The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

15, 2024 – Harter Secrest & Emery LLP , a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a NetDiligence-authorized Breach Coach ® , a designation only extended to law firms that demonstrate competency and sophistication in data breach response. www.hselaw.com.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 31, 2023

On October 3, 2022, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's ( FFIEC ) updated its 2018 Cybersecurity Resource Guide for Financial Institutions. The guide also serves as an educational resource on the latest security technologies.

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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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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

EvilProxy phishing campaign targets Microsoft 365 accounts via indeed.com A phishing campaign identified by Menlo Security has been targeting senior executives in various industries – most notably banking and financial services, property management and real estate, and manufacturing – since July.

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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. In fact, ransomware-as-a-service is alive and well, educating would-be offenders on how to undertake an attack and even offering customer support. Prevalence.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Meanwhile, the hackers responsible are communicating directly with members through the InfraGard portal online — using a new account under the assumed identity of a financial industry CEO that was vetted by the FBI itself. InfraGard , a program run by the U.S. That InfraGard member, who is head of security at a major U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

The operation targeted many organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. law enforcement). According to the French ANSSI cybersecurity agency, LockBit 3.0

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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. This group is likely large, well-funded and dedicated.”.

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Info Source

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With the pace of digitisation picking up in industries such as education, healthcare, legal, financial services, and logistics, multifunction printers and scanners will also experience strong sales. Eskom’s continued woes, with no end in sight for load shedding, continue to dampen the growth of South Africa’s economy.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 11, 2023

If you have already watched them, repetition is the mother of all education. Security & Compliance for SAP Data in Financial Services. Financial services companies keep some of their most valuable data in SAP applications, triggering the need for both additional security and taking steps toward meeting compliance requirements.

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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. Tax Day, Microsoft has observed a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms. LNK) files.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 12, 2024

“AI is driving a revolution in education, accessibility and productivity. Jamworks has two core products: Jamworks for Education and Jamworks for Business. Importantly, the lecturer is able not only to view the output of the AI, but also to adjust this output and fine-tune it.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Agent Tesla , first discovered in late 2014, is an extremely popular “malware-as-a-service” Remote Access Trojan (RAT) tool used by threat actors to steal information such as credentials, keystrokes, clipboard data and other information from its operators’ targets. Los Angeles-based Resecurity, Inc.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Targeted Sector Vulnerabilities: Financial Services, IT, Healthcare, Education, and Government sectors have emerged as primary targets, with attackers fine-tuning their strategies to exploit specific vulnerabilities within these industries. billion emails globally, identifying approximately 950.39 million as malicious.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

According to the alert issued by the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA), crooks are contacting investors via phone calls, voicemails, emails, and letters. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warns investors of attacks impersonating its officials in government impersonator schemes.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

The operation targeted many organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. law enforcement).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 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

JULY 6, 2020

Systems at Xchanging, a subsidiary of Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology was hit by ransomware over the weekend. Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology disclosed a ransomware attack that infected systems at its Xchanging subsidiary.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 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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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Agriculture 106

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

” The module appears to be under development, but experts pointed out that threat actors already used it to target organizations, mostly in telecoms, education, and financial services sectors. For example, in February 2019 Trend Micro detected a variant that includes a new module used for Remote App Credential-Grabbing.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

If malicious actors accessed the exposed data, the company could have faced devastating consequences and put their clients at risk, as financial services are the main target for cybercriminals. ICICI Bank’s response Threat to financial accounts Finance and insurance are one of the most targeted industries by cybercriminals.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

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. Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 26, 2023

Possibilities are growing that include assisting in writing articles, essays or emails; accessing summarized research; generating and brainstorming ideas; dynamic search with personalized recommendations for retail and travel; and explaining complicated topics for education and training. What is generative AI?

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Collibra

JUNE 16, 2021

Today we kicked off our best Data Citizens yet with 45 speakers across 8 industries including retail, financial services, telecommunications, technology, healthcare and education. Class in session: Data Intelligence in higher education: This was our first panel session of the day and I loved every minute of it.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. It is not known how long the database was publicly available, nor whether anyone else accessed it. Date breached: 384,658,212 records. ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang adds 2.7 The total number of victims is now more than 5 million.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Customer service: Conversational AI enhances customer service chatbots on the front line of customer interactions, achieving substantial cost savings and enhancing customer engagement. Conversational AI enhances customer self-service options directly, leading to a more personalized and efficient support experience.

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Information Management Resources

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

It has seen massive acceptance in almost every sector, including financial services, government, education and even film production. Linux is the largest and most pervasive open source software project in the history of computing.

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Info Source

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

In 2020, KnowledgeLake also transitioned to an entirely channel-driven sales strategy, establishing a robust network of channel partners with expertise in implementation and professional services for customers in financial services, manufacturing, government, education, and other key segments. . “

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Areas such as financial services, technology, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and energy industries all needed systems with these two factors. , which we covered as part of a webcast on November 28 of last year. Tom’s overview is split into six parts, so we’ll cover each part separately. How Blockchain Works. It’s a hacker’s nightmare.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For example, if a threat actor writes a malicious script on a financial services company’s web server on a page where users input their financial data, the threat actor can steal that data every time someone uses the page. The original code of the web page is trusted.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

One key contributory factor may be an increase in staff turnover, as employees may take key client and financial information with them when they leave. Emm recommends staff education as part of a wider plan to reduce the likelihood of future threats. Staff education. Different opinions.

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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. See also: How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks. What Is HTML Smuggling? Leveraging HTML5 and JavaScript.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 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 Intel 471 researchers wrote. How OTP Bots Work.

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2018

The report found that about 55% of social media attacks that impersonated customer-support accounts specifically targeted the customers of financial services companies. Organisations need to educate their staff to be alert, vigilant and secure. The human factor.

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Reltio

MARCH 11, 2019

Speakers represented life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, financial services, consulting services, and hi-tech. Overall the event provided best in the industry networking opportunity and educational sessions that offered new ways for companies to think about their data in the new digital economy.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2019

Financial services firms must do more to educate employees about cyber security, according to the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority). It just means you might have to turn to a third-party solution, such as our Cyber Security as a Service. How Cyber Security as a Service helps.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Financial Services: ING. Education: Oakland University. Whether you have basic scanning needs or require a completely customized vulnerability management solution, Netsparker delivers powerful dashboards, detailed reports, and versatile assessment tools. Notable features. Netsparker case studies.

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