Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

As we previously reported , NYDFS issued guidance regarding cybersecurity during the pandemic in April 2020.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. individuals and businesses comply with ransomware payment demands in this October 2020 client alert.) The post New York Department of Financial Services Issues First Guidance by a U.S. 1 See W.B.

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Insurance Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk 77

Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Consumer banks, exchanges, payment firms, and card issuing companies around the globe were among those hit.

Financial Services 73

Financial Services 73

Hunton Privacy

APRIL 22, 2020

On April 13, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued guidance (“April guidance”) to all New York State entities covered under NYDFS’s cybersecurity regulation regarding assessing and addressing heightened cybersecurity risks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Financial Services 71

Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk Phishing 71

Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Security Experts Discuss Authentication Challenges in the Financial Services Sector Improvements in behavioral biometrics and analytics are changing the way many financial services firms approach authentication.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

APRIL 17, 2020

Continuing its focus on COVID-19’s impact on its regulated entities, on April 13, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released new cybersecurity guidance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Cloud services was the most impersonated industry, followed by financial services, e-commerce, and social media, researchers report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The FBI, CISA, and NSA linked threat actors from Russia’s GRU Unit 29155 to global cyber operations since at least 2020. Since 2020, the unit has expanded into offensive cyber operations aimed at espionage, reputational harm, and data destruction. These operations include espionage, sabotage, and reputational damage.

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eDiscovery Law

AUGUST 12, 2020

Key Insight: Spoliation had occurred, but no default judgment issued. Evidence regarding destruction was allowed, no testimony from plaintiffs regarding unpreserved ESI and adverse inference instruction. Nature of Case: Breach of Contract Electronic Data Involved: Emails and Computers Keywords: adverse inference, sanctions View Case Opinion.

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Financial Services Computer and Electronics Communications Data preservation 40

Info Source

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Product Innovation, Expansion of Channel Program, and Robust Pipeline of Legacy ECM Migration Projects Result in Strong 2020 . Our success in 2020 illustrates that an increasing number of companies are looking to quickly set up and scale automated document processing in the cloud,” said Ron Cameron, CEO of KnowledgeLake.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

2020 ends a decade, and the new year prompted me to think “Wow it’s been two decades since we started Vormetric.” So, in 2020 we’re looking at frontiers like the cloud and cloud native technologies (including microservices). The post Hindsight is 2020. And the mission we started then still applies now.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

By prioritizing resiliency, performance, security and compliance, fintechs are helping to revolutionize the way financial services are delivered. Founded in the UK in 2020, MySocialPulse has continued to scale its business by leveraging both cloud and AI technologies from IBM.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. on January 5, 2020.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

According to a filing (PDF) by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), the weakness that exposed the documents was first introduced during an application software update in May 2014 and went undetected for years. First American released its first quarter 2020 earnings today.

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Insurance Financial Services Mining Access 299

Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 24, 2022

On October 18, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced that EyeMed Vision Care LLC (“EyeMed”) agreed to a $4.5 The NYDFS’s consent order notes that EyeMed’s failure to comply with the Cybersecurity Regulation left EyeMed vulnerable to threat actors.

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Cybersecurity Financial Services Risk Phishing 67

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 11, 2021

On March 3, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced it had entered into a settlement with Residential Mortgage Services, Inc. (“RMS”) NYDFS further alleged that RMS did not conduct an investigation or identify the compromised consumer data until directed to do so by NYDFS in 2020.

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Data breaches Cybersecurity Financial Services Personal data 97

ARMA International

DECEMBER 26, 2019

For 2019, 34% of RIM professionals reported they had restructured their programs, with an additional 31% planning to do so into 2020. A further 32% expect to use a cloud records management platform into 2020, up substantially from 18% in 2017. Intelligent Content Services and Automation: Must-Haves for 2020 Roadmaps.

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Content services Cloud Records Management Privacy 76

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

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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Compliance Authentication Financial Services Marketing 62

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Companies should take note of two imminent developments in New York in the area of cybersecurity regulation: enforcement of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation (Regulation) and the effective date of the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act or Act).

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Cybersecurity Financial Services Data breaches Insurance 104

Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

34-92806 ; and In the Matter of KMS Financial Services, Inc. , Release No. According to the SEC order against KMS Financial Services Inc., The cases are In the Matter of Cetera Advisor Networks LLC , Release No. 34-92800 ; In the Matter of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. , Release No. 34-92807 , August 30, 2021.

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Cybersecurity Financial Services Cloud Access 113

Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

On June 24, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) announced it had entered into a $5 million settlement with Carnival Corp.

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Cybersecurity Insurance Phishing Financial Services 115

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

According to the press release published by the Department of State , the Lockbit ransomware operators carried out over 2,000 attacks against victims worldwide since January 2020. LockBit ransomware attacks have resulted in ransom payments exceeding $144 million for recovery. reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Manufacturing 99

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2021

Cloudflare last month fought off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a botnet that was bombarding 17.2 million requests per second (rps) at one of the internet infrastructure company’s customers in the financial services space. DDoS Attacks on the Rise. That prediction proved correct.

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Financial Services IoT Education Passwords 142

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

organizations since 2020. organizations since 2020. The operation targeted many organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. on January 5, 2020.

Energy and Utilities 118

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Encryption 118

Dark Reading

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Between Europe's and California's privacy laws, companies have a complex landscape to navigate in 2020. Even data-mature industries, such as financial services, see problems ahead.

Privacy 61

Privacy Financial Services 61

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

“The adversary is particularly interested in exploits related to VPNs and network appliances , including CVE-2019-11510, CVE-2019-19781, and most recently CVE-2020-5902; reliance on exploits such as these lends to an opportunistic operational model.” .” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 19, 2023

trillion at the end of 2020 (double the figure of 2015) and continues to rise in the EU and globally notably due to ongoing geopolitical conflicts in Ukraine and Russia.

Financial Services 86

Financial Services Cybersecurity Ransomware Marketing 86

Data Matters

JUNE 12, 2020

The ANPR also focuses on critical new technologies such as distributed ledgers and artificial intelligence, asking, for example: “What types of activities related to cryptocurrencies or cryptoassets are financial services companies or bank customers engaged? Comments are due by August 3, 2020.

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Artificial Intelligence Blockchain Financial Services Computer and Electronics 66

Data Matters

JULY 17, 2020

July 21 & 22, 2020. Tuesday, July 21, 2020 – Register. Wednesday, July 22, 2020 – Register. Senior Associate, Banking and Financial Services Practice, London. PT | 11:00 a.m. ET | 4:00 p.m. BST | 11:00 a.m. CET | 5:00 p.m. Senior Associate, Cyber Risk Practice, Kroll. Colleen Brown. Max Savoie.

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Cybersecurity Financial Services GDPR Privacy 66

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

trillion in 2020.”. To compete, financial institutions are investing heavily in digital transformation. The full digitization of contracts, subscriptions and consumption of services. This drive towards digital transformation allowed financial services to be one of the sectors that better weathered the Covid 19 pandemic.

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Digital transformation Financial Services Customer Experience Risk 71

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The sanctioned entities are Cetera (Advisor Networks, Investment Services, Financial Specialists, Advisors, and Investment Advisers), Cambridge Investment Research (Investment Research and Investment Research Advisors), and KMS Financial Services. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Financial Services Cybersecurity Cloud Security 91

Rippleshot

JULY 24, 2020

The push for greater digital transformation across the financial services market isn't just changing the face of the front-end customer experience, it's rapidly-impacting how banks invest in back-end technologies that detect and mitigate emerging fraud threats.

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Digital transformation Customer Experience Financial Services Compliance 59

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2022

The financial services ecosystem has evolved tremendously over the past few years driven by a surge in the adoption of digital payments. Our data shows us that in the first quarter of 2020, there was a larger shift to digital payment forms in 10 weeks than we had seen in the preceding five years. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 06:35.

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Retail Security Financial Services Authentication 126

Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

The US authorities arrested the man in Arizona last month DoJ states that from at least as early as August 2020 to March 2023, Astamirov and other members of the LockBit ransomware gang committed wire fraud and compromised many computer systems worldwide attempting to extort the victims of ransomware attacks. organizations since 2020.

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Ransomware Agriculture Education Government 92

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today, additional criminal charges against Kondratyev were unsealed in the Northern District of California related to his deployment in 2020 of ransomware against a victim located in California.” on January 5, 2020. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023.

Energy and Utilities 111

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Agriculture 111

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

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.

Financial Services 116

Financial Services Libraries Encryption Authentication 116