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Home   »   Business Process Compromise

Business Process Compromise and the Underground’s Economy of Coupon Fraud

  • Posted on:September 28, 2017 at 5:03 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Deep Web, Social
  • Author:
    Trend Micro Forward-Looking Threat Research Team
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The fraudulent redemption of freebies, discounts, and rebates in the form of coupons is reportedly costing U.S. businesses $300–600 million every year. And where there’s money to be made, there are cybercriminals rustling up schemes to take advantage of it. Unsurprisingly, that was the case when it comes to coupon fraud, which we found to be rife and thriving in the underground.

What does coupon fraud mean for businesses? In 2012, major manufacturers were victimized by counterfeit coupons, with one consumer goods corporation pegging its losses to around $1.28 million. Another coupon fraud scheme almost a decade in the making stole at least $250 million from companies.

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Tags: Business Process CompromiseCoupon Fraudunderground

Are Your Online Mainframes Exposing You to Business Process Compromise?

  • Posted on:July 13, 2017 at 11:01 am
  • Posted in:Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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Legacy mainframes are still used by enterprises to handle big data transactions across a range of industries, from financial institutions, telecoms, and internet service providers (ISPs) to airlines and government agencies.

Why are they still in use? As the saying goes: “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. But what if they’re not necessarily “broken”—but unsecure? Exposing a mainframe online, even unintentionally, can be detrimental to the security not only of the company’s crown jewels, but also their customers. This is what we found using data from Shodan, a public search engine for internet-connected devices.

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Tags: Business Process CompromiseMainframesShodan

Security Predictions for 2019

  • Our security predictions for 2019 are based on our experts’ analysis of the progress of current and emerging technologies, user behavior, and market trends, and their impact on the threat landscape. We have categorized them according to the main areas that are likely to be affected, given the sprawling nature of the technological and sociopolitical changes under consideration.
    Read our security predictions for 2019.

Business Process Compromise

  • Attackers are starting to invest in long-term operations that target specific processes enterprises rely on. They scout for vulnerable practices, susceptible systems and operational loopholes that they can leverage or abuse. To learn more, read our Security 101: Business Process Compromise.

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