Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2024

In December 2023, Toyota Financial Services (TFS) warned customers it had suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive personal and financial data. Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is the finance arm of the Toyota Motor Corporation.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

According to the Reuters , the banking industry had successfully completed a massive cross-industry cyber security drill to test the response to a ransomware attack that threatens to disrupt a range of financial services. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, U.S.

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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. . Researchers found active instances of Agent Tesla and developed a mechanism to enumerate the affected clients and extract compromised data.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

Financial services company LoanDepot disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 16.6 LoanDepot is a financial services company that primarily operates as a mortgage lender. The company provides a range of mortgage and non-mortgage loan products and services. million individuals. million individuals.

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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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

. “Historically, approximately 10% to 15% of the DDoS attacks observed by Akamai have been aimed at customers in the financial services industry.” In fact, over the past four quarters, more than 30% of the DDoS attacks have been aimed at financial services companies.” ” concludes Akamai.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Not only can the financial costs be high, but the disruption to critical sectors, including financial services and healthcare, as well as the exposure of confidential information, can cause severe damage.” “The G7 is committed to working with our financial sectors to combat ransomware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Treasury market and impacted some fixed income and equities transactions “The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association first told members on Wednesday that ICBC Financial Services had been hit by ransomware software, which paralyses computer systems unless a payment is made, several people familiar with the discussions said.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Microsoft states that phishing heavily targets financial services, risking losses like life savings. Multiple threat actors purchased the kits developed by Nady and used them in widespread phishing campaigns to steal credentials of Microsoft customer accounts.

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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. The company has offices in more than 42 countries and more than 60,000 employees, it has clients in multiple industries. . ” reads the letter.

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The experts called it ‘prepositioning’ to analyze the response from financial organizations globally and the reaction of the market. LockBit specifically targeted ICBC Financial Services (ICBC FS), a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of the state-owned lender, which plays a critical role in the world of international finance.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The BaFin is responsible for overseeing banks, insurance companies, investment firms, and other financial institutions. BaFin also regulates the securities markets and the financial services industry.

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2024

Resecurity researchers warn that a new Version of JsOutProx is targeting financial institutions in APAC and MENA via Gitlab abuse. Resecurity has detected a new version of JSOutProx , which is targeting financial services and organizations in the APAC and MENA regions.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

“The Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services (“Nissan”) advises that its systems have been subject to a cyber incident. Nissan is working with its global incident response team and relevant stakeholders to investigate the extent of the incident and whether any personal information has been accessed.”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

The SEC said that under First American’s remediation policies, if the person responsible for fixing the problem is unable to do so based on the timeframes listed above, that employee must have their management contact the company’s information security department to discuss their remediation plan and proposed time estimate.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

During its initial phase, DarkCasino primarily conducted operations in Mediterranean countries and various other Asian nations, utilizing online financial services Recently the group changed phishing methods and aimed at users of cryptocurrencies worldwide, even including non-English-speaking Asian countries such as South Korea and Vietnam.

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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).

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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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. Consider installing and using a VPN.

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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 25, 2024

According to experts, one of the key issues is tracking high-risk individuals who may misuse financial services, such as banks, e-commerce platforms, and payment networks, to engage in illegal activities, including money laundering and terrorism financing.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services (“Nissan”) advises that its systems have been subject to a cyber incident. Nissan is working with its global incident response team and relevant stakeholders to investigate the extent of the incident and whether any personal information has been accessed.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2021

The hackers also targeted non-governmental organizations and think tanks, as well as financial services. Most of the targeted organizations are IT companies (57%), followed by government organizations (20%). In all, 36 countries were targeted.” ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

New York City based Sisense has more than 1,000 customers across a range of industry verticals, including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare and higher education. ” “We are taking this matter seriously and promptly commenced an investigation,” Dash continued.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

.” The CPU will address critical vulnerabilities in Oracle Essbase, Graph Server and Client, Secure Backup, Communications Applications, Communications, Construction and Engineering, Enterprise Manager, Financial Services Applications, Fusion Middleware, Insurance Applications, PeopleSoft, Support Tools, and Utilities Applications.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

. “With the discover of SharkBot we have shown new evidence about how mobile malwares are quickly finding new ways to perform fraud, trying to bypass behavioural detection countermeasures put in place by multiple banks and financial services during the last years.” ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2021

Razer is a very popular computer peripherals manufacturer that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, financial services, and gaming hardware, including gaming mouses and keyboards.

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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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ARMA International

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The scope of a records and information management (RIM) program in financial services can seem overwhelming. Compared to other industries, the complexities of managing records and information in financial services are arguably some of the toughest to solve, primarily because of the intense regulatory scrutiny.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

The credentials are sold for an average of $15.43, the most expensive pairs relate to banking and financial services accounts, with an average price of nearly $71. According to the company, most of the username and password combinations are available for free, and 5 billion of the above credentials are “unique.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2020

.” A few days ago, researchers from Group-IB reported a campaign dubbed “ PerSwaysion ,” in which attackers exploit Microsoft’s Sway file-sharing to gain access to many confidential corporate MS Office365 emails of mainly financial service companies, law firms, and real estate groups. Recently the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2021

Finance is a decentralized lending protocol for individuals, institutions and protocols to access financial services. The security breach was confirmed by the company with a message via Twitter: C.R.E.A.M. It promises earnings to users who are passively holding ETH or wBTC.

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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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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

It also involves actively identifying and securing potential vulnerabilities in IT/OT supply chains, and identity protection implementation for citizens and e-government. 5️ Digital Identity in the Crosshairs of Cyber Attacks Expect a proliferation of attacks against digital identity, leading to unprecedented large-scale data breaches.

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