BITSIGHT SECURITY RATINGS BLOG

The retail sector has proven that when top minds put their heads together, they can make real headway against pernicious cyber threats. Case in point: the industry-wide adoption of EMV  chip cards has played a role in reducing...

Retail operations, whether in-store or online, rely on a long chain of connections between third parties. When attackers target one of these third parties, they can wreak havoc on the supply chain, affecting business operations up and down...

The retail industry has always been a favorite target of cyber criminals. We all remember major data breaches like those that affected Target, TJX, and Home Depot — but the truth is that retail security threats have been a daily concern of...

Early last month, it was disclosed that Ticketmaster suffered a data breach through a third party service provider as part of a payment card hacking campaign; Ticketmaster was just one of hundreds of victims. The threat actor, Magecart,...

In recent weeks, the security news has been dominated by announcements of data breaches resulting from Point of Sale (PoS) malware present on payment processing terminals. All 350 North American Eddie Bauer retail locations and 20...

Last week, Walmart Canada, Rite-Aid, CVS, and Sam’s Club were among the retailers to suspend their online photo operations due to a possible data breach of third-party photo service provider PNI Digital (a Staples subsidiary). This is the...

It's the time of year that every media outlet talks about predictions and resolutions. We've compiled a list of the most interesting and/or relevant information security predictions for 2015 and added a few of our own, courtesy of BitSight...

Last week it was revealed that more than 53 million email addresses were stolen as part of the Home Depot breach discovered last September. Combined with the 76 million email addresses stolen in the JPMC data breach in June, we're talking...

On July 21, 2014, Brian Krebs (once again) broke the news of a potentially major retail breach. Goodwill Industries and its 165 independent agencies across North America appear to be the most recent victims in the seemingly plagued retail...