Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today it is investigating a breach at business intelligence company Sisense , whose products are designed to allow companies to view the status of multiple third-party online services in a single dashboard. “We will provide updates as more information becomes available.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

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. Crooks use lures masquerading as tax documentation sent by a client. 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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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Related: The case for augmented reality training Because of this, cybersecurity investments and regulatory oversight are increasing at an astounding rate , especially for those in the financial services industry, bringing an overwhelming feeling to chief compliance officers without dedicated security teams. The list goes on.

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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. That InfraGard member, who is head of security at a major U.S. Department of Defense.

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

During that window, the actor successfully compromised at least nine global entities across the technology, defense, healthcare, energy and education industries.” defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. Subsequently, exploitation attempts began on Sept.

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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. The leak also affected Bloom Money and Admiral Money – two financial companies based in the UK, and Reed, which is the UK’s top recruitment agency. env) belonging to idkit.com, owned by OCR Labs.

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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. Additionally, the US authorities has unveiled indictments against two Russian nationals, accusing them of conspiring to carry out LockBit attacks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2022, the ICICI Bank’s resources were named a “critical information infrastructure” by the Indian government – any harm to it can impact national security. However, despite the critical status of bank infrastructure on the national level, the security of crucial data was not ensured. million files belonging to ICICI Bank. “The

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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. .” Additionally, the US authorities has unveiled indictments against two Russian nationals, accusing them of conspiring to carry out LockBit attacks.

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OpenText Information Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

OpenText is focused at the application, infrastructure, supply chain, and security level and we have purposely designed our OpenText cloud platform for information management. It’s global, trusted, modern machine-based security,” Mark said. Security is at the heart of what we do and in every one of our products,” Muhi said.

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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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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2023

Related: Preserving the privacy of the elderly As more traders and investors engage in these investment avenues, it is crucial to adopt robust security measures to safeguard sensitive and regulated information. Continuous threat detection is a proactive approach to maintaining trading environment security.

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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. Educate Insureds and Insurance Producers. The post New York Department of Financial Services Issues First Guidance by a U.S. regulator concerning the increasingly critical issue of cyberinsurance. 1 See W.B.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

18, 2024, CyberNewsWire — INE Security is proud to announce that it has been named a winner in the prestigious 2024 SC Awards, named Best IT Security-Related Training Program. This designation underscores INE Security’s commitment to excellence and leadership in the cybersecurity industry. Cary, NC, Sept.18,

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Most Popular Data Security Webinars of 2022: Sovereignty, Cloud Security and Compliance Top the List. Throughout 2022, Thales hosted more than 40 webinars on a wide variety of cybersecurity topics, including, cloud security, data sovereignty, compliance, data threat trends, and rethinking approaches to role-based authentication.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Healthcare was the most affected industry (76%) and financial services the least (45%). Although this creates an opportunity for cybercriminals, it can be addressed through education.”. The survey recommends educating end users, as this will enable them to identify attacks. Key findings.

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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. That prediction proved correct. Mirai Still on the Loose.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 20, 2023

As financial services authorities move to regulate digital assets in jurisdictions worldwide, the paper highlights the need to bring privacy regulators into the discussion so that data privacy issues affecting blockchain are addressed in tandem. Data security.

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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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John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Not to mention retirement (from Social Security to 401ks, etc.). Let’s take a look at some detail: Ahh… Education. As local governments have taken over the once Federally run education system, payroll there has skyrocketed (has performance? Now, education is, in the main, a government enterprise.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

In 2015, penetration tester Oliver Münchow was asked by a Swiss bank to come up with a better way to test and educate bank employees so that passwords never left the network perimeter. This is stunning: phishing attacks soared in 2018, rising 250% between January and December, according to Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. The increase in remote workforces and difficulty enforcing security controls with expanding perimeters has played a role in the rise of ransomware. Preventing ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

These laws aim to establish standards for securing data, ensuring privacy, and mitigating risks associated with digital information. By enforcing these regulations, governments seek to enhance the overall security posture of businesses and institutions, reduce the likelihood of cyber incidents, and promote trust in the digital ecosystem.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Paul Greene , CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, Harter Secrest & Emery’s Privacy and Data Security practice group helps clients respond to data security incidents of all kinds. NetDiligence-authorized Breach Coach ® firms are selected based on their experience, competency, thought leadership, and industry engagement.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2022

” West said pig butchering victims are often quite sophisticated and educated people. “There are just horrifying stories that run the gamut in terms of victims, from young women early in their careers, to senior citizens and even to people working in the financial services industry.”

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Bad actors are increasingly using a technique called HTML smuggling to deliver ransomware and other malicious code in email campaigns aimed at financial services firms and other organizations, according to Microsoft researchers. This is a major headache for security product vendors. See also: How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. By using the services, cybercriminals can gain access to victims’ accounts to steal money.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics. Other methods.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Some organizations such as financial services firms and healthcare organizations, have regulatory concerns in addition to business concerns that need to be addressed in a cybersecurity risk management system. Read more : Top Database Security Solutions for 2022. Element-Level Security. Maintaining Regulatory Compliance.

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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 ? Hackers steal names and Social Security numbers from Maryland Department of Labour (78,000). Philadelphia Federal Credit Union confirms security breach (unknown).

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 26, 2023

Consider large financial services organization going through core banking modernization. in Manufacturing, and customer relationship management and customer service automation in Financial Services.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 12, 2024

“AI is driving a revolution in education, accessibility and productivity. For enterprises dealing with sensitive information, it is vital to maintain state-of-the-art data security in order to reap the rewards,” says Stuart Winter, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder at Lacero Platform Limited, Jamworks and Guardian.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Organisations across many industries face the risk of data theft, but those in the financial services sector are particularly vulnerable to the loss of “propriety algorithms”, and recruitment agencies and estate agents risk losing highly valuable client databases. Staff education.

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Data Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

OCR concludes most cyber-attacks could be prevented or substantially mitigated if HIPAA covered entities and business associates implemented HIPAA Security Rule requirements to address the most common types of attacks. implement a security awareness and training program for all workforce members pursuant to the HIPAA Security Rule.

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