E-Commerce Skimming is the New POS Malware

As the holiday shopping season shifts into high gear, the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating an ongoing trend: shoppers are opting to buy online. Rather than flooding brick-and-mortar stores — and point-of-sale (POS) machines — with sales, studies suggest a high percentage of shoppers in 2020 will be using online options and e-commerce checkout pages. And, those checkout […]

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Survey: 78% of Retailers Took Additional Security Precautions Ahead of the 2020 Holidays

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) stopped many things in 2020. While in-store holiday shopping may be greatly reduced for some, there’s still a lot of shopping happening online. Near the end of November 2020, Statista revealed that holiday retail sales were … Continue reading Survey: 78% of Retailers Took Additional Security Precautions Ahead of the 2020 Holidays

ThreatList: Cyber Monday Looms – But Shoppers Oblivious to Top Retail Threats

Online shoppers are blissfully unaware of credit card skimming threats and malicious shopping apps as they head into this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday shopping events. Continue reading ThreatList: Cyber Monday Looms – But Shoppers Oblivious to Top Retail Threats

Scams Ramp Up Ahead of Black Friday Cybercriminal Craze

With more online shoppers this year due to COVID-19, cybercriminals are pulling the trigger on new scams ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Continue reading Scams Ramp Up Ahead of Black Friday Cybercriminal Craze

Experts Weigh in on E-Commerce Security Amid Snowballing Threats

How a retail sector reeling from COVID-19 can lock down their online systems to prevent fraud during the upcoming holiday shopping spike. Continue reading Experts Weigh in on E-Commerce Security Amid Snowballing Threats

Holiday Shopping Craze, COVID-19 Spur Retail Security Storm

Veracode’s Chris Eng discusses the cyber threats facing shoppers who are going online due to the pandemic and the imminent holiday season. Continue reading Holiday Shopping Craze, COVID-19 Spur Retail Security Storm