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.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has discovered that QakBot (aka Qbot) operators have abandoned ProLock for Egregor ransomware. The biggest ransom demand detected by Group-IB team has been at $4 million worth of BTC. of victims) and Retail (14.5%). ProLock = Egregor.

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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 stuffers use stolen cards to purchase high-value products from merchants and have the merchants ship the items to the drops’ address.

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Marketing Retail Blockchain Communications 256

Krebs on Security

JUNE 27, 2019

One security expert at a PCM customer who was recently notified about the incident said the intruders appeared primarily interested in stealing information that could be used to conduct gift card fraud at various retailers and financial institutions. earlier this year.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 10, 2022

For instance, if I were signing up at example.com, I might give my email address as krebsonsecurity+example@gmail.com. Then, I simply go back to my inbox and create a corresponding folder called “Example,” along with a new filter that sends any email addressed to that alias to the Example folder.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

Customer authentication For the past 15 years, e-commerce has increased as a percentage of all retail sales. for example, Microsoft merchant experiences with SCA under PSD2 ). The Web Payments Working Group anticipates more experimental data will be available by September 2023.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

Threat hunting and adversarial cyber intelligence company Group-IB published a comprehensive analysis of fraud cases on a global scale. Group-IB also unveiled Scam Intelligence, a fraud-tracking technology that paved the way for DRP, the company’s proprietary solution. million in one year .

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

The clues so far suggest the work of a fairly experienced crime group that is focused on perpetrating gift card fraud. retailer, said the crooks who broke into Wipro used their access to perpetrate gift card fraud at the retailer’s stores. secure.wipro.com.internal-message[.]app. securemail.wipro.com.internal-message[.]app.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Researchers from cybersecurity firm PRODAFT have discovered a previously undocumented software control panel, tracked as TeslaGun, used by a cybercrime group known as TA505. Russian TA505 hacking group , aka Evil Corp , has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Risk management framework for outsourced data: Where a firm outsources the processing of data, including to an intra-group company, there must be in place an appropriate risk management framework that allows the firm to identify and mitigate the risks inherent in that outsourcing.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

While investigating the malware distribution, the researchers noticed the use of an infrastructure known to belong to cybercrime group TA505. Russian TA505 hacking group , aka Evil Corp , has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. ” reads the report published by Elastic Security Labs.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In a nutshell, a data controller is the person or group that decides when and why an organisation collects data. For example, a marketing executive at a retailer hires a company to conduct a survey on shoppers’ browsing habits. Multiple people or organisations might split these responsibilities, and the GDPR accounts for this.

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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. Securing digital transactions.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 27, 2024

For example, it doesn’t include the primary asset needed for such activities: electricity. There’s even a specific term for when smaller companies make a gradual entry into this market— retail colocation, which allows organizations to start slowly. Let’s take the second bullet point first.

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Cloud Marketing Retail Artificial Intelligence 106

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

The group targeted the organization with phishing attacks aimed at spreading at least three new sophisticated malware strains. FireEye’s Mandiant unit observed two distinct waves of attacks carried out by the cybercrime group in December 2020. ” states the analysis published by FireEye.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

This guide breaks down the different types of phishing attacks and provides examples to help organizations better prepare their staff to deal with them. Spear phishing attempts are targeted toward specific individuals or groups of individuals. Common Examples of Phishing Attacks. What is Phishing? Spear Phishing. Clone Phishing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

Bad bots are so prevalent in the gaming industry because users use them to cheat – for example, performing high-speed interactions that would be impossible for human players. Bad Bots Affect All Sectors The gaming industry suffers most from bad bot traffic, with 57.2% of traffic generated by bad bots.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

Researchers at Group-IB observed new financially motivated attacks in Western Europe traced to Russian-speaking threat actors. Group-IB has immediately contacted the victims upon discovery. The tools used in the attacks were traced to Silence and TA505 – Russian-speaking financially-motivated groups. 126 and 37.120.145 [. ]

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Related: Centralizing control of digital certificates I had the chance to sit down with Deepika Chauhan , DigiCert’s Chief Product Officer, and Mike Cavanagh , Oracle’s Group Vice President, ISV Cloud for North America. This is yet another terrific example of “ stronger together.” I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Reltio

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For example, what if your customer opted out of receiving communications from from a particular channel, but another team is not aware of that? Our innovative customers span different industries like life sciences, financial services and insurance, healthcare, CPG, apparel, retail, travel and hospitality and high tech. Jan 8, 2020.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2018

For example, 73 percent of the top 100 companies listed a chief of human resources (or “chief people officer”), and about one-third included a chief marketing officer. For example, those that have CISOs reporting to CIOs can mix in reporting lines to legal, risk or the CEO office to offset potential conflicts.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 28, 2020

.” Gemini’s director of research Stas Alforov stressed that some of the 30 million cards advertised for sale as part of this BIGBADABOOM batch may in fact be sourced from breaches at other retailers, something Joker’s Stash has been known to do in previous large batches. The company found the median price of U.S.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 15, 2023

” — Babu Unnikrishnan, CTO, Relationship Incubation Group, TCS Financial institution reduces IT infrastructure spend by USD 300,000 annually Financial institutions have complex regulatory, compliance and security requirements, in addition to specific user expectations. This upgrade resulted in improved overall performance.

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CGI

JANUARY 7, 2020

A branch manager may know, for example, what is happening with a customer but has no bandwidth to offer the right products instantly. For example, a bank can pull a customer’s property tax bill to determine the value of the customer’s house when considering a lending opportunity. Next, grouping data appropriately (e.g.,

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

Most online retailers years ago stopped shipping to regions of the world most frequently associated with credit card fraud, including Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Russia. For example, reshipping scams have over the years become easier for both reshipping mule operators and the mules themselves.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2019

From iPhone to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM – exploit ‘Printconfig dll with a real-world example. A WhatsApp bug could have allowed crashing of all group members. Online Retailer LightInTheBox exposes unsecured DB containing 1.3TB of web server logs. Member of the Dark Overlord hacker Group extradited to the US.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

The FIN7 APT group has been targeting businesses with malicious USB drives and Teddy Bears sent to the victims, the FBI warns. The FBI is warning of a new wave of attacks carried out by the FIN7 APT group that is sending to the victims devices acting as a keyboard (HID Emulator USB) when plugged into a computer.

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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. Example of junk instructions used in macro. Technical Analysis.

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Reltio

MAY 26, 2020

In order for retailers to sell flour to consumers, the bags are generally 500g or 1kg in size. For example: where potential clients are; what they will want to buy; what logistical capability exists to serve them and what is likely to motivate them to purchase. They have had to completely re-think their routes to market.

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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. Group-IB, an international company that specialises in the prevention of cyber attacks, has estimated that online sales of counterfeit goods are now worth $1.5 billion in 2016.

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Marketing Phishing Retail Cybersecurity 82

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 30, 2023

For example, the chip shortage has been a call to action for both original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers. ​ Yet dealers and retailers are struggling to find parts easily and meet promise dates to their end consumers.

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B2B Manufacturing Blockchain Retail 64

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that the market volume of illegal online sales of alcohol in Russia exceeded 30 million USD in 2018, i.e. almost 5.8 Group-IB Brand Protection team discovered a total of around 4,000 websites illegally selling alcohol. million USD (+23%) more than in 2017. With a conversion rate of 0.7%

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Protection of Retail Investors . For both broker-dealers and investment advisers, OCIE will continue to emphasize the protection of retail investors, particularly seniors and those saving for retirement. Retail-Targeted Investments. 1 In general, the 2020 Examination Priorities continue recurring themes from recent prior years.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 24, 2020

Protection of Retail Investors . For both broker-dealers and investment advisers, OCIE will continue to emphasize the protection of retail investors, particularly seniors and those saving for retirement. Retail-Targeted Investments. Financial Technology (FinTech) and Digital Assets.

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Collibra

APRIL 4, 2023

One example of how I was able to do this at Collibra is when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was published, in 2016 and later implemented EU wide, in May 2018. Internal mobility at Collibra Taking this leadership role with privacy is just one example of how I’ve moved around the organization to take on new challenges.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 19, 2020

They can be an individual or a group, but as long as they have the authority to decide how and why information should be processed, they are a data controller. Say, for example, that you are a marketing executive at a retailer who wants to conduct a survey on shoppers’ browsing habits. What is a data controller?

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GDPR Personal data Compliance Privacy 95

Reltio

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Within four years, the industry around these consumer product and retail companies grew 890% based on a recent survey by Hitwise. Having said this out loud, it sounds like the gamification of the retail experience. This type of service is typically used for seasonal or highly taste-dependent items like fashion or food.

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