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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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features a discussion of the controversies surrounding the release of whistleblower Edward Snowden's memoir. Also featured: An update on Lumen PDF's breach disclosure; insights on financial services identity management issues.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2021

Recently Cyber researchers for Cyble investigated an attack suffered by on May 30, 2021, by Nucleus Software, an India-based IT company in the Banking and Financial Services sector. The company reported the security breach to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSEI). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Researchers at Menlo Labs uncovered a malicious email campaign targeting employees of banks and financial services companies abusing Google Cloud Storage. With this attack scheme, threat actors are able to bypass security controls in place within targeted organizations. ” Menlo Labs concludes.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Abanoub Nady (known online as “MRxC0DER”) developed and sold “do it yourself” phish kits and fraudulently used the brand name “ONNX” to sell these services.” ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. Microsoft states that phishing heavily targets financial services, risking losses like life savings.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) unit spotted the BianLian , White Rabbit , and Mario ransomware gangs collaborating in a joint extortion campaign targeting publicly-traded financial services firms. This is why it is critical to share such intelligence for further analysis with the broader cybersecurity community.

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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. appeared first on Security Affairs.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2025

Quantum computings ability to break todays encryption may still be years awaybut security leaders cant afford to wait. Forresters The Future of Quantum Security makes it clear: the transition to quantum-safe cryptography must start now. So where should security leaders focus? Why is that a dangerous mindset?

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

As first reported here last year , First American’s website exposed 16 years worth of digitized mortgage title insurance records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. In the days that followed, the DFS and U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm disclosed a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm revealed that it was the victim of a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. billion per month.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 100 and government agencies worldwide, has compiled a comprehensive forecast outlining the imminent threats and novel security challenges anticipated in the upcoming year. Recent U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

” reads the analysis published by Lumen Technologies. The experts were able to enumerate the C2s and targets of multiple distinct Chaos clusters, some of which were employed in recent DDoS attacks against the gaming, financial services and technology, and media and entertainment industries. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The majority of intercepted credentials by Agent Tesla related to financial services, online-retailers, e-government systems and personal and business e-mail accounts. . The post Exclusive: Researchers dumped Gigabytes of data from Agent Tesla C2Cs appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2021

The popular security expert Kevin Beaumont was one of the first researchers to report that the LockFile operators are using the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell and the Windows PetitPotam vulnerabilities to take over Windows domains. The ransom note is an HTML Application (HTA) file (e.g., LOCKFILE-README-[hostname]-[id].hta’)

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 15, 2020

New York's Department of Financial Services calls for more cybersecurity regulation at social media firms following the "jarringly easy" Twitter breach.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

Security experts from Bitdefender recently discovered a new TrickBot variant that is targeting telecommunications organizations in the United States and Hong Kong. The post Experts found a new TrickBot module (rdpScanDll) built for RDP bruteforcing operations appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

Researchers from security firms Profero and Security Joes linked a series of ransomware attacks to the China-linked APT27 group. Security researchers from security firms Profero and Security Joes investigated a series of ransomware attacks against multiple organizations and linked them to China-linked APT groups.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2024

. “These techniques have several advantages: they require less skilled developers, expand the malware’s target base to any bank, and bypass various behavioural detection countermeasures put in place by multiple banks and financial services.” ” BingoMod can also disable security solutions or block specific apps.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Last week, Drupal core team released security updates that address a “highly critical” remote code execution vulnerability. reads the security advisory published by Drupal. The flaw was discovered by Samuel Mortenson of the Drupal Security Team. ” reads the technical analysis published by Ambionics security.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Researchers uncovered an ongoing campaign delivering the Qbot malware to steal credentials from customers of dozens of US financial institutions. Security researchers at F5 Labs have spotted ongoing attacks using Qbot malware payloads to steal credentials from customers of dozens of US financial institutions. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has published today its first TAG quarterly report that analyzes rising trends in nation-state and financially motivated attacks. The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is a group inside the Google’s security team that tracks operations conducted by nation-state actors and cybercrime groups.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2019

Automated teller machine vendor Diebold Nixdorf has released security updates to address a remote code execution vulnerability in older ATMs. Diebold Nixdorf discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in older ATMs and is urging its customers in installing security updates it has released to address the flaw. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. ” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. ” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. Pierluigi Paganini.

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KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

New analysis of attacks on the financial sector shows that the combination of phishing emails and compromised credentials is a recurring — and financially impactful — threat.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 25, 2024

For other financial services firms outside of the insurance sector, property accepted as loan security might face climate-related risks as well. Across the financial sector, there are transition risks to consider as we move to a low-carbon economy. Financial services firms can use the tool for “what if?”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks. The analysis of the global telemetry from Palo Alto Networks revealed that attackers targeted at least 370 Zoho ManageEngine servers in the United States alone. ” continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CVE-2021-40539).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

SAP today just released the September 2018 set of Security Notes that address a total of 14 flaws in its products, including a critical flaw in SAP Business Client. The September 2018 Security Patch Day includes other 13 Security Notes, three were rated High severity, 9 Medium risk, and 1 Low severity. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. The detailed technical analysis of PerSwaysion operations and attack scheme is available in Group-IB’s blog post. Who are “The PerSwayders”?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 13, 2021

But with countless criminals now making millions from ransomware, there is certainly a vast, untapped market for services that help those folks improve their operational security. “To date, this type of analysis has been used primarily by regulated financial service providers.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is behind new campaigns against South Korean supply chains that leverage stolen security certificates. . Security experts from ESET reported that North-Korea-linked Lazarus APT (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) is behind cyber campaigns targeting South Korean supply chains. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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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.

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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. These revisions represent the most significant modifications since the enactment of the rules in March 2017.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Microsoft researchers warn of banking adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing and BEC attacks targeting banking and financial organizations. Microsoft discovered multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks against banking and financial services organizations.

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The new variant is being spread via spam emails that pose as tax-incentive notification purporting to be from the financial services company Deloitte. ” concludes the analysis. The post New Trickbot module implements Remote App Credential-Grabbing features appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2024

IMS specializes in providing business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology (IT) services specifically tailored for the insurance and financial services industries. The company restored the impacted systems by December 31, it also estimated the losses caused by the incident will be at least $30 million. “On

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Security experts observed the LuckyMouse APT group using a digitally signed 32- and 64-bit network filtering driver NDISProxy in recent attacks. defense contractors and financial services firms worldwide. ” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. We informed the company about the issue via CN-CERT.”

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