Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2024

The Cactus ransomware group claims to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden. Coop is one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden, with approximately 800 stores across the country. The stores are co-owned by 3.5 million members in 29 consumer associations.

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Retail Ransomware Encryption Hacking 141

CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Retail has a ransomware problem. While almost every sector has been plagued by ransomware over this past year– which is malicious software that locks access to systems and encrypts data so that users cannot access it – retail is a particularly hard hit vertical. To read this article in full, please click here

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Retail Ransomware Encryption Software 106

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The security.txt file made available by USAA , for example, includes links to its bug bounty program; an email address for disclosing security related matters; its public encryption key and vulnerability disclosure policy; and even a link to a page where USAA thanks researchers who have reported important cybersecurity issues.

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Retail Healthcare Internet Internet 345

Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Here's how retailers can protect themselves. Attackers were collecting user credit card information for an entire week from the Macy's website before they were alerted.

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Retail Encryption 108

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2019

NIST has completed a study -- it was published last year, but I just saw it recently -- calculating the costs and benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard. And I certainly agree that the benefits of a standardized encryption algorithm that we all trust and use outweigh the cost by orders of magnitude.

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Encryption Retail Manufacturing Education 154

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2021

American clothing brand and retailer Guess discloses a data breach after the February ransomware attack and is notifying the affected customers. On July 9, 2021, the fashion retailer started sending notification letters to the individuals whose information may have been involved. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Retail Data breaches Ransomware Identity Theft 105

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Retailers and shoppers are leveraging and enjoying many benefits data sharing brings: loyalty programs, personalized experiences, easier product location and ordering, online shopping, mobile access and the list goes on. Unfortunately, this results in retailers as a top target for cyberattacks. Business is booming and data is flowing.

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Retail Digital transformation Data breaches Encryption 89

Adam Levin

APRIL 10, 2019

The analysis was conducted by the Aite Group, which looked at mobile apps in eight categories: retail banking, credit cards, mobile payment, healthcare savings, retail finance, health insurance, auto insurance and cryptocurrency.

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Banking Retail Insurance Mobile 187

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 22, 2019

But typically, such breaches occur when cybercriminals manage to remotely install malicious software on a retailer’s card-processing systems. “This encryption technology protects card data by making it unreadable.

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Energy and Utilities Retail Data breaches Marketing 278

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s worth noting that there’s no reason a legitimate retailer would need that last one — the skeleton key to your identity — to process a purchase.). VPNs encrypt data , making it much harder to intercept when transmitted through a shared or suspect internet connection. Shop at reputable and recognizable retailers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Black Friday and Cyber Weekend: Navigating the Tumultuous Waters of Retail Cybersecurity sparsh Tue, 11/21/2023 - 05:01 As global consumers gear up for the much-anticipated shopping bonanza that is Black Friday and Cyber Weekend, retailers brace themselves for the frenzied onslaught of shoppers and the deluge of cyber threats lurking in the shadows.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up? Retailers have been prepping for this season all year and are ready to provide a safe, secure, and seamless customer shopping experience. According to the National Retail Federation (NFR), retail sales during 2024 will grow between 2.5% trillion and $5.28

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Retail Data breaches Digital transformation Risk 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 18, 2018

As digital transformation takes hold, the retail industry is under siege from cyber criminals and nation states attempting to steal consumers’ personal information, credit card data and banking information. senior retail IT security managers and 96 IT security managers from retailers across the globe. Nearly 95 percent of U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2020

E-Land Retail suffered a ransomware attack, Clop ransomware operators claim to have stolen 2 million credit cards from the company. E-Land Retail is a South Korean conglomerate headquartered in Changjeon-dong Mapo-gu Seoul, South Korea. “We are striving to quickly recover damage and normalize business. .”

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Ransomware Retail Encryption Malware 145

Adam Levin

MARCH 9, 2020

The retailer wasn’t alone. It doesn’t matter if the site is encrypted or you see the green padlock by a URL. In the high-turn world of online shopping, e-skimmers are like pilot fish getting a good meal by hitching a ride on super-predators at the top of the retail food chain. Too Many Coders in the Kitchen.

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Retail Software Accountability Cyber threats 234

Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 8, 2023

Other editions of the book — Cybersecurity for Dummies , Cyber-Sicherheit für Dummies , and Cybersecurity voor dummies respectively — are also available in both brick-and-mortal and online retail outlets.

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Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Retail Backups 243

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up? Retailers have been prepping for this season all year and are ready to provide a safe, secure, and seamless customer shopping experience. According to the National Retail Federation (NFR), retail sales during 2024 will grow between 2.5% trillion and $5.28

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Retail Data breaches Digital transformation Risk 64

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As I was starting to write this blog, yet another retail program data breach occurred, for Marriott’s Starwood loyalty program. What I’d originally planned to write about was a topic that directly applies – why retailers of all stripes are not investing in data security. But none of these reasons rose to the top in retail.

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Retail Data breaches Big data Financial Services 66

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. Back to basics.

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Retail Data breaches Mobile Threat Reports 70

Krebs on Security

APRIL 5, 2021

” The message above was sent to a customer of RaceTrac Petroleum , an Atlanta company that operates more than 650 retail gasoline convenience stores in 12 southeastern states. . “Call or write to this store and ask to protect your privacy!!!!”

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Ransomware Advertising Retail DDOS 345

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Cyber security firm Venafi announced it has uncovered lookalike domains with valid TLS certificates that appear to target major retailers. The number is doubled compared to last year, the study revealed that less than 19,890 certificates have been issued for legitimate retail domains. retailers with over 49,500 typosquatted domains.

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Retail Encryption Advertising Phishing 101

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Legitimate retailers are never going to make you dig for the deals, so they aren’t going to put the good stuff in an attachment. It’s not just attachments from retailers, but also from shipping companies or financial institutions. …and don’t open that attachment. Change your passwords.

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Scams Banking Retail Consumer Protection 239

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It ensures your data remains encrypted, secure, and accessible only to authorised users. Encryption keys safeguard your organisations sensitive data, regulate access, and ensure the integrity of your IT systems. These frameworks require you to implement robust encryption and key management practices.

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Data breaches Encryption Risk Marketing 79

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 22, 2022

American Online Retailing Giant CafePress has been pressed with a $500,000 penalty for failing to protect the data of its customers. This includes usage of multi-factor authentication, encrypting sensitive details such as social security numbers, and not storing any critical information on the retail servers.

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Data breaches Retail Identity Theft Authentication 127

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Digital transformation (DX) is fundamentally impacting all aspects of the economy across every industry, and nowhere is this truer than in retail. Analysis of this year’s results showed that the percentage of retailers increasing IT security spending declined. Encryption technologies are the top tools needed.

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Retail Encryption Architecture Digital transformation 54

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2022

NOTE 1- According to a discussion on Reddit, a 128 bit encryption standard can take at least 3 months to break and a 256-bit key might take even longer. Perhaps it’s high- time to think about the deployment of quantum proof encryption on servers storing and processing financial, healthcare, retail and manufacturing info….isn’t

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Data breaches Encryption Retail Manufacturing 131

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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Retail Banking Malware Accountability 332

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Businesses, particularly those in financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors, suffer from operational disruptions and financial penalties. The answer is three-fold: data encryption, strong access controls, and application security. Individuals risk identity theft, financial loss, and privacy violations.

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DDOS Encryption Data breaches Identity Theft 62

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. There are two ways to protect customers’ PAN, encryption and tokenization.

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Retail Banking Big data Computers and Electronics 143

Dark Reading

JANUARY 2, 2018

The retailer found signs of unauthorized access and malware installed on point-of-sale devices during an investigation into last year's data breach.

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Malware Retail Encryption Data breaches 79

Hacker Combat

JULY 16, 2021

World-renowned fashion retailer; Guess confirmed over the course of the past week that some of its clients had their confidential data compromised in a brutal ransomware attack that the fashion giant first noted in February of this year. The company also operates a further 524 more retail outlets throughout the globe.

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Data breaches Retail Ransomware Hacking 139

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We’re excited to introduce our latest threat landscape report on the retail trade sector, offering fresh insights into the evolving cyber threats facing the industry. from last year. This contrasts the 20% average increase seen across all sectors.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 19, 2021

Notorious FIN7 gang stole payment card details from retailers around the world Cybercrime gang posed as penetration testing firm to recruit hackers. Crucially, Hladyr was also in control of the criminal organisation’s encrypted instant messaging channel.

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Penetration Testing Retail Cybersecurity Social Engineering 144

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. In order to facilitate file encryption, the ransomware look for processes associated with backups, anti-virus/anti-spyware, and file copying and terminates them.

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Computers and Electronics Ransomware Retail Spyware 134

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt that James Hall & Company, an IT service provider, was serving the food retailer regarding information technology services. Note 2 – A ransomware attack is a kind of malware attack where the hacker induces file encrypting malware into a database and locks it down from access until a ransom is paid.

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Ransomware Retail Malware Encryption 127

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. of victims) and Retail (14.5%). ProLock = Egregor. Inside Egregor.

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Ransomware Retail Banking Encryption 142

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

“The key to the wallet is encrypted and stored securely in the cloud. The FAQ also says Norton Crypto will only run on systems that meet certain hardware and software requirements (such as an NVIDIA graphics card with at least 6 GB of memory). “Norton creates a secure digital Ethereum wallet for each user,” the FAQ reads.

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Cryptocurrency Computers and Electronics Antivirus Identity Theft 351