IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But in the US, Black Friday refers to the discounts that retailers offer the day after Thanksgiving – and thanks to the rise in online shopping (which will be even more prominent this year with COVID-19), it has become a global custom. When you enter your email and password, you’re handing your information to them.

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IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2023

Some bogus messages might look like security alerts, for instance, whereas others advertise bargain discounts at an online retailer. There are, of course, plenty of legitimate reasons why someone might send you one of these things. A typical MFA system will prompt you to receive a second set of credentials after entering your password.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Retailers are the most affected , but lax security over Christmas is a problem for all organisations. Here are some signs of a poorly configured device: Default account information : Attackers can easily break into your application if you’ve left your account name as ‘admin’ or ‘test’ and not changed the default password.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

We also give ransomware its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. Other significant contributors to 2022’s total were the technology (115), education (95), professional services (63) and retail (62) sectors.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Once Eurostar realised it had suffered a data breach, it: Identified the timing and the scale of the breach; Blocked access; Emailed customers alerting them to the situation and advising them to reset passwords; and. What did Eurostar do differently? Assess your breach readiness.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The Linear E3 devices are installed in commercial, industrial, banking, medical, retail, hospitality, and other businesses to secure their facilities and manage access to personnel. The experts analyzed several products, including Computrols CBAS-Web, Optergy Proton/Enterprise, Prima FlexAir, and of course two Nortek Linear eMerge products.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. The other big contributors were the education sector (39 incidents), technology (33) and retail (25). Keeping your organisation secure.

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IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2022

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. The other big contributors were the technology and media sector (35 incidents), the education sector (25), professional services (18) and retail (16).

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IT Governance

JULY 11, 2022

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. The other big contributors were the technology and media sector (36 incidents), the education sector (25), professional services (16) and retail (14).

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. The education, technology and retail sectors were the other big contributors to Q2’s total with 44, 42, and 41 incidents, respectively.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

When you enter your email and password, you’re handing your information to them. It doesn’t matter whether you have to enter a password or log in, as any network that’s set up for the public can be abused. In this case, scammers begin by creating a fake website that mimics the layout and URL of a legitimate online retailer.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Besides the traumatic experience for some retail employees and those injured in shop-floor brawls, Black Friday is also a time in which many of us are caught out by scams, with cyber criminals taking advantage of customers desperate for a bargain. Of course, the best way to protect yourself is to identify the scam before clicking anything.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has meant increased virtual visits with loved ones, and of course remote work. An enormous number of people are footloose and fancy free when it comes to their interactions with retailers over the holiday season,” says Cyberscout founder and chairman Adam Levin. Beware of fake or misleading shopping apps.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

9 million records breached through decade-long data leak A former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp) illegally accessed about 9 million personal data records over the course of a decade (2013 to 2023). Among those affected was SAP SE. Breached records: more than 56 million.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Cybersecurity vendors, of course, have been responding. Stolen usernames and passwords are loaded up on botnets, which then relentlessly test them on account logon pages. Botnets can test stolen usernames and passwords at scale. One of the most intensive uses of criminal botnets is account takeovers.

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IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2023

We also place ransomware in its own category, due in part to the frequency of attacks and in order to differentiate it from intrusions that may be harder to detect, such as password breaches. The other big contributors were the technology sector (36 incidents), the public sector (35), and the retail and leisure sector (27).

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

Despite an array of technological solutions designed to counter phishing attacks – from antimalware software to password protections – the main weapon in anyone’s arsenal should be knowledge and awareness. The online subscription course explains everything you need to know about phishing.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 21, 2018

Only time will tell – and we may not have to wait long – but in the meantime, what is the impact of data breaches in the retail industry, and what needs to be done to mitigate them? The data included contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. million users was compromised. The PCI DSS. The PCI challenge.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

"The services of the website allowed those who sign up and pay for the service to anonymously make spoofed calls, send recorded messages, and intercept one-time passwords," Europol says. Apathetic employees are more likely to make security mistakes, such as falling for social engineering attacks or reusing passwords.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. Iran claimed to have defended itself from a state-sponsored cyber attack on its national infrastructure.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. ” SEPTEMBER.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so. I must have the password.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

We offer a variety of resources to help understand and mitigate threats, from training courses and consultancy services to free guides. More worryingly, the same database contained usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords. With that out of the way, it’s time to move on to May 2023.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 29, 2018

The penny first dropped for me just over 7 years ago to the day: The only secure password is the one you can't remember. In an era well before the birth of Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), I was doing a bunch of password analysis on data breaches and wouldn't you know it - people are terrible at creating passwords! Everywhere.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

GB database includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords. Al Mujtama Pharmacy allegedly breached, more than 7 million records affected More than 7 million data records belonging to the Saudi pharmacy Al Mujtama have reportedly been published on an underground forum. Data breached: >7,000,000 records.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 5, 2021

I mean after all the usual Maslow's hierarchy of needs stuff , of course, the thing that I (and many of my readers) can instil in our kids is a deep passion for this life-altering and possibly career-defining thing that increasingly defines our everyday being. The greatest gift I can give my kids is a love of technology.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Policies typically will be written documents that detail the requirements that will be enforced, such as password complexity. Minimum User Access Controls Active Directory: The smallest organizations might only worry about device access, otherwise known as the login credentials (username/password).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Imagine you’re a retailer with 50 store locations. For customers like retailers, as well as banks and business software providers, an outage like this can be a blow to your reputation as well as a financial loss. Examples of human error include: Posting written router passwords or sending them over email or Slack.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Notices must be available in the languages in which the business in its ordinary course provides contracts, disclaimers, sale announcements, and other information to consumers. Other items to note: When a consumer has a password-protected account with the business, traditional authentication practices (e.g., 99.324(a)).

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Of course, I do the update, but then later I have to go back to my privacy settings to see what Microsoft changed. Who else has access to something that's, that's not uncommon, interviewed that, for example, someone still had someone share Facebook passwords. Don't share your phone, don't share your password with your partner.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Moreover, if the business operates a website, but primarily interacts with consumers in retail locations, it will be required to add a third option that allows consumers to submit a form that can be submitted in person at those locations. The regulations also subject deletion requests to a two-step process.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 29, 2018

Back in August, I pushed out a service as part of Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) to help organisations block bad passwords from their online things. I called it "Pwned Passwords" and released 320M of them from real-world data breaches via both a downloadable file and an online service. Seen a password in a data breach before?

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Thanks to botnets, if you’ve ever patronized any of the hacked enterprises, your personal data, including your favorite usernames and passwords , have probably been stolen several times over. billion stolen username and password pairs circulating in the darknet. Rapid 7 estimates that there are upwards of 1.5

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

The answer, of course, is the Dark Web. ” The Dark Web users, of course, are very aware of digital security and that law enforcement agencies around the world want to bring them down. It could also be just inflation, of course, but calculating economic indicators in black markets such as this one is exceedingly difficult.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 24, 2020

First it was my trusty Electro-Voice RE320 from 5 years ago that saw me through so many Pluralsight courses, webcasts, interviews, etc. Actually, you can't buy them anywhere at retail right now (seems like everyone has the same idea about staying home and streaming content), but there are a few on eBay. No sign of life whatsoever.

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