alike are shutting their doors. Privacy and data protection laws everywhere regulate the ability of organisations to communicate with individuals for both service-related and promotional purposes.

Communications 45

Communications Retail Marketing Privacy 45

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Digital transformation (DX) is fundamentally impacting all aspects of the economy across every industry, and nowhere is this truer than in retail. Analysis of this year’s results showed that the percentage of retailers increasing IT security spending declined. Tools that reduce multi-cloud data security complexity are critical.

Retail 54

Retail Cloud Encryption Digital transformation 54

IT Governance

JUNE 25, 2018

There has been a growing emphasis on taking a systematic approach to managing data, which can help organisations make decisions on the basis of accurate, meaningful data, as well as for improving how they personalise communications to customers (and potential customers).

Retail 71

Retail GDPR IT Compliance 71

CGI

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The challenge ahead for water retailers. Before we all breathe a collective sigh of relief, let’s take a quick look at other markets to get a glimpse of what my lay in store for retailers in this market. To increase margins retailers are increasingly looking to digital transformation. premanath.puch…. Thu, 12/07/2017 - 15:43.

Retail 40

Retail Energy and Utilities Marketing Digital transformation 40

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Harter Secrest & Emery’s privacy and data security clients range from Fortune 100 corporations to closely-held businesses in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, financial services, data analytics/big data, retail, education, manufacturers, defense contractors, and employers of all sizes.

Data breaches 100

Data breaches Financial Services Big data Retail 100

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Zero Trust Suite combines SSH’s proven-in-use communications security products into a modern passwordless, keyless, and borderless solution and further fortifying solutions with quantum-safe cryptography. PrivX is the core of our recently launched biometric, credential-less, and borderless solution – Zero Trust Suite.

IT 100

IT Retail Communications Access 100

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

The company produces video doorbells under the brand names EKEN and Tuck, its products are by major retailers, including Amazon, Walmart, Shein, Sears and Temu. Researchers from Consumer Reports (CR) discovered severe vulnerabilities in doorbell cameras manufactured by the Chinese company Eken Group Ltd.

Manufacturing 114

Manufacturing Retail Sales Communications 114

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The malware was used in attacks against multiple industries, including education, real estate, retail, non-profit organizations, telecom companies, and governments. The backdoor is written in.NET and leverages the domain name service (DNS) protocol to establish a covert communication channel with the command and control infrastructure.

Retail 118

Retail Education Communications Government 118

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

” The CPU will address critical vulnerabilities in Oracle Essbase, Graph Server and Client, Secure Backup, Communications Applications, Communications, Construction and Engineering, Enterprise Manager, Financial Services Applications, Fusion Middleware, Insurance Applications, PeopleSoft, Support Tools, and Utilities Applications.

Communications 98

Communications Financial Services Big data Retail 98

Schneier on Security

JUNE 28, 2021

It’s a series of vulnerabilities : Josep Rodriguez, a researcher and consultant at security firm IOActive, has spent the last year digging up and reporting vulnerabilities in the so-called near-field communications reader chips used in millions of ATMs and point-of-sale systems worldwide.

Sales 109

Sales Retail Communications Ransomware 109

Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2020

Diebold Nixdorf , a major provider of automatic teller machines (ATMs) and payment technology to banks and retailers, recently suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted some operations. The 35,000-employee company also produces point-of-sale systems and software used by many retailers.

Ransomware 334

Ransomware Retail Sales Data breaches 334

Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2023

.” As early as April 2022, KrebsOnSecurity began receiving tips from Canadian readers who were puzzling over why they’d just received one of these SMS phishing messages that referenced information from a recent order they’d legitimately placed at an online retailer. “It was more or less the same day. . ”

Phishing 264

Phishing Retail IT Communications 264

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for feedback on new proposed rules to crack down on SIM swapping and number port-out fraud, increasingly prevalent scams in which identity thieves hijack a target’s mobile phone number and use that to wrest control over the victim’s online identity.

Passwords 274

Passwords Authentication Communications Retail 274

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 “ drops ” are people who have responded to work-at-home package reshipping jobs advertised on craigslist.com and job search sites.

Marketing 254

Marketing Retail Blockchain Communications 254

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2021

CISA’s advisories are related to RTU500 series bidirectional communication interface, Relion protection and control IEDs, Retail Operations and Counterparty Settlement and Billing (CSB) software, the Asset Performance Management (APM) Edge software for transformers, and the PCM600 update manager.

Retail 85

Retail Libraries Communications Cybersecurity 85

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As reported in the the Retail Industry Law Resource blog : Plaintiff’s firms continue to file variations of state law wiretapping lawsuits over “session replay” software and “live chat” or “chatbot” applications in various jurisdictions. CIPA entitles plaintiffs to $5,000 per violation. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc.

Communications 58

Communications Retail Privacy Access 58

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

You can communicate to clients how much cybersecurity means to you. Healthcare companies must follow HIPAA rules; retailers must comply with PCI DSS. For example, your website security may prove strong, applications not so much. Now, you can totally focus on the application. Strategic positioning. Compliance, governance.

Security 198

Security Compliance Retail IoT 198

OpenText Information Management

MARCH 29, 2024

Mark will be joined by OpenText customer Srinath Kanisapakkam, chief data and analytics officer at Nationwide Building Society (NBS) , who will share how OpenText Experience Cloud solutions give NBS the scalable, secure, communication platform they needed to meet highly regulated FSI communication requirements.

IoT 72

IoT Analytics Cloud Communications 72

Dark Reading

JANUARY 15, 2020

Together, the Travel & Hospitality ISAC and the Retail & Hospitality ISAC intend to improve communications and collaboration about the evolving threat landscape.

Retail 44

Retail Communications Security 44

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

For example, a retailer can offer a discount or free item on the customer’s birthday. For instance, a retailer might give a 10 percent discount on every purchase, reducing churn. Organizations that do not sell directly online can help customers find where their products are retailed for less.

Customer Experience 71

Customer Experience Retail Sales Artificial Intelligence 71

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The tech titans have swelled into multi-billion dollar behemoths by myopically focusing on delivering targeted online advertising, in support of online retailing. Cybercriminals have begun escalating their efforts to bend the legitimate online advertising and retailing fulfillment ecosystem to their whims.

Retail 115

Retail Digital transformation Phishing Data collection 115

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2020

Online communication platforms such as Zoom are essential instruments at the time of Coronavirus outbreak, and crooks are attempting to exploit their popularity. One way to do this is NOT to click on promotional links in emails, and instead, Google your desired retailer and click the link from the Google results page.

Communications 106

Communications Retail Authentication Government 106

OpenText Information Management

APRIL 13, 2023

Whether in retail or commercial banking, insurance or … The post Effective customer information management builds better digital experiences appeared first on OpenText Blogs. The Financial Brand suggests that banks with customer-centric cultures are 60% more profitable than others. Why is that?

Financial Services 59

Financial Services Customer Experience Insurance Retail 59

Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The scheme targeted and hacked 31 online retail brokerage accounts and forced them to make large purchases of certain stocks from two public microcap companies: Lotus Bio-Technology Development Corp. LBTD”) and Good Gaming, Inc. Some fraudsters also were charged with making untrue statements of material fact and omitting material fact.

Retail 58

Retail Communications Security Cybersecurity 58

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Landmark Retail is one of the largest omnichannel retailers across the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA), India and Southeast Asia (SEA). It is a division of Landmark Group, a well-known multinational retail and hospitality conglomerate headquartered in Dubai.

Retail 98

Retail Analytics Sales Government 98

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

” Steven Chung, Acer Corporate Communications, told the media. The threat actors shared a link to stolen files and databases, stolen information includes customer data, financial information, login details for Acer retailers and distributors from India. The threat actors published a video showing the stolen files a DBs.

Computer and Electronics 73

Computer and Electronics Sales Security Retail 73

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

Customer authentication For the past 15 years, e-commerce has increased as a percentage of all retail sales. EMV® 3-D Secure and other protocols can be used to communicate the authentication results to banks or other parties for this validation. The COVID pandemic appears to have slightly accelerated this trend.

Authentication 100

Authentication Communications Financial Services Retail 100

IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In retail, for example, use future flood risk predictions to inform store location planning, raw material procurement, and inventory supply chain logistics. Understand the impact on the business Prepare for the various ways weather and climate change can impact your business.

Energy and Utilities 91

Energy and Utilities Insurance Risk Retail 91

Rocket Software

JUNE 6, 2022

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)—exchanging business information electronically, rather than passing paper documents back and forth—is a fundamental means of communication for organizations that execute a high volume of transactions. Sounds straightforward, right? . For the most part, it is. Save the IT jargon for the CIO. .

e-Delivery 78

e-Delivery Communications Retail Insurance 78

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Vocus provides retail, wholesale and corporate telecommunications services across Australia and New Zealand. Vocus offers data network services such as Internet, dark fibre, IP WAN, unified communications and telephony and cloud services to mid, large and corporate businesses direct and also acts as a wholesaler.

Retail 92

Retail Communications Cloud Security 92

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Even discounting the significant increase during the Covid-19 pandemic, many employees opt to work remotely over the holidays to avoid using vacation days or falling behind on communication. Many online retailers depend heavily on outreach and advertising via email and social media networks to bolster their sales through the holiday season.

Cybersecurity 76

Cybersecurity Retail Phishing Sales 76

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.

Data breaches 77

Data breaches Retail Encryption Communications 77

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2021

In at least one case , retail store employees were complicit in the account takeovers. Like other mobile providers, T-Mobile is locked in a constant battle with scammers who target its own employees in SIM swapping attacks and other techniques to wrest control over employee accounts that can provide backdoor access to customer data.

Data breaches 306

Data breaches Access Retail Sales 306

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

The company recommends impacted individuals to remain vigilant and contact UScellular in case they will receive suspicious communications that appears from the US carrier. Then threat actors tricked UScellular employees working in retail stores into downloading and installing malicious software.

Data breaches 103

Data breaches Retail Access Communications 103

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 7, 2018

If you have looked at our recently released annual Data Threat Report: Retail Edition , you understand this is not just hyperbole. retail sector needs to come to terms with some bad news. The retail sector is responding to the onslaught of breaches, with 84% of companies surveyed planning to increase IT security spending.

Data breaches 63

Data breaches Retail IT Communications 63

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Generative AI is powering a new world of creative, customized communications, allowing marketing teams to deliver greater personalization at scale and meet today’s high customer expectations. For example, a retail clothing company might use generative AI to customize email or online experiences tailored for different customer personas.

Marketing 118

Marketing B2B Customer Experience Communications 118

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s worth noting that there’s no reason a legitimate retailer would need that last one — the skeleton key to your identity — to process a purchase.). Shop at reputable and recognizable retailers. If you’re shopping at a retailer that is new to you, research the company’s standing on the Better Business Bureau website.

Retail 97

Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97