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Retail Security: A Chance to Build Long-Term Customer Trust
Trillions of dollars’ worth of transactions flow through Western retailers each year. These funds, and the personal and financial information of the shoppers they belong to, make the industry a popular target ...
Silent Skimmer: The Rising Threat in Card-Skimming Attacks
A notorious Chinese-speaking threat actor, known for skimming credit card numbers off e-commerce sites and point-of-sale service providers across Asia/Pacific, has expanded its target scope to North and Latin America. The post ...
Source Defense Research Uncovers a Series of Sophisticated Magecart Attacks
Learn about the recent discovery of a sophisticated series of Magecart attacks by the Source Defense research team and how cybercriminals are targeting online payment data. Discover attack vectors and potential prevention ...
API Security’s Role in Protecting Retail Cloud Apps
Protection from API security threats is crucial, especially for retail companies that hold sensitive customer and financial data ...
How to Stop Magecart Attacks and Save Your Business
In 2022, a staggering 60 million payment card records were put up for sale on the dark web. Of these, 45.6 million were obtained through card-not-present transactions, meaning they were stolen during ...
PCI-DSS 4.0 is Here. What Does it Mean for Online Retailers?
PCI-DSS 4.0 was released in early 2022 with a two-year transition period to allow organizations time to learn about and implement it. Are you ready for the transition? ...
Protecting eCommerce & Retail Sites from Client-Side Attacks
Nearly 75% of fraud and data breach cases involve eCommerce and retail merchants, according to the latest Visa Biannual Threats Report. Digital skimming attacks targeting eCommerce platforms and third-party code integrations are ...
Latest Verizon Data Breach Report: Retail is an Easy Target for Web Application Attacks
The theft of payment card data from retail organizations is on the rise, with 18 percent of breaches attributable to Magecart attacks, according to Verizon's 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) released ...
Canada’s Largest Alcohol Retailer Hit by Magecart Attack
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), Canada’s largest alcoholic beverage retailer, revealed last week that hackers had injected malicious code into its website to steal customer and credit card data. This ...
Flashpoint Year In Review: 2022 Retail Cyber Threat Landscape
With so much at stake for retailers—as well as their partners and the consumers they serve—it’s vital for security and fraud teams to mitigate exploitable vulnerabilities, keep threat actors out, reduce risk, ...
