The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Scientists at NTT Research are working on an advanced type of cryptography that enables businesses to perform aggregate data analysis on user data — without infringing upon individual privacy rights. Both regulations have profound implications for companies seeking to collect and apply aggregate statistical analysis to consumer data.

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Privacy Data Privacy GDPR Personal data 263

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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Financial Services Cybersecurity Compliance Government 111

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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Financial Services Phishing Security 89

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 14, 2024

2024 Thales Global Data Threat Report: Trends in Financial Services madhav Tue, 10/15/2024 - 05:17 Financial services (FinServ) firms are key players in the global economy. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of FinServ said it’s more complex to secure data in the cloud than on-prem, compared to 55% of general respondents.

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Financial Services Cloud Compliance Authentication 62

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

. “Over the past few months, we’ve seen actors provide access to services that call victims, appear as a legitimate call from a specific bank and deceive victims into typing an OTP or other verification code into a mobile phone in order to capture and deliver the codes to the operator. The 2fa SMS Buster bot on Telegram.

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Passwords Authentication Phishing Access 351

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Analyzing the Email Security Landscape and exploring Emerging Threats and Trends. VIPRE Security Group’s latest report, “Email Security in 2024: An Expert Insight into Email Threats,” delves into the cutting-edge tactics and technologies embraced by cybercriminals this year. million as malicious.

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Security Phishing Communications Financial Services 139

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 4, 2024

This leaves many organizations hesitant to make the transition, fearing they will lose the control and security they have with their on-prem environments. A third-party investment review, where the ISV provides a bill of material showing what and how services are being used to meet compliance requirements, along with price points.

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Financial Services Cloud Compliance Digital transformation 55

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Businesses at large would do well to model their data collection and security processes after what the IC refers to as the “intelligence cycle.” In the same vein, businesses at large can use the intelligence cycle as a model to detect and deter any attacks coming from foreign intelligence services. infrastructure from cyber attacks.

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Security Financial Services Manufacturing Data collection 149

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

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Data Privacy Compliance Privacy Security 143

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 143

Financial Services Libraries Encryption Authentication 143

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

SAP released the April 2019 Security Patch Day that is included 6 Security Notes, two of which address High severity flaws in Crystal Reports and NetWeaver. SAP released 6 Security Notes as part of the April 2019 Security Patch Day, two of which address High severity flaws in Crystal Reports and NetWeaver.

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Security Financial Services Risk Access 102

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Data breaches Ransomware Artificial Intelligence 125

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

Security experts from vpnMentor have discovered two corporate finance companies that leak half a million legal and financial documents online. vpnMentor experts uncovered a database exposed online on Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is leaking a huge amount of sensitive legal and financial documents. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Financial Services Access Privacy Security 142

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Security researchers from Cleafy discovered a new Android banking trojan, named SharkBot, that is targeting banks in Europe. At the end of October, researchers from cyber security firms Cleafy and ThreatFabric have discovered a new Android banking trojan named SharkBot. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers.

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Financial Services Access Security IT 144

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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Ransomware Encryption File names Financial Services 145

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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Cloud Financial Services Archiving Phishing 111

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

And innovation is percolating among newer entrants, like PerimeterX, Shape Security and Signal Sciences. This week a new entrant in this field, Cequence Security , formally launched what it describes as a “game-changing” application security platform. Shifting security challenge. Early traction.

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Security Digital transformation B2C Cloud 140

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2022

Financial services, health, home security, governance and all other mission critical services are now provided online. Service providers update privacy policies on a regular basis with limited or no notifications to end users at all. But these accounts are not all about networking and games.

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Privacy Artificial Intelligence Financial Services Archiving 223

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.

Ransomware 139

Ransomware Financial Services Cybersecurity Passwords 139

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

As threats mount from ransomware gangs , Russian-backed hacker groups , and other nation-sponsored attackers and as the growth in remote work makes security management increasingly complicated, many companies are finding it makes sense to turn to a managed security service provider (MSSP) for help with handling an extremely complex threat landscape.

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Security Cloud Compliance Analytics 105

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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Healthcare Financial Services Security Communications 144

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.

Energy and Utilities 139

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Data breaches 139

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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Insurance Data breaches Financial Services Passwords 110

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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Mining Financial Services IT Security 125

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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Encryption Ransomware Financial Services Manufacturing 143

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Since the inception of data forensics almost forty years ago, methods for investigating security events have given way to a market of vendors and tools offering digital forensics software (DFS). Critical capabilities include timeline analysis, hash filtering, file and folder flagging, and multimedia extraction. Volatility.

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e-Discovery Computer and Electronics Marketing Compliance 138

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.

Ransomware 136

Ransomware Encryption Financial Services Cybersecurity 136

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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Authentication Financial Services Communications Access 142

Info Source

DECEMBER 18, 2024

KEY TAKEAWAYS Market Scope and Methodology : This assessment of vertical opportunities for IDP solutions is a key pillar of Infosources analyst services. The quantitative analysis of IDP investments by industry sector is based on vendor inputs and forecasts future demand based on industry dynamics in key countries.

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Marketing Digital transformation Insurance Manufacturing 52

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 19, 2018

Financial Services, Transportation, and Global Telecom. Financial Services, U.S. If we want better security, we need to regulate the market. Based on returns, the most impacted industries at the 3 day post-breach date were U.S. At the 90 day post-breach date, the three most impacted industries were U.S.

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Financial Services Security Marketing Data breaches 136

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

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.

Financial Services 105

Financial Services CMS Government Security 105

eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

With almost every aspect of business becoming more digital, enterprise network security software minimizes the impact of cyberattacks — especially as guarding against them protects a company’s operations and safeguards its competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace. Top network security tools. Network Security Product.

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Security Cloud Analytics Access 91

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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Cloud Security Encryption Risk 108

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2024

API Security in 2024: Imperva Report Uncovers Rising Threats and the Urgent Need for Action madhav Thu, 03/07/2024 - 04:56 APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are the backbone of modern digital innovation. Attackers increasingly exploit vulnerabilities, frequently targeting API business logic to bypass traditional security measures.

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Security Authentication Risk Cybersecurity 87

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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IT Financial Services Ransomware Retail 111

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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Libraries Communications Financial Services Security 111