Amazon stays quiet on cybersecurity breach

The e-commerce giant is providing few details about a leak of customer names and emails right before Black Friday.

By Daphne Howland • Nov. 26, 2018

Online fraud accelerates into holiday shopping season

One year after a record number of fraudulent account takeovers, security company 4iQ is warning e-commerce companies of more threats to come.

By Dan O'Shea • Nov. 26, 2018

Online fraud attempts forecasted to peak on Thanksgiving Day

Attempted e-commerce fraud is expected to grow less than last year, but the 14% rise seen by ACI Worldwide is still troublesome for retailers.

By Dan Alaimo • Nov. 16, 2018

Apple's e-commerce leads all US retailers in cybersecurity

The Naughty and Nice list from LastPass ranked the best and worst online retailers in terms of security. 

By Dan Alaimo • Nov. 15, 2018

Nordstrom employee data breached

Retailers are among the least trusted by consumers when it comes to keeping personal data safe.

By Daphne Howland • Nov. 14, 2018

Lord & Taylor settles state racial discrimination claims

The retailer's settlement with the Massachusetts attorney general highlights a common lack of explicit policies that prevent retail employees from treating customers unfairly based on race.

By Daphne Howland • Updated Nov. 19, 2018

NCR acquires StopLift to combat self-checkout theft

The point-of-sale manufacturer plans to integrate StopLift AI technology, which analyzes security video, with its own POS systems.

By Dan Alaimo • Nov. 7, 2018

The holidays mean higher sales — and more fraud

Digital goods, electronics, and food and beverage are all common category targets for rising fraud attacks, according to new research from Forter.

By Dan Alaimo • Oct. 25, 2018

Mastercard unveils new card security push

The financial company aims to have all its cards ready to support digital token-based security by 2020, the latest in a major push by traditional credit card networks to increase sector-wide support for tokenization. 

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 22, 2018

Visa adds payment partners to network token service

The credit card company adds more partners to its tokenization service, which could help the digital security practice spread throughout the industry.

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 18, 2018

FTC: More scammers demand gift cards from stores as payments

Fraud involving gift cards like iTunes is up 270% since 2015 as scammers coerce people into using them to pay for imposter scams.

By Dan Alaimo • Oct. 18, 2018

Shopify aims to protect merchants from fraudulent chargebacks

The e-commerce platform’s new feature is intended to protect merchants at a time when the volume and cost of retail fraud have risen dramatically.

By Dan Alaimo • Oct. 10, 2018

New tech uses product 'fingerprints' to detect counterfeits

Entrupy's new solution is based on data in the cloud to verify the authenticity of designer and luxury goods.

By Dan Alaimo • Oct. 8, 2018

Fraud attacks on retailers rose 13% in 2017

E-commerce and growing fraudster sophistication are driving increased attacks, according to the Forter Fraud Attack Index report.

By Dan Alaimo • Oct. 2, 2018

Shein says data breach affected 6.4M customers

The fashion retailer is just the latest to discover stolen customer data in a cyberattack, as retail security incidents continue to be a problem.

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 28, 2018

Study: Shopping habits can lead consumers to buy counterfeit shoes

Roughly 20% of consumers have bought fake footwear — and most were satisfied with its quality — according to a report from Red Points.

By Dan Alaimo • Sept. 28, 2018

Retailers in the forefront of hurricane preparedness

While much is made of the benefits and costs to retailers during major weather events, their focus is on safety.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 14, 2018

Home Depot hires a new CISO after losing former exec to Equifax

Steve Adegbite joins the company to focus on data protection and vulnerability management. He is the latest hire in the company's largest technology hiring wave ever.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 8, 2018

A dollar of digital fraud costs merchants $2.94

A new study finds successful fraudulent transactions per month continue to increase, while the number of attempted bad transactions blocked continues to stay just ahead.

By Dan O'Shea • Aug. 1, 2018

Returns software firm Optoro raises $75 million for expansion

Dealing with returned merchandise is one of the biggest challenges facing retailers today, evidenced by the funding raised by the logistics tech specialist.

By Dan Alaimo • July 31, 2018

US retailers lead world in data breaches

Despite big spending by U.S. retailers, data breaches continue to grow, according to a study, with half reporting a breach in the last year.

By Dan Alaimo • July 30, 2018

Macy's and Bloomingdale's customer profiles hacked

The broad breach exposed mounds of personal information, leading security experts to point to weak authentication practices.

By Dan Alaimo • July 10, 2018

Data thieves go after Adidas, other sports and fitness sites

Adidas’ e-commerce site suffered a breach involving millions of customers.

By Dan Alaimo • July 5, 2018

Amazon, eBay join effort to combat counterfeits

The online marketplaces, along with Alibaba and Rakuten-France, have signed a European Commission Product Safety Pledge that promises to rein in dangerous and fake product listings.

By Dan Alaimo • June 26, 2018

PayPal plans to buy fraud fighter Simility

Through its latest startup acquisition, the payment company snagged a machine-learning based anti-fraud platform to help round out its capabilities.

By Dan O'Shea • June 24, 2018