Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

The American multinational investment bank and financial services firm Morgan Stanley discloses a data breach caused by the hack of an Accellion FTA server of a third-party vendor. Guidehouse advised us that data that it maintained for Morgan Stanley had been accessed through the Accellion FTA vulnerability.”

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WIRED Threat Level

JUNE 1, 2024

Data breaches at Ticketmaster and financial services company Santander have been linked to attacks against cloud provider Snowflake. Researchers fear more breaches will soon be uncovered.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

Mastercard disclosed a data breach that impacted customer data from the company’s Priceless Specials loyalty program. The American multinational financial services corporation noti f ied the data breach to the German and Belgian Data Protection Authorities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

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. 94% of these records (5.7

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2018

Air Canada data breach – The incident was confirmed by the company and may have affected 20,000 customers (1%) of its 1.7 The data breach of the day is the one suffered by Air Canada that may have affected 20,000 customers (1%) of its 1.7 ” reads the data breach notification. 22-24, 2018.

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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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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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Peruvian Interbank confirmed a data breach after threat actors accessed its systems and leaked stolen information online. Interbank , formally the Banco Internacional del Perú Service Holding S.A.A. is a leading Peruvian provider of financial services has over 2 million customers.

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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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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

DECEMBER 7, 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.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The drug testing firm Hammersmith Medicines Research LTD (HMR), which performs live trials of Coronavirus vaccines, discloses a data breach. ” reads the data breach notification published by the company. The research firm revealed that many of the government IDs exposed in the data breach have since expired.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

“The government and the people of Papua New Guinea can be assured that the government financial services will continue as usual,” Pundari said. “The Department is conscious of the security and integrity of its data. The government was not able to pay cheques and ordinary operations were impacted.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging employs over 7,000 people worldwide and offers IT outsourcing, infrastructure including network managed services, software products and application management. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company disclosed the security breach on July 5, but it is not clear when it has discovered the attack. .

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 10, 2020

TSYS provides payment processing services, merchant services and other payment solutions, including prepaid debit cards and payroll cards. In 2019, TSYS was acquired by financial services firm Global Payments Inc. NYSE:GPN ]. ” TSYS declined to say whether it paid any ransom.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for attempting to use data from the Optus data breach in SMS scams. Early this week, the company confirmed that the breach impacted nearly 2.1 million individuals. ” reads the announcement published by the AFP. said Gough.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The cybercriminals defined the security implemented by the bank terrible. “Pacific City Bank provides outstanding banking and financial services for businesses and consumers. but they have horrible security)” reads the message published on the leak site. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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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

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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to Akamai report titled “[state of the internet] / security CREDENTIAL STUFFING ATTACKS “ the credential stuffing attacks are a growing threat and often underestimated. Credential stuffing attacks involve botnets to try stolen login credentials usually obtained through phishing attacks and data breaches.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

As it relates to the UK GDPR, there are two essential concepts to understand, and they're the first two bulleted items in their personal data breaches guide : The UK GDPR introduces a duty on all organisations to report certain personal data breaches to the relevant supervisory authority.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 5, 2018

One of the top findings from the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Financial Services Edition was that data breaches in U.S. financial services organizations are increasing at an alarming rate. Not only are breaches at record highs – with 65% of U.S.

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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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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“InfraGard connects critical infrastructure owners, operators, and stakeholders with the FBI to provide education, networking, and information-sharing on security threats and risks,” the FBI’s InfraGard fact sheet reads. USDoD’s InfraGard sales thread on Breached. Department of Defense.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

million unique email addresses, NordLocker found, for an array of different apps and services. These included logins for social media, online games, online marketplaces, job-search sites, consumer electronics, financial services, email services, and more. The 26 million login credentials held 1.1 Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

With the ever-present threat of data breaches, organizations need to adopt best practices to help prevent breaches and to respond to them when they occur to limit any damage. And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2020

Related: A firewall for microservices DevSecOps arose to insert security checks and balances into DevOps, aiming to do so without unduly degrading speed and agility. If you’re thinking that speed and security are like oil and water, you’re right. For a full drill down on our discussion, please give the accompanying podcast a listen.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

On May 24, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that First American had just fixed a weakness in its Web site that exposed approximately 885 million documents — many of them with Social Security and bank account numbers — going back at least 16 years. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records. ” .”

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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

JULY 9, 2020

A report published by security firm Digital Shadows r evealed the availability of more than 15 billion credentials shared on cybercrime marketplaces, paste sites, file sharing services, and code sharing websites. The post 15 billion credentials available in the cybercrime marketplaces appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Society’s dependence on internet-based technologies means security professionals must defend against cyberattacks as well as more traditional threats, such as robbers or disgruntled employees. More than 83 percent of organizations responding to a recent survey reported making new or improved organizational security enhancements.

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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

MAY 10, 2022

Like a SaaS-based services and platform for legitimate businesses, “Frappo” allows cybercriminals to minimize costs for the development of phishing-kits, and to use the same on a bigger scale. Detailed analysis of the Phishing-As-A-Service Frappo is available here: [link]. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against several organizations over email account hacking. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against eight entities belonging to three companies over email account hacking due to cybersecurity failures. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Financial Services Organizations Need to Adapt their Security Practices to the Shifting Environment. Companies and organizations, whether in the public or in the private sector, are re-establishing their business in the era of information and data revolution. Weak security practices lead to data breaches.

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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Remember after last month’s relatively serene cyber security scene we said this wasn’t the beginning of the GDPRevolution ? July was bound to be a bounce-back month, but we couldn’t have expected the frighteningly high total of 2,266,042,039 breached records. Philadelphia Federal Credit Union confirms security breach (unknown).

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