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Ransomware attack disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany

Security Affairs

Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Media Markt is a German multinational chain of stores selling consumer electronics with over 1000 stores in Europe. The Hive ransomware adds the.hive extension to the filename of encrypted files.

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Norton 360 Now Comes With a Cryptominer

Krebs on Security

Norton 360 , one of the most popular antivirus products on the market today, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers’ computers. According to the FAQ posted on its site , “ Norton Crypto ” will mine Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency while the customer’s computer is idle. ”

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The Future of Payments Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

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. Securing digital transactions.

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Financial services continue to lead in cybersecurity preparedness, but chinks appear in the armor

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Organizations in the finance sector manage trillions of dollars and maintain very valuable and vital electronic data, including bank account, credit card, and transaction information as well as sensitive data related to estates, wills, titles, and other matters. Thu, 09/01/2022 - 05:15. Data security challenges. Moving ahead.

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Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. What’s driving the security of IoT?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Imagine a world where the retail value of your car actually grows over time – that’s now becoming a reality. There is also less hardware and compute power to work in your typical IoT device when compared to traditional devices, so embedding security becomes a matter of choice, rather than necessity. Security isn’t static. Edge Devices.

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Croatia government agencies targeted with news SilentTrinity malware

Security Affairs

The SilentTrinity malware can take control over an infected computer, it allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands. 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.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. ” The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016. ” SEPTEMBER.

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