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. ” NOT SO PRO LOCK.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Future of Payments Security. 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. Securing digital transactions.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The rate at which organizations have adopted data-driven strategies means there are a wealth of digital transformation examples for organizations to draw from. Online start-ups such as Airbnb, HomeAway and Couchsurfing are some of the most clear cut digital transformation examples in the hospitality industry. It is a strategy.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

How to Secure Access for your Seasonal Workers. As the holiday season approaches, many retail, hospitality, logistics, and food manufacturing organizations hire seasonal workers to meet increasing demand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 7% job rise in the retail industry. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 05:36.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

CyberNews researchers reported that Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Over 35GB of data was added to the exposed database after the server misconfiguration opened a security hole in Ecco’s infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

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. Also read: SANS Outlines Critical Infrastructure Security Steps as Russia, U.S. Security Products Face Greater Scrutiny. Trade Cyberthreats. RaaS and CaaS Continue to Grow.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Data privacy regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be hard to navigate for businesses of any size, but GRC tools can simplify and streamline compliance with all of the requirements. Contents: Top GRC tools comparison. Top GRC tools comparison.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

In a follow-up story Wednesday on the tone-deaf nature of Wipro’s public response to this incident, KrebsOnSecurity published a list of “indicators of compromise” or IOCs , telltale clues about tactics, tools and procedures used by the bad guys that might signify an attempted or successful intrusion. internal-message[.]app.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 3, 2021

I had the chance to learn more about ABE from Brent Waters, a distinguished scientist in the Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab at NTT Research. From what I learned from Waters, this capability appears to be exactly what’s needed to dramatically improve security where it really counts: at the data layer. Customized keys.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Almost everyone wants to know what the future has in store – particularly when it comes to cyber security. With that in mind, Geraint Williams, IT Governance’s chief information security officer, discusses his cyber security predictions in the upcoming year. Our predictions. How should you prepare?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2019

Pick any company in any vertical – financial services, government, defense, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, retailing, travel and hospitality – and you’ll find employees, partners, third-party suppliers and customers all demanding remote access to an expanding menu of apps — using their smartphones and laptops. No going back.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

This ultimately resulted in the 2020 roll out of DigiCert ONE, a new platform of tools and services aimed at “embedding digital trust across the board within the enterprise and between all parts of the cloud ecosystem,” Chauhan says. This is yet another terrific example of “ stronger together.” I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

For example, Amazon reminds customers to reorder their most often-purchased products, and shows them related products or suggestions. To help eliminate tool sprawl, an enterprise-grade AIOps platform can provide a holistic view of IT operations on a central pane of glass for monitoring and management.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sometimes, we can look to others who have gone before us for inspiration and examples to help shape our vision for success. For inspiration, look across industries to uncover examples of data center success. Now we’ll look at how to get the most out of a modern data center. We don’t need to re-create the wheel all the time.

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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. Smart attacks.

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Collibra

JULY 21, 2023

For example, Collibra can help government agencies improve their services to constituents and make more informed decisions about program improvements. Let’s dive into a specific example focused on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — commonly known as the food stamp program.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This class of AI-based tools, including chatbots and virtual assistants, enables seamless, human-like and personalized exchanges. For example, natural language understanding (NLU) focuses on comprehension, enabling systems to grasp the context, sentiment and intent behind user messages.

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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. Email security software can block many of these emails, but some will still slip through. What is Phishing?

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Many are addressing this via building accelerators that could be customized for enterprise consumption that helps accelerate specific areas of modernization and one such example from IBM is IBM Consulting Cloud Accelerators. We will explore key areas of acceleration with an example in this article.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 3, 2024

Furthermore, the proposed regulations would only apply to certain uses of AI and ADMT: making significant decisions, extensively profiling consumers, and training ADMT tools. The draft rules explicitly name some tools that do not count as ADMT, including spam filters, spreadsheets, and firewalls. How does the CPPA define ADMT?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2023

Scott Lyons, CEO of Red Lion notes, “The value of any test is less about if the pentester can get into the system and much more about if the system can prove its value to the business in resilience, ability to protect the system, or ability to provide alerts to security teams.” “The

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The fast-paced business world we live in today requires smart tools to manage a business’s operations and everyday needs. ERP solutions are built to meet the needs of organizations across multiple industries including retail, consumer products, industrial, energy and utilities and government (including defense).

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The potential of this powerful new tool spans the entire end-to-end marketing process, from internal communications and productivity to customer-facing channels and product support. For example, a retail clothing company might use generative AI to customize email or online experiences tailored for different customer personas.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 19, 2023

For example, higher than average traffic on a website or application for a particular period can signal a cybersecurity threat, in which case you’d want a system that could automatically trigger fraud detection alerts. A machine learning model trained with labeled data will be able to detect outliers based on the examples it is given.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

This ransomware strain emerged in September 2020, but the threat actors behind already managed to lock quite big companies, such as game developers Crytek, booksellers Barnes & Noble, and most recently a retail giant Cencosud from Chile. Same tools and naming convention have been used as well, for example md.exe, rdp.bat, svchost.exe.

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Collibra

MARCH 3, 2021

For example, a ‘customer’ could be defined as a current or potential buyer of products or services from a ‘vendor.’ . For example, a customer could also be called a buyer or purchaser, while a vendor can be referred to as a supplier or seller. A business glossary can also be a crucial tool for managing data policies.

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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. 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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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

I often see a sizable gap between perceptions and reality among many SMB leaders,” Troy Gill a senior security analyst at AppRiver told me. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the SMB security landscape at length with Gill. In the not-so-distant past, only elite hackers had access to high-end, cutting-edge hacking tools.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

What’s driving the security of IoT? The Urgency for Security in a Connected World. Imagine a world where the retail value of your car actually grows over time – that’s now becoming a reality. It’s also enabling manufacturers to respond faster to security vulnerabilities, market demand, and even natural disasters.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Nodersok abuse of legitimate tools also called living-off-the-land binaries ( LOLBins ). Researchers observed threat actors dropping two legitimate tools onto the infected machines, namely Node.exe, the Windows implementation of the popular Node. js framework, and WinDivert, a network packet capture and manipulation utility.

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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. These wiretapping claims threaten substantial penalties. Thus, these penalties can grow quickly.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 29, 2024

A recent analysis from the IBM Institute for Business Value asked company executives “[…] how they use data to create performance baselines and to understand how applying technologies—for example, cloud, AI, generative AI—might materially improve performance in the parts of the business that generate income.”

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Rocket Software

MARCH 11, 2022

For businesses that rely on mainframes, secure access to the data stored there is simply a business requirement. For instance, in the retail industry, mobile-enabled terminal emulation means sales representatives can get the answers they need on the floor without leaving the customers’ side. Reduce costs without compromising security.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Russian TA505 hacking group , aka Evil Corp , has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. The tool used by the gang to execute RDP connections allows to launch multiple hidden RDP instances. During this investigation, the PTI researchers also discovered TA505 users executing RDP connections using tunnels.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2021

For example, a scheme of fake branded social media accounts (typical of the financial sector) affected over 500 fake accounts per bank on average in 2020. In 2020, a multi-stage scam called Rabbit Hole targeted companies’ brands, primarily retail and online services. ” About the Author: Group-IB. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Browse online using secure networks. Do your research.

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