In February 2020, the world’s biggest retailer, Amazon, fended off the largest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in history. As peak traffic volume hit 2.3 Tbps, e-commerce security experts…
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Retail Cybersecurity: How to Protect Your Customer Data
In the early days of the pandemic, many retailers quickly launched e-commerce stores for the first time. Others expanded their offerings, such as adding online ordering with curbside pick-up. Within only…
The Shift to E-Commerce: How Retail Cybersecurity is Changing
With more people making purchases from home, now is a more important time than ever to secure your business against retail security threats. More and more customers are moving to…
E-Commerce Skimming is the New POS Malware
As the holiday shopping season shifts into high gear, the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating an ongoing trend: shoppers are opting to buy online. Rather than flooding brick-and-mortar stores — and point-of-sale…
E-Commerce Skimming is the New POS Malware
As the holiday shopping season shifts into high gear, the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating an ongoing trend: shoppers are opting to buy online. Rather than flooding brick-and-mortar stores — and point-of-sale…
eBay staff charged with cyberstalking, sending fetal pig and spiders
6 execs and employees have been charged with cyberharassing a couple who published an e-commerce newsletter sometimes critical of the company.
ITG08 (aka FIN6) Partners With TrickBot Gang, Uses Anchor Framework
The past two years have borne witness to the increasing collaboration between organized cybercrime groups to avoid duplication of efforts and maximize profits. Although this collaboration has primarily occurred between…
Breaking the Ice: A Deep Dive Into the IcedID Banking Trojan’s New Major Version Release
The IcedID banking Trojan was discovered by IBM X-Force researchers in 2017. At that time, it targeted banks, payment card providers, mobile services providers, payroll, webmail and e-commerce sites, mainly…
A Proposed New Trust Framework for Physical and Digital Identity Interactions
Identity is a difficult term to define in the cybersecurity world. The range of personal information that can be associated with an identity interaction is highly dependent on the situational…
FIN6 Hacker Group Inject Skimmers into Thousand of E-commerce Sites to Credit Card Details
FIN6 hacking group active since 2015, PoS systems are their primary targets. The hacking group is financially motivated and employs several attack vectors to steal payment card data. Researchers observed…