The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2019

Addressing third-parties Allen founded The Santa Fe Group in 1995 and established it as a leading consultancy, specializing on emerging technologies. And once you have that, then you have the ability to reverse algorithms and unlock encryption. To hear the full interview, please give the accompanying podcast a listen.

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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

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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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!!!!” “Perhaps you bought something there and left your personal data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Joe Biden and his administration seems be on a forward thinking gear for quantum technology linked cyber attacks leading to data breaches. 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. isn’t it? .

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

However, industries reliant on shared devices—such as healthcare, retail, and manufacturing—face unique challenges. Similarly, in retail and manufacturing, delays caused by authentication procedures reduce overall efficiency. These fast-paced environments need a more flexible approach to balance security, speed, and user privacy.

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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 102

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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Retail Data breaches Mobile Threat Reports 70

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. And the disruption was seen only across North of England. Lancashire Police and Britain’s NCSC have taken a note of the incident and are busy investigating it independently.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2022

This raises the question of where digital payment technologies will take us in the future, and how will this affect consumers? The biggest challenge for both retailers and financial organizations was the rapidness of that change. Retailers need to provide a seamless journey without introducing too much friction while balancing risk.

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Retail Financial Services Banking Authentication 126

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In our increasingly digital world, a greater proportion of businesses across different sectors are trying to integrate new technologies into their processes. Technologies such as IoT, cloud computing, edge computing, and AI have the ability to drastically improve the service and operations of any business. Untapped potential.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 5, 2021

Retail giant Amazon recently offered to pay $10 USD for your palm prints. Palm signatures are created, encrypted, and stored in the cloud. How these palm signatures are encrypted, Amazon didn’t specify. Would you offer them your hand? Amazon One is Amazon’s plam-powered contactless identity service.

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Retail Encryption Surveillance Authentication 143

Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

OmniVision Technologies is a company that specializes in developing advanced digital imaging solutions. OmniVision Technologies Inc. “On September 30, 2023, OVT became aware of a security incident that resulted in the encryption of certain OVT systems by an unauthorized third party.

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

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

But data management begins with strategy, not technology. The solution is data encryption, which uses mathematical algorithms to scramble data, replacing plaintext with ciphertext. The trouble is that most encryption methods aren’t universal. Of course, data protection requires effective cybersecurity solutions.

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Encryption Data privacy Cloud Migration Risk 214

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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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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Retail Ransomware Cyber threats Risk 52

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

“On July 28, 2020, Mattel discovered that it was the victim of a ransomware attack on its information technology systems that caused data on a number of systems to be encrypted. Mattel contained the attack and, although some business functions were temporarily impacted, Mattel restored its operations.”

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 7, 2019

When CyberTown, USA is fully built out, it’s backers envision it emerging as the world’s premier technology hub for cybersecurity and data science. Janke: Cybersecurity is the fastest growing segment in technology and is the number one risk-concern of the Fortune 500. LW: What are the key drivers behind this development?

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 14, 2018

Encryption provides an extra layer of security and control over your data, as well as the systems holding and transmitting your data. This enables regulatory compliance with HIPPA for healthcare organizations, PCI DSS for retailers, and other regulations. Layer defenses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Microsoft, the technology giant of America, has linked Clop Ransomware gang’s whereabouts to a corporate network that was previously hit by Raspberry Robin worm. Meaning the said malware is acting as an access point to hackers spreading the said version of file encrypting malware.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Massive increase in cyberattacks targeting technology and retail industries confirms immediate need for zero-trust security

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Retail Encryption Technology 60

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2018

Around the same time, US fashion retailer Forever 21 admitted that hackers had collected customers’ credit card information from its stores’ point of sale terminals over much of 2017, and the information of nearly 1.2 For more information on the Privacy Amendment Act 2017, please visit our dedicated landing page.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

With most of today’s internet traffic being encrypted, security measures can become obsolete without the ability to see into all traffic, encrypted or not. Cisco Secure Firewall blends multiple technologies to detect and block more threats in more places. VISIBILITY for better threat detection.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. Chipmaker NVIDIA says a cyberattack led to theft of information on more than 71,000 employees.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 25, 2018

Digital transformation inherently drives organizations into a data driven world – and each technology used for digital transformation (cloud, big data, IoT, blockchain, mobile payments and more) requires its own unique approach to protecting data. Adoption levels are high across the board for these technologies. Encrypt the data.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. locked to the filename of the encrypted files. Operators behind the attacks were spreading a new version of the Mespinoza ransomware (aka Pysa ransomware). This new version used the.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 19, 2024

Cybercriminals often encrypt live data and demand ransom for access, corrupting backups and turning off security software. Encrypting a few devices to test their strategy is a red flag that a more significant ransomware assault is imminent and demands immediate action.

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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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Retail Ransomware Cyber threats Risk 40

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

This year is expected to see similarly high numbers which is paralleled by increasing retailer anxiety about the state of their cybersecurity. In fact, according to our recent survey of retailers , 88% feel vulnerable to data threats. Digital payment data is created, shared and stored in more places than ever before.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

This includes administrative, physical, and technical safeguards like encryption and access controls. Recent updates to HIPAA regulations may address new technologies and evolving threats in the healthcare industry. Recent amendments to the CFAA may include updates to address new cybercrime techniques and technological advancements.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

A multi-layered approach is required to reduce exposure to ransomware attacks and also to recover encrypted data more quickly and effectively. Citrix Content Collaboration captures versions of files in real time to ensure that a clean version is always available to replace a file that has been encrypted by ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

ALPHV was the third most used RaaS between October 2022 - September 2023 ALPHV is a typical RaaS group where several criminal organizations work together to extort victims for data theft and/or encryption of important files. Stop malicious encryption. Use EDR or MDR to detect unusual activity before an attack occurs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Census Bureau’s latest  Annual Retail Trade Survey  reports e-commerce expenditures rose from $571.2 Requirement 4: Less specificity on the type of encryption used means your organization is freer to follow industry best practices. In fact, the U.S. billion in 2019 to $815.4 billion in 2020, a 43% increase. and PCI v4.0:

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