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EventBot, a new Android mobile targets financial institutions across Europe

Security Affairs

Security experts from Cybereason Nocturnus team discovered a new piece of Android malware dubbed EventBot that targets banks, financial services across Europe. Researchers from Cybereason Nocturnus team discovered a new piece of Android malware dubbed EventBot that targets banks, financial services across Europe.

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PSD2 Regulation and Compliance

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

However, to accommodate the industry's need for additional preparation, the European Banking Authority (EBA) granted further exemptions, extending the final deadline to 31 December 2020. In the UK, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set a later deadline of March 14, 2022, allowing UK issuers additional time to comply.

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Maze ransomware gang discloses data from drug testing firm HMR

Security Affairs

“On Saturday 14 March 2020, HMR was subjected to a targeted and sophisticated attack by cyber criminals. “We’re sorry to report that, during 21–23 March 2020, the criminals published on their website records from some of our volunteers’ screening visits. A criminal group called Maze has claimed responsibility.”

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Office of Foreign Assets Control: Making or Facilitating Ransomware Payments May Violate U.S. Sanctions

Data Matters

On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Ransomware attacks use malware, often injected through phishing schemes, to encrypt a victim’s data files or programs, followed by a ransom demand by the threat actor that offers the decryption key in exchange for payment. Since 2015, the U.S. 1, 2020, [link]. sanctions law violations if U.S.

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New York Regulators Call on Insurers to Strengthen the Cyber Underwriting Process

Hunton Privacy

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. 2: 15-cv-03432, 2015 U.S. See, e.g., Columbia Cas. Cottage Health Sys.,

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Cybersecurity Standards for the Insurance Sector – A New Patchwork Quilt in the US?

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

For example, the New York Department of Financial Services (‘NYDFS’) in March 2017 issued its Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500) (‘the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation’), a groundbreaking and far-reaching regulatory regime focused on financial institutions licensed in New York, including insurance companies.

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Rock the Blockchain: Thales and DigiCert Secure the Data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

billion data records were breached, quadrupling in 2020 to 36 billion globally. DigiCert , a leading provider of PKI, and Thales, a leader in data protection, have a decade-long partnership helping their clients authenticate and encrypt communications, systems, emails, documents, websites, and servers. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 05:31.