This month’s member spotlight is Victoria Lau, CTI analyst at Saks OFF 5TH Victoria is new to the cybersecurity field, having recently graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and information security from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She originally started her college journey studying pre-law at Vassar, but decided…
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Context On November 20, 2020, the FIFA World Cup 2022 is scheduled to begin in Qatar. Multiple retail, hospitality, and travel organizations are involved in this event to varying degrees and on various fronts and may be affected, including: Organizations, especially hospitality organizations, with a presence in Qatar Organizations that handle sports betting Organizations that…
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As we approach this 2022 holiday season, retailers will be faced with myriad pressures, some a continuation of market conditions from years past, others a bit more unexpected. Supply chain challenges remain, but instead of empty shelves, there’s a twist — driven by changing consumer preferences and buying behaviors. Red-hot categories like apparel and home…
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On November 9, 2022, Trend Micro researchers reported two campaigns they attribute to a new threat group Earth Longzhi, which they assess is a subgroup of APT41. Context Trend Micro researchers based the assessed connection between the groups on shared targets, shared Cobalt Strike metadata, code similarities, and shared tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Impact…
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The use of mobile phones is expanding worldwide, with approximately 6.65 billion currently in use. As smartphones become ubiquitous, an increasing number of the world’s e-commerce transactions are taking place on mobile devices, leading to the coining of the term “mcommerce” to describe the new method of shopping. eMarketer predicts that by 2024 nearly 70%…
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