IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

Phishing is one of the most common and dangerous forms of cyber crime. 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. How common are phishing attacks?

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KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

A new analysis of the retail market’s threat landscape discusses the challenges faced by this industry and what threat tactics are being used to take advantage of retail’s cyber weaknesses.

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KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

New data polled from analysts and members of the retail industry about their security focus is this holiday season reveals the kinds of attacks every organization should be preparing for.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A China-based financially motivated group, tracked as Fangxiao, is behind a large-scale phishing campaign dating back as far as 2019. Researchers from Cyjax reported that a China-based financially motivated group, dubbed Fangxiao, orchestrated a large-scale phishing campaign since 2017. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing).

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, has suffered a massive data breach, affecting 123 million customer and employee records. Cyber security researchers at vpnMentor found a leaky database on a publicly accessible Elasticsearch server. Customers’ email addresses and login information were also compromised.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Midstride in this year’s holiday shopping, it’s important to realize just how many websites exist that impersonate legitimate online retailers. More importantly, your users need to know how to spot these types of attacks before falling victim.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

“Frappo” acts as a Phishing-as-a-Service and enables cybercriminals the ability to host and generate high-quality phishing pages which impersonate major online banking, e-commerce, popular retailers, and online-services to steal customer data. Detailed analysis of the Phishing-As-A-Service Frappo is available here: [link].

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2022

Welcome to our July 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. NFT marketplace warns users of phishing scams. NFT marketplace warns users of phishing scams. We are working with Customer.io

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Dark Reading

APRIL 21, 2022

Annual ThreatLabz Report reveals phishing-as-a-service as the key source of attacks across critical industries and consumers globally; underscores urgency to adopt a zero-trust security model.

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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. What is Phishing? Types of Phishing Attacks & Their Defenses. Spear Phishing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2022

How Can We Secure The Future of Digital Payments? The biggest challenge for both retailers and financial organizations was the rapidness of that change. Without it, it’s close to impossible for an organization to act securely and in accordance with rules and regulations. Advice for secure digital payments.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Welcome to our November review of phishing scams, in which we examine the latest campaigns and the tactics being used by cyber criminals to fool you into handing over your information. Phishing attacks are harder to spot on your smartphone. Phishing attacks are harder to spot on your smartphone.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2023

The United Parcel Service (UPS) says fraudsters have been harvesting phone numbers and other information from its online shipment tracking tool in Canada to send highly targeted SMS phishing (a.k.a. ” Pivoting on the domain in the smishing message sent to Dylan shows the phishing domain shared an Internet host in Russia [91.215.85-166]

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

From healthcare innovations to retail experiences and manufacturing enhancements, AR has the potential to reshape operational frameworks and redefine user interactions. Recently, Apple launched its Apple Vision Pro to much fanfare and has pushed the discussion of Augmented Reality (AR) beyond the realms of gaming and entertainment.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

So before the shopping frenzy begins, we thought this would be an opportune time to outline some best practices that both retailers and consumers should follow in order to protect consumer data. As convenience technologies evolve, look for more risks to consumers and retailers. Protecting Consumer Data is Priority #1.

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IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2023

Phishing attacks are among the most common forms of cyber crime that organisations face, so it’s crucial that you learn how to prevent scams. We answer that question in this blog, as we provide our top ten ways to avoid phishing attacks. In this example, seen by MailGuard , the message appears to be a security alert from Netflix.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

LightInTheBox is a Chinese online retailer trading on the New York Stock Exchange, most of its customers are in North America and Europe. “Led by cybersecurity analysts Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a leak in a database belonging to the online retailer LightInTheBox.” concludes the post.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Want to stay up to date on phishing scams ? The organisation has disclosed few other facts in order to maintain “ the confidentiality of the investigation ”, but security researchers suspect that the attack was a form of BEC in which a third-party breach leads to the attack. See also: Phishing scams for November 2019.

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IT Governance

APRIL 6, 2021

We provide more details of both scams in this blog, along with a new – albeit familiar – con involving a fake security notice from your bank. Make sure your staff know how to identify and avoid scams with our Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. Action Fraud warns of tickets scams as lockdown eases.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 352 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Being Used to Phish So Many of Us? A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Dark Reading

MAY 1, 2020

Employees belonging to organizations in industries such as energy, retail, and hospitality have been recipients, Abnormal Security says.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Other campaigns observed by the experts invited recipients to claim gift cards from popular retailers like Home Depot. In this case, the spam messages include links to fake online survey pages that have nothing to do with the retailer’s gift card. The experts also published a guide for a secure holiday shopping.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

We’re back for another round-up of phishing scams that caught our eye over the past month. This series provides real-life examples of phishing emails, helping you understand how they work and what you should do to avoid falling victim. It’s never a surprise to hear that Yahoo is implicated in a cyber security scam.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 8, 2020

A spike in phishing and malicious websites aimed at defrauding Amazon.com customers aim to make Prime Day a field day for hackers.

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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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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

An unknown number of Amazon customers reported yesterday and today that they had received an email from the online retail giant (see below). To many, the email looks to be a phishing scam of some sort. The post Amazon’s data breach email looks like a phishing scam appeared first on IT Governance Blog. Can you see the problem?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 340 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 291 appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

The crooks responsible for launching phishing campaigns that netted dozens of employees and more than 100 computer systems last month at Wipro , India’s third-largest IT outsourcing firm, also appear to have targeted a number of other competing providers, including Infosys and Cognizant , new evidence suggests. Image: urlscan.io.

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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. Business email compromise attacks will increase.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2022

Credential stuffing attacks involve botnets trying stolen login credentials usually obtained through phishing attacks and data breaches. “After reviewing thousands of posts, the OAG compiled login credentials for customer accounts at 17 well-known companies, which included online retailers, restaurant chains, and food delivery services.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 28, 2020

How a retail sector reeling from COVID-19 can lock down their online systems to prevent fraud during the upcoming holiday shopping spike.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This bad news from UScellular follows similarly troubling disclosures from networking software supplier SolarWinds and from email security vendor Mimecast. The intruders got in by tricking UScellular retail store employees into downloading malicious software on store computers. Andy Oehler, VP of Product Management, Zentry Security .

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Football world-governing body FIFA has admitted that its systems suffered a sustained phishing hack earlier this year. Although football holds a special place in many hearts across the globe, the cyber security elements of the situation should not be forgotten in the emotion of the sporting revelations. FIFA’s stance.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

Unauthorized SIM swaps often are perpetrated by fraudsters who have already stolen or phished a target’s password, as many banks and online services rely on text messages to send users a one-time code that needs to be entered in addition to a password for online authentication.

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