Shane Schick

Editor and writer specializing in enterprise IT, marketing and advertising, fashion and style.

Mar 26, 2020

What coronavirus means for sports marketing

The postponement of the Summer Olympics, coupled with the suspension of play across the NBA and NHL, have disappointed fans all over the world. For brands, however, the impact of COVID-19 may require coming up with a new playbook if they want to…

Mar 23, 2020

Security Intelligence

Mirai Variant Mukashi Conducts Brute-Force Attacks Against Vulnerable NAS Devices

Network-attached storage (NAS) devices are being targeted by Mukashi, a variant of the Mirai malware, in an effort to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, researchers warn. The attacks, which says have already been spotted…

Mar 18, 2020

Security Intelligence

Snoop Attacks via L1 Data Sampling Threaten Security of Intel CPUs

Intel processors, including Core and Xeon products, are susceptible to attacks described as Snoop-assisted L1 data sampling, a security investigator has discovered. Described in a deep-dive report published to warn software developers, Intel said the…

Mar 10, 2020

Security Intelligence

Threat Actors Launch Attacks Based on Exchange Control Panel Vulnerability

Threat groups are exploiting a vulnerability in the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) just weeks after Microsoft issued a patch, security researchers have discovered. Details of the attacks were first brought to light by a report from U.K.-based , which…

Mar 4, 2020

Will loyalty programs gain renewed value in a cookie-less era?

Loyalty programs existed long before personalization and one-to-one marketing bubbled up as buzzwords, but the emergence of fresh digital channels and evolving privacy regulations suggest they may become paramount to brands. A KPMG study from…

Mar 3, 2020

Security Intelligence

Researchers Estimate Krøøk Vulnerability Could Put a Billion Wi-Fi Devices at Risk

Researchers estimate more than a billion devices may be vulnerable to a cyberthreat dubbed Krøøk that can intercept and decrypt Wi-Fi traffic using WPA2 connections. researchers said the vulnerability affects devices containing some of the most…

Feb 25, 2020

Security Intelligence

Phishing Schemes Use Google Forms to Steal Office 365 Credentials

Phishing campaigns aimed at stealing Microsoft user credentials are using Google Forms to dupe potential victims, security researchers warn. Cybercriminals managed to increase their odds of success by breaking into a legitimate website to host and…

Feb 13, 2020

Samsung Business Insights

5 Ways Samsung Is Tackling Mobile Security With Knox

As we enter a new decade, the range of mobile security threats targeting smartphone users — zero-day attacks, advanced persistent threats and ransomware — is only getting more varied and sophisticated. Fortunately, Samsung Knox has been evolving even…

Feb 12, 2020

Security Intelligence

FBI Warns Supply Sector Software Providers to Watch Out for Kwampirs Malware

An ongoing campaign to infect supply chain software firms with the Kwampirs malware has led the FBI to issue a formal warning to the private sector, according to published reports. Targets for the remote-access Trojan (RAT) include organizations that…

Feb 5, 2020

Security Intelligence

Magecart Attacks Olympic Ticket Resellers, Other E-commerce Sites With OpendoorCDN Skimmer

Just a month after infecting an Olympic ticket reseller, a Magecart group has used the OpendoorCDN skimmer to compromise a number of e-commerce sites that reference the same malicious domain. Security researcher Jacob Pimental outlined the details of…

Jan 22, 2020

Security Intelligence

EFS Ransomware Attacks Overcome Major Antivirus Tools in Proof-of-Concept Tests

EFS ransomware attacks targeting Windows users could potentially overcome several major signature-based antivirus tools, researchers have discovered. Developed by Microsoft and intended to offer full disk encryption, EFS — otherwise known as Windows…

Jan 16, 2020

Security Intelligence

Microsoft Patches CryptoAPI Flaw Following Discovery From NSA

Microsoft used its first Patch Tuesday update of the new decade to address a critical vulnerability in its CryptoAPI library. A default feature within Windows that’s also known as Crypt32.dll, the CryptoAPI patch addresses a bug that could allow…

Jan 15, 2020

Security Intelligence

Cable Haunt Leaves an Estimated 200 Million Modems Open to Potential Attacks

An estimated 200 million modems or more may be vulnerable to an exploit dubbed Cable Haunt, which researchers said could give attackers complete control over their victims’ devices. First discovered and detailed in a site set up by a Denmark-based…

Jan 14, 2020

Security Intelligence

Microsoft Sway Domains Used in Phishing Campaigns to Create Bogus Landing Pages

A phishing technique that makes use of Microsoft Sway could attack organizations even if they don’t use the tool, security researchers warn. Cybercriminals are able to create landing pages that look like legitimate online content and dupe victims…

Jan 7, 2020

Esports outlook 2020: What brands need to become winning players

Editor's Note: This is part of a series of pieces looking at the year to come that Marketing Dive will publish throughout January. For more on what to expect in the months ahead, check out 7 trends that show 2020 will be a make-or-break year for…

Jan 7, 2020

Security Intelligence

Pulse VPN Bug Means ‘Big Game Ransomware’ Could Access Corporate Networks

Large organizations may be targeted by “big game ransomware” if they risk leaving a vulnerability in Pulse Secure virtual private network (VPN) servers unpatched, a cybersecurity researcher warned. In a post on his Double Pulsar blog, Kevin Beaumont…

Jan 6, 2020

Samsung Business Insights

4 Things to Do If You Think Your Business Has Been Hacked

Get your free guide on how to respond to mobile security breaches — or thwart them altogether. Cybercriminals can strike at any time. Data won’t be lost conveniently just after a backup has been performed, or when systems are temporarily down for…

Dec 18, 2019

Samsung Business Insights

Samsung and BlueJeans Reinvent the Huddle Room

A long oak table, enough swivel chairs for a football team, an expansive view of a city skyline — this is the stock art ideal we’ve come to associate with the term “business meeting.” Too bad that image is often hopelessly out of date. Besides the…

Dec 17, 2019

Experiential hospitality: Guests check in but will brands overstay their welcome?

With interest in experiential marketing showing no signs of waning, marketers this year kicked their efforts up a notch by extending the idea of a real-world pop-up into a chance to stay overnight with a brand — an attempt to deepen the relationship…

Dec 17, 2019

Security Intelligence

Nearly a Quarter of a Million RSA Keys Broken Using Certificate Vulnerability

Almost 250,000 RSA keys were found to be broken as part of an investigation into a certificate vulnerability that could compromise internet of things (IoT) devices such as connected cars and medical implants. Based on an analysis of approximately 175…