Our holiday guidance blog series for retail and hospitality continues. For more blogs in this series, visit https://rhisac.org/blog/ Being this time of the year, our sector needs to be vigilant. There’s a chill in the air, decorations hung in every window, children’s eyes sparkle with wonder and expectation… and hackers lurk around every corner. The holiday…
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This blog is part of the RH-ISAC holiday guidance blog series. For more blogs in this series, visit https://rhisac.org/blog/. The holiday season brings out more than decorations, carols, and hot chocolate. The drastic influx in retail activity as people scurry to cross items off their shopping lists means that hackers come out in droves and malicious…
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Recently, RH-ISAC’s Director of Intelligence Operations Muktar Kelati spoke with Dark Reading about how retailers can protect themselves from hackers and scammers seeking to put a damper on both holiday spirits and sales. While retail and hospitality organizations are already working on rolling out sales, deals and other holiday promotions, threat actors are also making their lists…
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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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‘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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