Account takeover (ATO) and fake account generation attacks have become wildly successful in recent years, so much so that the FBI’s Cyber Division issued a recent warning to businesses about the growing threat of automated attacks. To better understand the current landscape as it pertains to retailers, Kasada analyzed the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Top…
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Context On October 4, 2022, DCSO CyTec security researchers reported the technical details of a new backdoor malware targeting Microsoft SQL servers they dubbed “Maggie.” According to researchers, the Maggie backdoor can bruteforce logins to other MSSQL servers and add a new hardcoded backdoor user after bruteforcing administrator logins. Researchers did not investigate if and…
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The annual RH-ISAC Cyber Intelligence Summit was held in Plano, Texas on September 20-21, 2022. Summit is the premier event for cybersecurity practitioners in the retail, hospitality, and travel industries. This year’s event had nearly 400 attendees for two days full of presentations and networking. The post-conference report is now available to download. It includes details about…
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The RH-ISAC awards are an annual opportunity to honor the individuals and member companies who have gone above and beyond in their commitment to the RH-ISAC community. The recipients of these awards have displayed extraordinary dedication to the culture of sharing and have gone out of their way to assist RH-ISAC in fulfilling our mission…
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According to RH-ISAC’s 2021 CISO Benchmark Report, 67% of retail and hospitality organizations expect their full-time employee count to be higher in 2022 than in 2021. Similarly, 70% expect their budget in 2022 to be higher than the previous year. This is good news for cybersecurity professionals racing to secure the digital-first world, but will…
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