Cybersecurity

Rise in automated attacks troubles ecommerce industry – Help Net Security

Automated attacks on application business logic, carried out by sophisticated bad bots, were the leading threat for online retailers, according to Imperva. In addition, account takeover, DDoS, API abuse, and client-side attacks were significant risks. The ecommerce industry remains a lucrative target for cybercriminal activity. Built on a vast network of API connections and third-party […]

Cybersecurity

Nearly 15,000 accounts raided at automaker sites to harvest vehicle IDs, report says

Cybercriminals appear to have deployed bots to break into customer accounts at several large automakers, then harvested important information about thousands of individual vehicles and offered it for sale in private Telegram channels, researchers said Tuesday. The evidence suggests the hackers used automated account takeover (ATO) techniques to “access to personal information as well as […]