Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Cyber threats cause significant economic damage and threaten customer protection and data privacy. Experts are observing a significant increase in the number of Ransomware attacks against hospitals, financial institutions, schools, and other critical infrastructure in G7 countries. . ” continues the statement.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

The credentials are sold for an average of $15.43, the most expensive pairs relate to banking and financial services accounts, with an average price of nearly $71. Crooks could use the credentials to launch credential stuffing attacks leveraging the data available in the black marketplaces. Pierluigi Paganini.

Marketing 123

Marketing Passwords Financial Services Access 123

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging employs over 7,000 people worldwide and offers IT outsourcing, infrastructure including network managed services, software products and application management. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company disclosed the security breach on July 5, but it is not clear when it has discovered the attack.

Ransomware 81

Ransomware Insurance Financial Services Manufacturing 81

Data Matters

JUNE 24, 2021

In the Order, the SEC alleges that First American’s disclosures concerning the vulnerability were deficient because senior executives were not provided all available and relevant information, specifically that First American’s information security personnel had identified and failed to remediate the vulnerability months earlier in January 2019.

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Cybersecurity Financial Services Risk Compliance 66

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

.” The module appears to be under development, but experts pointed out that threat actors already used it to target organizations, mostly in telecoms, education, and financial services sectors. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

Malicious Chrome browser extensions were used in a massive surveillance campaign aimed at users working in the financial services, oil and gas, media and entertainment, healthcare, government organizations, and pharmaceuticals. ” reads the analysis published by Awake Security. Pierluigi Paganini.

Healthcare 119

Healthcare Financial Services Communications Security 119

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that provides commerce solutions in the areas of ecommerce, shipping, mailing, data and financial services. “Pitney Bowes was affected by a malware attack that encrypted information on some systems and disrupted customer access to some of our services. ” . .”

Ransomware 80

Ransomware Financial Services Access Encryption 80

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

The gang behind the Sodinokibi ransomware has been very active in the US in recent weeks, in December, CyrusOne, one of the major US data center provider, was hit by the same ransomware. ” T he IT service provider confirmed the attack but did not comment on whether it paid the ransom asked by the crooks. Pierluigi Paganini.

IT 70

IT Ransomware Financial Services Retail 70

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Security researchers at F5 Labs have spotted ongoing attacks using Qbot malware payloads to steal credentials from customers of dozens of US financial institutions. Qbot , aka Qakbot , is a data stealer worm with backdoor capabilities that was first detected by Symantec back in 2009. ” concludes the report.

Phishing 104

Phishing Financial Services Personal data Security 104

Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2019

. “The hacks have prompted greater oversight of crypto exchanges by Japan’s Financial Services Agency but critics says security gaps remain.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Financial Services Security IT Data breaches 92

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

defense contractors and financial services firms worldwide. In March 2018, security experts at Kaspersky Lab have observed an attack powered by the Chinese APT group, the experts speculate the campaign was started in the fall of 2017. We informed the company about the issue via CN-CERT.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Communications 73

Communications Financial Services Government Phishing 73

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The global shipping and mailing services company Pitney Bowes recently suffered a partial outage of its service caused by a ransomware attack. Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that provides commerce solutions in the areas of ecommerce , shipping, mailing, data and financial services. Pierluigi Paganini.

Ransomware 47

Ransomware IT Financial Services Access 47

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems.

Financial Services 105

Financial Services Government Security Phishing 105

Hunton Privacy

JULY 31, 2014

On July 1, 2014, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed into law a bill that creates new safe destruction requirements for the disposal of business records containing consumer personal information. confidential health care information. confidential health care information.

Financial Services 40

Financial Services Insurance Privacy Paper 40

Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2019

defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – cyberespionage , Emissary Panda).

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Government Financial Services Security Cybersecurity 69

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 11, 2014

The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP (the “Centre”) announces Markus B. Federal Trade Commission, will be joining as Vice President and Senior Policy Counselor, effective March 17, 2014. Heyder, International Consumer Protection Counsel at the U.S. He will be resident in the firm’s Washington, D.C.

Privacy 40

Privacy Financial Services Data Privacy Information Security 40

Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 17, 2012

On October 15, 2012, the Singapore Parliament passed the Personal Data Protection Act 2012. The new law will apply only to data processing in the private sector as data processing by public agencies (or organizations acting on behalf of public agencies) are already subject to internal government rules.

Personal data 45

Personal data Financial Services Data Privacy Data breaches 45

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

ybercriminals behind the PerSwaysion campaign gained access to many confidential corporate MS Office365 emails of mainly financial service companies, law firms, and real estate groups. They dump email data via API and establish the owner’s high-level business connections. Hence, it opens up a wide range of possibilities.

Phishing 101

Phishing Financial Services Cloud Authentication 101

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

A high-profile cyber incident may cause substantial financial and reputational losses to an organization, including the disruption of corporate business processes, destruction or theft of critical data assets, loss of goodwill, and shareholder and consumer litigation. Encrypting critical data assets. Managing digital identities.

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Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2019

defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post Iran announced to have foiled a second cyber-attack in a week appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs –.

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Government Financial Services IT Security 61