Security

The retail industry is bracing for more than just the usual surge of cyberattacks this holiday shopping season. Among the most persistent challenges is the rise in advanced bad bot traffic, which has surged by 58% compared to last year.

The streaming television industry has been accused of operating a massive data-driven surveillance apparatus that is transforming TVs into sophisticated monitoring, tracking, and targeting devices.

Imagine losing billions in e-commerce revenue because consumers are taught how to game the chargeback system. This is the harsh reality facing digital marketplaces like Uber, Airbnb, Turo, and Etsy as they grapple with an escalating wave of fraudulent chargebacks.

Cybercriminals are exploiting young gamers' innocence for financial gain, putting their privacy and their families' financial security at risk. Experts emphasize the need for parental awareness, as children are particularly vulnerable to these scams.

A new privacy report ranking the top 15 social media platforms found Reddit and Snapchat as the least intrusive on their users' privacy. At the other end of the spectrum were Meta products Facebook, Messenger and Instagram.

In addition to targeting retail websites, fraudulent purchases and fake returns not only result in direct financial losses but also create additional costs and burdens for both sellers and customers. New data shows that 75% of consumers would readily drop a brand after any cybersecurity issue.

Cybersecurity experts and government officials have long supported the policy of not paying ransoms due to its potential to curb criminal activity and reduce attacks. Paying ransoms is risky and unreliable and does not guarantee that cybercriminals will restore access or decrypt files.

The streaming platform, which serves some 83.6 million households, boasted that the technology, developed by The Trade Desk, will offer advertisers more precise prospect targeting and a more secure means of facilitating data collaboration with Roku.

Lenient return policies and product promotions have become the gold standard for merchants who want to acquire loyal customers. However, these same strategies have opened them up to rampant policy abuse.

Artificial intelligence is behind a significant surge in sophisticated bad bot traffic, which went from bad to worse in the first quarter of this year. Instead of human net surfers, these bad bots generated nearly half of all web traffic.

A former "sneaker botter" who for years programmed bots to take advantage of e-commerce platforms now uses his experience to combat bot attacks to raid merchants' websites and prevent Account Takeover (ATO) attacks.

A study released Tuesday by digital risk protection solutions company Memcyco found that nearly three-quarters of businesses have deployed a digital impersonation protection solution to avert online scams, but only 6% of those organizations are satisfied that it protects them and their customers.

Mistrust in how online retailers handle their customers' personal information is at an all-time high, costing merchants lost revenue and follow-up orders. Twenty-six percent of consumers have abandoned a brand in the past 12 months due to privacy concerns. Establishing a higher trust level is no lon...

Nearly two dozen dating apps were flagged by Mozilla's Privacy Not Included researchers as failing to meet privacy and security standards, sharing customer data with third parties, and excluding the right of a user to wipe their data from the app.