Data Security

This new benchmark report measures the impact digital malware has on e-commerce retailers. The data in the report is drawn from Namogoo’s monitoring of 500 million website sessions across a range of industries over a six-month period (January 2017 –June 2017). The report outlines the current infection rate of consumer machines, the rate of infected online sessions, causes for fluctuation, and guidance on how online businesses can protect the customer journey and win back lost revenue.

Consumers, financial organizations and retailers alike are still reeling from Equifax’s announcement of a data breach that may have affected 143 million Americans, as well as other consumers in the UK and Canada. It’s not the largest data breach — last year Yahoo admitted to a breach affecting as many as 1.5 billion customers —…

Just as with great power comes great responsibility, with major advances in technology come ever-changing, ever more inventive ways of upending it. Hacking and other cyberattacks are at least as much of a cybersecurity threat to retail as to other industries, in that they touch millions of consumers and the well-being of their identities and…

Much has been made of the increasingly prominent role of e-commerce within retail — and rightfully so. A number of big-name retailers have dedicated both time and money attempting to challenge Amazon.com's market dominance. When it comes to keeping their brick-and-mortar locations around despite a flurry of e-commerce growth, retailers need to get creative. Virtual…

The Buckle Inc., an apparel retailer that operates more than 450 stores in 44 U.S. states, disclosed Friday that its retail locations were hit by malicious software designed to steal customer credit card data. The disclosure came hours after KrebsOnSecurity contacted the company regarding reports from sources in the financial sector about a possible breach…

An unknown number of Kmart stores have been targeted by hackers, leading to stolen credit card numbers and unauthorized activity on customers’ credit cards, Sears Holdings Corp. said late Wednesday. Kmart’s store payment systems were infected with a virus-like computer code undetectable by current anti-virus systems. No personal information, such as names, addresses, social security…

PCI (payment card industry) compliance may not be a term you hear as often as a small business owner. However, it has noteworthy impact to the level of risk your business assumes in payment processing if you accept credit and debit cards from customers as a form of payment. Despite media headlines that tend to…

Target Corp. will pay 47 states and the District of Columbia a total of $18.5 million as part of a settlement over its 2013 data breach. The breach compromised tens of millions of customers’ credit and debit cards, and led to the resignation of longtime CEO Gregg Steinhafel. As part of the settlement, Target will…

A software glitch caused some issues for Starbucks yesterday. Reports say a software update caused registers at some U.S. and Canadian locations to go offline, forcing Starbucks to give away free coffee. Madeleine Lowenborg-Frick, a Starbucks spokeswoman, said most stores were back online as of late Tuesday night. She also stated the glitch was due…

PCI (payment card industry) compliance may not be a term you hear as often as a small business owner. However, it has noteworthy impact to the level of risk your business assumes in payment processing if you accept credit and debit cards from customers as a form of payment. Despite that media headlines tend to…