Retail Tag
Reducing Dwell Time of POS Attacks Can be Deceptively Simple
08:05 07 September in Attivo News
Attacks on Point-of-Sale (POS) systems continue to occur at staggering rates and retailers remain exposed as vulnerabilities in point-of-sale systems afford weak links for attackers to exploit. According to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), of the more than 53,000 incidents examined, 2,216...
Panera Bread May Have Just Exposed Millions of Customers’ Personal Data
10:43 05 April in Industry News
Millions of Panera Bread customers may have had their personal data exposed by the fast-casual restaurant chain, according to security experts.Until Monday, scores of customer information — including names, email addresses, home addresses, birth dates and final four credit card digits — was accessible as...
Saks, Lord & Taylor breach: Data stolen on 5 million cards
09:55 02 April in Industry News
Hackers stole information for more than 5 million credit and debit cards used at Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off 5th and Lord & Taylor stores.Hudson's Bay Company, which owns the retail chains, confirmed the breach Sunday, and said it has "identified the issue, and has...
POS Under Attack
By: Carolyn Crandall It is never a good time to have to report a Point of Sale (POS) breach, but having to do so as holiday spending season commences is especially miserable, as this is a sure way to lose consumers’ trust and confidence in...
Consumers Don’t Believe Retailers Will Keep Data Safe
13:25 26 October in Industry News
As more consumers give their personal data over to the retailers they buy from, protecting that information is a critical element of maintaining consumer confidence. Unfortunately, a recent report shows that there’s a short supply of public faith in retail cybersecurity....
Chinese Hackers Breached LoopPay, Whose Tech Is Central to Samsung Pay
13:58 13 October in Industry News
WASHINGTON — Months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung’s new mobile payment system, LoopPay, a small Massachusetts subsidiary of the South Korean electronics giant, was the target of a sophisticated attack by a group of government-affiliated Chinese hackers.As early as March, the hackers...
Chinese Hackers Breached LoopPay, Whose Tech Is Central to Samsung Pay
23:09 07 October in Industry News
WASHINGTON — Months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung’s new mobile payment system, LoopPay, a small Massachusetts subsidiary of the South Korean electronics giant, was the target of a sophisticated attack by a group of government-affiliated Chinese hackers.As early as March, the hackers...
2014: A Year of Mega Breaches
15:27 18 August in Research
2014 will long be remembered for a series of mega security breaches and attacks starting with the Target breach in late 2013 and ending with Sony Pictures Entertainment. ...
Survey: Consumers not too trusting when it comes to data security with retailers
22:59 30 June in Survey
The government is not typically an institution that inspires consumer confidence, and when it comes to protecting personal data, neither is the retail industry....
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