Recently, SecurityAdvisor published a research report entitled, “2021 Report: Human Risk in Cybersecurity,” based on the analysis of more than 500,000 malicious emails targeting senior leaders, mid-managers, and entry-level employees, as well as IT, finance, human resources, and legal teams. A large portion of these attacks utilized various psychological tricks to fool retail workers –…
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For any major online storefront, account takeover (ATO) attacks are a growing threat. ATO fraud attempts to steal from consumers and eCommerce merchants rose 282% between Q2 2019 to Q2 2020, according to recent research. ATO attempts should be on the radar of CISOs as a top potential business and compliance risk for 2021. Recovering…
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The holiday shopping season is upon us; Black Friday and Cyber Monday have passed, and retailers across the country are in the thick of their busiest season of the year. While people are used to jostling with their fellow customers at the checkout counters of brick-and-mortar stores, this year’s pandemic-related restrictions mean more consumers than ever will be rubbing virtual shoulders with a different kind of competition — online bots.
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The same way consumers are trying to find the perfect gifts for friends and family this holiday season, hackers are stuffing inboxes with high volumes of spam and phishing, hoping to find vulnerable employees that are susceptible to attacks.
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Consumers and online businesses enjoy the benefits of e-gift cards, but the rising threat of bot attacks on e-gift cards, especially during holidays, casts a shadow over this lucrative payment channel.
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