Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers’ privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. That’s because very few of the world’s biggest companies list any security executives in their highest ranks. banks) would have this role in their executive leadership team.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

There’s even been growing evidence that data destruction could replace ransomware , as ransomware groups seek leverage to force victims to pay. for example, has recently seen a spate of attacks on power substations; capabilities unleashed by the war in Ukraine create the potential for much worse. Trade Cyberthreats.

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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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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

The World Wide Web Consortium today announced a standardization milestone for a new browser capability that helps to streamline user authentication and enhance payment security during Web checkout. Publication of Secure Payment Confirmation as a Candidate Recommendation indicates that the feature set is stable and has received wide review.

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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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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

APRIL 18, 2019

The clues so far suggest the work of a fairly experienced crime group that is focused on perpetrating gift card fraud. According to records maintained by Farsight Security , that address is home to a number of other likely phishing domains: securemail.pcm.com.internal-message[.]app. microsoftonline-secure-login[.]com.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

Researchers from Elastic Security Labs spotted a new remote access trojan dubbed LOBSHOT was being distributed through Google Ads. While investigating the malware distribution, the researchers noticed the use of an infrastructure known to belong to cybercrime group TA505. ” reads the report published by Elastic Security Labs.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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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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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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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

As web security improves, email security has become a bigger problem than ever. The overwhelming majority of malware attacks now come from email — as high as 89 percent , according to HP Wolf Security research. Spear phishing attempts are targeted toward specific individuals or groups of individuals. What is 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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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 28, 2020

Wawa said the breach did not expose personal identification numbers (PINs) or CVV records (the three-digit security code printed on the back of a payment card). Most card breaches at restaurants and other brick-and-mortar stores occur when cybercriminals manage to remotely install malicious software on the retailer’s card-processing systems.

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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. orgs with 3 malware appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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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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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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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Ten years ago, I wrote an essay : "Security in 2020." Here's what I said back then: There's really no such thing as security in the abstract. Security can only be defined in relation to something else. You're secure from something or against something. Well, it's finally 2020. I think I did pretty well.

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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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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 26, 2018

In this Spotlight Podcast, sponsored by Trusted Computing Group*, Dennis Mattoon of Microsoft Research gives us the low-down on DICE: the Device Identifier Composition Engine Architectures, which provides a means of solving a range of security and identity problems on low cost, low power IoT endpoints. Read the whole entry. »

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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. ” Alex Holden , founder and CTO of Hold Security , agreed. “Reshipping is way up right now, but there are some complications,” he said.

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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Luxottica Group S.p.A. As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. ” On October 27th, the company began to notify affected users.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Here’s a look at what’s coming, and the potential security and privacy trade-offs of trusting the carriers to handle online authentication on your behalf. “For example, just because you swap in a new SIM, that doesn’t mean the mobile authentication profile we’ve created is ported as well.

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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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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The NAIC approved the request of the Privacy Protections (H) Working Group (Privacy Working Group) to draft a new model law to enhance consumer protections and specify the corresponding obligations of licensed entities. The Privacy Working Group expects to expose an initial draft of the white paper in advance of the Fall 2022 Meeting.

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Armstrong Archives

DECEMBER 19, 2023

No matter the size of a business, a well-defined record retention policy serves multiple purposes: ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, aiding in efficient document management, and securing sensitive information. However, they also require IT infrastructure to facilitate secure storage and backup.

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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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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A data controller is any organization, group, or person that collects personal data and determines how it is used. Think: an online retailer that stores customers’ email addresses to send order updates. A data processor is any organization or group that conducts data processing activities.

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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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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This week civil liberties groups in Europe won the right to challenge the UK’s bulk surveillance activities in the The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Now facial recognition appears to be on the verge of blossoming commercially, with security use-cases paving the way. Related: Snowden on unrestrained surveillance.

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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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