Hackers are Silently Piercing Through Retail Organizations

Deadly tricks

• Recently, Brendon Gyermekáruház Kft, a baby clothes store in Hungary, was affected by a cyberattack.
• During the attack, the attackers used Zeppelin-like software, which also penetrated the firewall and the antivirus system.
• Due to the attack, online shopping and user accounts became inaccessible, which raises questions against the security of the widely exposed networks of retail businesses.

Other recent attacks

• Around the same time, scammers were observed spoofing Target's Gift Card balance checking the page to lure victims.
• Viandes Dubreton, the Canadian producer and distributor of meat products, revealed that its servers were affected by a cyber attack.
• Premier Kids Care, the Georgian Therapy Center for kids, disclosed that it was targeted by a cyberattack when an unauthorized actor had gained access to its PKC systems.
• Designer Brands Inc., the Columbus-based retailer, disclosed that a vendor was hit with a ransomware attack, after which it had to shut down its systems.
• Kmart, the U.S. department chain store, suffered a ransomware attack that impacted its back-end services.

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