The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Hotels, hospitality companies, banks and eCommerce entities are all moving to newer ways to enable customers authenticate themselves across channels, without requiring any PII. Satya Gupta, CTO and Co-founder, Virsec: Gupta. What’s most disturbing about this attack is the enormous dwell time inside Starwood’s systems.

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Hacking eCommerce Authentication Social Engineering 157

Security Boulevard

MARCH 26, 2025

Atlantis AIO, a tool available to hackers on the dark web, gives threat actors an automated tool to rapidly test millions of stolen credentials against email, ecommerce, and other online accounts on more than 140 email and other platforms in credential-stuffing attacks.

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Accountability eCommerce Social Engineering Data privacy 66

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB assisted Paxful, an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering web-bot and social engineering attacks. They are a big headache for eCommerce businesses today, with cybercriminals using them to steal money, brute-force user credentials or carry out DDoS attacks.

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Cryptocurrency Social Engineering eCommerce Engineering 86

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 20, 2023

and different types of penetration tests (black box, gray box, white box, social engineering, etc.). Number of people: If an organization decides to pursue social engineering tests, the organization may be charged by the number of people in the organization (unless flat-rate or hourly charges are used).

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Penetration Testing Social Engineering Engineering eCommerce 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. Utilizing AI-driven bots for advanced social engineering techniques. Decision-making and automation of cybercriminal operations.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. After all, it’s called social engineering for a reason. The Health Service Executive is warning of fake contact tracing calls. Don’t get us wrong: we’re not praising cybercriminals for their cleverness. A message to you.

Security Awareness 52

Security Awareness Phishing Scams Social Engineering 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

Another method is to purchase products on an eCommerce site using stolen credit card information and have a domestic collaborator receive the products. One method is to directly purchase cryptocurrency or gift cards through websites using stolen credit card information, which is popular for U.S.

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