Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

“On September 5, 2023, at approximately 19:31 UTC, Akamai Prolexic, our distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) defense platform, successfully detected and prevented the largest DDoS attack directed at one of the biggest and most influential U.S. financial institutions on the Prolexic platform.” gigabits per second.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Analysis of 2023 attacks shows how the financial services industry had a very bad year, with increases in both vendor email compromise (VEC) and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, targeting millions of dollars using very specific methods.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

“As of January 2022, the FBI has identified at least 52 entities across 10 critical infrastructure sectors affected by RagnarLocker ransomware, including entities in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and information technology sectors,” reads the FBI’s flash alert.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Defending Financial Services Against Fraud in a Shifting Cyber Landscape sparsh Tue, 11/14/2023 - 05:05 As we approach International Fraud Awareness Week during 12-18 November 2023, taking stock of the evolving threat landscape and the vulnerabilities that financial services organizations face is crucial.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2024

Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS) revealed that the 2023 data breach following the LockBit ransomware attack impacted 6 million individuals. IMS specializes in providing business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology (IT) services specifically tailored for the insurance and financial services industries.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Nissan already notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre. The Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services (“Nissan”) advises that its systems have been subject to a cyber incident. reads the statement published by the company on its website.

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KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The number of ransomware attacks around the world increased by 73% in 2023, according to a new report by the Institute for Security and Technology’s Ransomware Task Force (RTF).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The ransomware attack that hit the systems of Nissan Oceania in December 2023 impacted roughly 100,000 individuals. Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced in December 2023 that it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

11, 2025, CyberNewswire — Gcore , the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, today announced the findings of its Q3-Q4 2024 Radar report into DDoS attack trends. Q3-Q4 2024 highlights Compared to Q3Q4 2023, the number of DDoS attacks have risen by 56%, which highlights a steep long-term growth trend.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

Help us #StopRansomware by visiting [link] pic.twitter.com/G5jpxtB0Fw — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (@CISAgov) June 14, 2023 The LockBit ransomware operation was the most active in 2022 and according to the researchers it is one of the most prolific RaaS in 2023. was the prevalent variant in 2023.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 23, 2023

IBM Cloud completed its 2023 independent review of IBM Cloud services and processes. The review report demonstrates to its clients, partners and other interested parties that IBM Cloud services have implemented and adhere to the technical, administrative and physical control requirements of IBM Cloud Framework for Financial Services.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2023

Australian loan giant Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) revealed that a data breach its has suffered impacted 14 million customers. The data breach suffered by Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) is much more serious than initially estimated. Latitude reported the security breach to the Australian Federal Police.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 25, 2024

The US experienced 25 extreme weather events in 2023, each causing losses of over USD 1 billion, with a total cost of USD 73.8 These climate events have a huge potential impact on financial institutions. Across the financial sector, there are transition risks to consider as we move to a low-carbon economy.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released the finalized amendments of Part 500 of its cybersecurity regulations. On December 1, 2023, the initial updates to existing reporting requirements will go into effect.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Sberbank , the Russian banking and financial services giant, announced that it was recently hit by a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that reached 1 million RPS. Then it did not affect the availability of bank services.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

New Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Institutions in New York State Take Effect November 1, 2024 madhav Fri, 10/25/2024 - 06:09 The next major deadline for compliance with the updated cybersecurity rules from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is November 1, 2024.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 8, 2023

Authors: Carolyn Bigg, Amanda Ge and Venus Cheung On July 24, 2023, the People’s Bank of China (“ PBOC ”) released the Measures for the Management of Data Security in the Business Areas Falling into PBOC’s Jurisdiction (Draft for Comment) (“ Draft Measures” ) for public consultation, which closes on August 24, 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported. The recent campaign exclusively aims at organizations that deal with tax preparation, financial services, CPA and accounting firms, and professional service firms dealing in bookkeeping and tax. Ahead of the U.S. LNK) files.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2024

” said Bryan Vorndran, the Assistant Director at the FBI Cyber Division, during the 2024 Boston Conference on Cyber Security. The NCA and its global partners have secured over 1,000 decryption keys that will allow victims of the gang to recover their files for free.

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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. law enforcement).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Solid Data Security: The Foundation of a Safe Digital World madhav Thu, 10/17/2024 - 04:58 It’s that time of year again. This year’s theme, “Secure Our World,” encourages people to safeguard the digital assets that are instrumental to their personal and professional lives. Oh, and it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The result?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

Starting from May 2023, researchers from Cofense discovered a large-scale phishing campaign using QR codes in attacks aimed at stealing the Microsoft credentials of users from multiple industries One of the organizations targeted by hackers is a notable energy company in the US. com (Cloudflare’s Web3 services).

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2023

Related: Collateral damage of T-Mobile hack Yet, APIs have also exponentially increased the attack vectors available to malicious hackers – and the software community has not focused on slowing the widening of this security gap. I learned this from Ted Miracco , CEO of Approov , in a discussion we had at RSA Conference 2023.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

12, 2023 – Detectify , the External Attack Surface Management platform powered by elite ethical hackers, has today released its “ State of EASM 2023 ” report. Over-reliance on frameworks like the CVE program weakens organizations’ security posture and gives them an unrealistic sense of security. •No

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Financial services are the main target for cybercriminals, so the threat for the organizations and their customers is severe. While financial services are the main target for cybercriminals, the threat to the organizations and their customers is severe. Cybernews contacted OCR Labs, and the company fixed the issue.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The NCA and its global partners have secured over 1,000 decryption keys that will allow victims of the gang to recover their files for free. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Thanks to AI, fraud attempts and successful attacks are alarmingly common and more advanced, with many businesses experiencing substantial financial losses directly resulting from these crimes. As stated in the Nasdaq 2024 financial crime report, projected losses from fraud schemes reached $485.6 billion globally in 2023.

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Collibra

JANUARY 31, 2023

So CIOs around the world are making their 2023 technology wish lists for the solutions that will help drive data intelligence into the new year. Privacy and protection regulations are growing in numerous industries (such as financial services) and geographic regions (including the EU, Australia, California, and Nevada).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

Researchers at Metabase Q discovered a new ATM malware, dubbed FiXS, that was employed in attacks against Mexican banks since February 2023. Researchers at Metabase Q recently spotted a new ATM malware, dubbed FiXS, that is currently targeting Mexican banks. The name comes from the malware’s code name in the binary.

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OpenText Information Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The word ‘rollercoaster’ best sums up 2023. All of these elements have put pressure on the financial … The post Predictions for the financial services industry in 2024 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

October is both Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US and European Cyber Security Month in the EU – twin campaigns on either side of the Atlantic that aim to improve awareness of the importance of cyber security both at work and at home, and provide tips on how to stay secure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2024

Key recommendations for Financial Services to improve cybersecurity and resilience in multi-clouds madhav Wed, 01/17/2024 - 05:46 The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will apply to the EU financial sector from 17 January 2025. As set out in its Article 2, DORA applies to the entire financial services sector.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On 14 September, Mulkay discovered that the compromised files contained personal information, including “name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license number or state ID, medical treatment information, and health insurance information”. Records breached: 79,582 Ontario hospitals update: information relating to 5.6

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. Source (New) Public Germany Unknown Unknown Bayerische Landesbank Source (New) Finance Germany Unknown Unknown Münchner Verkehrs-gesellschaft Source (New) Transport Germany Unknown Unknown Berlin.de

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Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 97

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The NCA and its global partners have secured over 1,000 decryption keys that will allow victims of the gang to recover their files for free. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

and over $77 worldwide (2022), with significant rapid growth at the start of Q1 2023. A FINRA survey points to health, marital and trust problems resulting from financial scams. One of the latest brands abused in January 2023 was identified as ACWA Power based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. billion in the U.S

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