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An ongoing Qbot campaign targeted customers of tens of US banks

Security Affairs

Security researchers at F5 Labs have spotted ongoing attacks using Qbot malware payloads to steal credentials from customers of dozens of US financial institutions. Qbot , aka Qakbot , is a data stealer worm with backdoor capabilities that was first detected by Symantec back in 2009. The campaign targets 36 different U.S.

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Lazarus malware delivered to South Korean users via supply chain attacks

Security Affairs

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

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SAP Security Patch Day for May 2019 fixes many missing authorization checks

Security Affairs

Five Security Notes included in SAP Security Patch Day for May 2019 addressed missing authorization checks in SAP products, including Treasury and Risk Management, Solution Manager and ABAP managed systems, dbpool administration, and Enterprise Financial Services. . ” reads a blog post published by SAP security firm Onapsis.

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Netsparker Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Netsparker was launched in 2009 to alleviate frustrations around manual vulnerability verification processes. Financial Services: ING. As hacking becomes more common each day, dynamic application security tools (DASTs) like Netsparker are becoming essential in preventing malicious attacks. . About Netsparker.

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Developments in Health Privacy and Cybersecurity Policy and Regulation: OCR Issues Cybersecurity Warnings and New Health Data Legislation Is Introduced

Data Matters

Relatedly, as issues around data in the healthcare industry grow, Congress continues to contemplate modernization of the HIPAA—which originally passed over 25 years ago and has not been substantively updated since 2009 (or when the iPhone was barely 2 years old).

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Billions of FBS Records Exposed in Online Trading Broker Data Leak

Security Affairs

Forex trading may be dominated by banks and global financial services but, thanks to the Internet, the average person can today dabble directly in forex, securities and commodities trading. Founded in 2009, FBS is an international online forex broker with more than 400,000 partners and 16 million traders spanning over 190 countries.

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Obama Proposes New Agency to Regulate Consumer Financial Privacy

Hunton Privacy

On June 30, 2009, the Obama Administration sent legislation to Congress that would create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency ("CFPA"). To date, these powers have been shared among all financial services regulators, including the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC").

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