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In October 2021, RH-ISAC launched a members-only podcast highlighting best practices in cybersecurity. RH-ISAC is excited to announce our podcast is now moving public in a newly revised format and will be available to members and non-members alike on major podcast platforms. Part of RH-ISAC’s mission is to be a trusted cybersecurity resource for the…

The stakes remained high for retailers this holiday season, with attackers aggressively focusing their attention on the commerce sector – both in the U.S. and abroad. Several factors played into the increase in malicious activity — the surge in online traffic due to pandemic-related restrictions as well as compounding supply chain issues and associated inventory…

As the Russia/Ukraine crisis develops, RH-ISAC is working to provide guidance to the retail and hospitality community concerned with the situation’s impact on their operations. Historically, Russian cyber activities during regional conflict start with massive DDoS attacks against the target states’ communications and civil infrastructure organizations. Other opportunistic attacks such as ransomware and data breaches…

Any company operating a modern information technology environment can fall victim to system-encrypting ransomware. But not every company has fallen victim. Do companies that experience an operations-impacting ransomware event have poor cybersecurity hygiene? Or is the quality of cybersecurity hygiene not a factor in the frequency of ransomware events? To answer these questions, RiskRecon analyzed…

The surge in online activity in recent years has led to a corresponding explosion in online fraud – a 140% increase in the volume of fraud attacks in 2021 compared to pre-COVID. Even enterprises with strong fraud prevention programs now struggle to confidently distinguish real consumers from cybercriminals. Confidence in the customer-vs-criminal question and the…