As the world collectively grapples with the health, societal, and economic impacts of COVID-19, businesses everywhere are facing a hidden parallel threat. Hackers and malicious actors are using the confusion and anxiety to pry open new and existing vulnerabilities, and cybersecurity firms around the world are seeing a drastic increase in attacks. Ransomware This is…
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Reports of account takeover (ATO) from our e-commerce customers have risen 67% in the past six months. What is driving this rise? Moreover, what can you do to combat it without impacting the vitally important holiday season? Fraudsters use a number of tactics to takeover accounts, including social engineering, credential stuffing and phishing attacks. Regardless…
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Below we cover basic questions with PCI SSC Chief Technology Officer Troy Leach about a newly released bulletin by the PCI SSC and RH-ISAC on the topic of digital skimming and how to detect and prevent this dangerous threat. For more information about best practices for detection and prevention, review the full bulletin here. Q. …
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RH-ISAC article featured on Retail IT Insights. The below is an excerpt from the article. For the full post, visit: https://www.retailitinsights.com/doc/how-to-mitigate-account-takeover-in-retail-0001 Online shopping is pervasive, especially as more and more retailers expand their digital commerce. While online shopping provides a multitude of benefits for both retailers and consumers, it also has created a new threat…
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‘Tis the season where retailers see a much higher volume of sales, both in stores and online. This makes it harder to detect anomalous traffic, and it is impractical to block IP ranges based upon geography, because online sales can be global. Retail staff is motivated and focused upon sales, at the risk of possibly…
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