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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2019

The advisory fixed the CVE-2016-1000031 flaw, a remote code execution (RCE) bug in the Apache Commons FileUpload, disclosed in November last year. The Commons FileUpload library is the default file upload mechanism in Struts 2, the CVE-2016-1000031 was discovered two years ago by experts at Tenable. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

Security experts from Bitdefender recently discovered a new TrickBot variant that is targeting telecommunications organizations in the United States and Hong Kong. TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its authors have continuously upgraded it by implementing new features. .”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is behind new campaigns against South Korean supply chains that leverage stolen security certificates. . Security experts from ESET reported that North-Korea-linked Lazarus APT (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) is behind cyber campaigns targeting South Korean supply chains. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The proposed regulation requires regulated financial institutions to take various actions, including: adopting a written cybersecurity policy; establishing a cybersecurity program; designating a Chief Information Security Officer to oversee and enforce its new program and policy; and.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. “On December 13, 2018, we observed another large ServHelper “downloader” campaign targeting retail and financial services customers.”

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 24, 2019

It’s worth noting that the MyPayrollHR fraud wasn’t the first time Cachet has been tripped up by the demise of a payroll company: In 2016, the collapse of Monterey, Calif. But on Oct. 23 — less than 24 hours before another weekly payroll rush — Pasadena, Calif. But, on Sept.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

This morning I wrote about a large-scale cyber attack that hit the I nternational Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in November 2016, Emissary Panda was suspected to be the culprit. defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. ” Secureworks concludes. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

There’s a frantic scramble going on among those responsible for network security at organizations across all sectors. Enterprises have dumped small fortunes into stocking their SOCs (security operations centers) with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2020

According to Farsight Security , a company that keeps historic records of which Web sites were hosted at which Internet addresses, Weblistingsinc.org was for a while hosted at the IP address 68.169.45.65 weblistingsinc.net 2016-02-09 ENOM, INC.,ENOM, weblistingsinc.net 2016-02-09 ENOM, INC.,ENOM, Helpmego.to

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 3, 2017

On December 28, 2016, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced an updated version of its cybersecurity regulation for financial institutions (the “Updated Regulation”). The Updated Regulation will become effective on March 1, 2017.

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Data Protection Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

China’s Cyber Security Law ( CSL ), enacted in 2016, requires operators of critical information infrastructure ( CII ) to follow a number of enhanced security obligations, including storing within China all personal information and important data collected or generated during their operations in China.

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Ascent Innovations

MAY 17, 2018

Few unexpected nation states are rising in the ranks of sponsored attackers, including spying on thousands of people across 20 countries via an Android malware campaign, and another one infiltrated Russia’s Cozy Bear liar and uncovered the hack of DNC during the 2016 elections. Cyber-social.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In this case, it looks as though the attackers had been on the Starwood network for somewhere around three years, mining out their reservations database (keep in mind that Marriott only acquired Starwood in 2016 ). To make a long story short – the top reason that they didn’t invest in data security was “lack of perceived need” at 52%.

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CGI

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Fri, 12/02/2016 - 04:15. One of the hottest topics at this year’s Sibos conference in Geneva, Switzerland was open APIs (application programming interfaces), and how their introduction is causing concern among some financial institutions, while offering promising opportunities for early adopters. Balancing ease of use versus security.

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Data Matters

MARCH 12, 2019

Over the last few years, States have enacted increasingly aggressive legislation concerning data privacy and security, raising concerns that companies will be subject to a patchwork of different standards.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Banks are often concerned about the effect of these services on their systems, the commercial value of their data and the security of the information, for which the bank could potentially be held responsible. Security: Consumer data should be accessed, stored, used and distributed securely.

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CGI

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Thu, 12/22/2016 - 02:16. Today’s banks are facing a number of unprecedented challenges, including the rise in financial technology (FinTech) firms. These innovative startups are focused on taking a share of bank customers, products and revenues through new digital services, and staying ahead of them is high on banks’ agendas.

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CGI

MAY 26, 2016

Fri, 05/27/2016 - 00:37. Financial institutions in the U.S. The combined and increased focus of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on cybersecurity issues are indicative of U.S. regulators’ state of mind. .

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), OFAC is sending a clear signal that making ransomware payments with a sanctions nexus threatens U.S. national security interests and that third-party service providers that facilitate ransomware payments on behalf of a victim must consider and ensure compliance with OFAC regulations.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Browse online using secure networks.

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Preservica

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The 2016 IGI Benchmark Report on The Governance of Long-term Digital Information confirmed that nearly all organizations represented have digital records and information that keep or need to keep in excess of 10 years. 3) Be prepared to articulate the value as well as the risks of digital information.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

On November 9, 2016, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton & Williams LLP and AvePoint released the results of a joint global survey launched in May 2016 concerning organizational preparedness for implementing the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

With more than 65,000 employees in 56 countries, Thales is a global leader in technology solutions for the aerospace, transport, defence and security markets. Its unique capabilities include the design and deployment of equipment, systems and services to meet complex security requirements. But, that’s not the whole story.

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CGI

JANUARY 12, 2017

This is the final blog in my three-part series on the disruptive impact of financial technology (FinTech) firms on today’s banks. The blog series is based on the findings of CGI’s 2016 survey of 1,670 consumers across 8 countries, which assessed consumer perspectives on 12 leading digital FinTech services.*

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Info Source

JUNE 7, 2018

compared to 2016. Forrester Research has named the SER Group a “Strong Performer” in its Waves for ECM Transactional Content Services* and ECM Business Content Services**. Pioneer in security. The Forrester Wave : ECM – Business Content Services (Login or payment required). [1] more than in 2016.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Raising awareness about ransomware is a baseline security measure. As training sessions have little influence over staff for every potential attack, it makes added security more imperative.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MARCH 14, 2019

The proposed changes to the Safeguards Rule add a number of more detailed security requirements, whereas the proposed changes to the Privacy Rule are more focused on technical changes to align the Rule with changes in law over the past decade. It includes general, high level elements of a security program, but lacks detailed security steps.

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CGI

JULY 10, 2018

From 2012-2016, attendees listed the regulatory environment as their number one concern. As the session, “Rise of the Machines: AI-Enhanced Customer Experience” pointed out, there are many internal, regulatory, security and societal issues that banks must overcome when it comes to AI.

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CGI

MAY 15, 2018

From 2012-2016, attendees listed the regulatory environment as their number one concern. As the session, “Rise of the Machines: AI-Enhanced Customer Experience” pointed out, there are many internal, regulatory, security and societal issues that banks must overcome when it comes to AI.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Semiconductors act as the secret powerhouse behind various industries, from healthcare to manufacturing to financial services. A hybrid cloud approach delivers the agility, flexibility and security required to fill these demands. Are you going to Supercomputing 23 in Denver?

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Slightly over one year ago, several major distributed denial-of-service (“DDoS”) attacks took place, including a major event affecting the domain name service provider Dyn , which caused outages and slowness for a number of popular sites, including Amazon, Netflix, Reddit, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Twitter. Before an Attack.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. During the pandemic sales of the Home Fitness cycle peloton grew massively, given its popularity, it's natural that security researchers would want to take a look. And we've had our fair share of security concerns with those.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. During the pandemic sales of the Home Fitness cycle peloton grew massively, given its popularity, it's natural that security researchers would want to take a look. And we've had our fair share of security concerns with those.

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eDiscovery Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Find out: How they really feel about security? How law firms can provide more valuable services? Mobile Data Best Practices: Legal, Business, and Security Considerations. Data Security in a Data Proliferating World. Hear directly from corporate legal teams about what they want their outside law firms to know.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 26, 2021

While Microsoft released a series of security updates on March 2, in order to address the discovered vulnerabilities, they felt the need to simplify the mitigation process for their customers in order to attain herd immunity across the world. It is important to note that the simplified tool is not a replacement for the security updates.

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