Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

The popular security expert Kevin Beaumont was one of the first researchers to report that the LockFile operators are using the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell and the Windows PetitPotam vulnerabilities to take over Windows domains. financial organization on July 20, 2021, with its latest activity seen as recently as August 20. .”

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

On June 24, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) announced it had entered into a $5 million settlement with Carnival Corp.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Future of Payments Security. Tue, 01/26/2021 - 09:17. Even when banking organizations are upgrading security posture to safeguard sensitive financial information, hackers can steal the data intelligently by tying known vulnerabilities together, and making it turn out to be a potential attack.

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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 security breach was first reported by BleepingComputer that also shared a copy of the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted customers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2021

Microsoft recently published a report that states, titled “March 2021 Security Signals report,” that revealed that more than 80% of enterprises were victims of at least one firmware attack in the past two years. The study pointed out that only 29% of the targeted organizations have allocated budgets to protect firmware.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Under the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) new amendment to the Safeguards Rule (the “Amended Rule”), non-banking financial institutions will have to report certain data breaches and other security events to the agency. Notice is required as soon as possible, and not later than 30 days after discovery of the security breach.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Wed, 10/27/2021 - 07:30. The benefits of cloud come with significant new security challenges for organizations. The Thales Cloud Security Study 2021 of more than 2,600 respondents from around the world tries to respond to key questions: How widespread is multi-cloud? How do I secure data in the cloud?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. In the recent attacks, the APT group leveraged the Log4j vulnerabilities ( CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45105 ) to install web shells on target servers. It is designed to load malicious DLLs and encrypt payloads.”

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 1, 2023

We are bringing the power of foundation models with the availability of a GPU as a service on IBM Cloud offering to help organizations tap into artificial intelligence (AI) in a secured environment while aiming to mitigate third- and fourth-party risk.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Like other ransomware gangs, Cuba used ‘double extortion’ techniques which means that it exfiltrates data from the target systems before encrypting them and demanding a ransom payment, threatening to publicly release it if payment is not made. ” Since December 2021 Cuba operators are continuing to target U.S.

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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. hard drive, storage device, the cloud).

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 20, 2021

were published by the PBOC (the PRC banking regulator) and came into force on 8 April 2021. This introduces a data lifecycle security framework, and represents the key guideline for handling personal and other financial information by financial institutions (i.e. Level 3: personal financial information.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,729 ransomware complaints in 2021, representing $49.2 Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. million in adjusted losses. The impact of ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 Also read: Best Antivirus Software of 2022. Ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. IT governance and security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This strategy addresses security concerns related to intellectual property and sensitive data in large language models (LLMs). This enhances data privacy and security and allows for greater control and efficiency in AI application deployment within the enterprise. This necessitates a shift in cybersecurity strategies.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

“Frappo” is actively advertised in the Dark Web and on Telegram where it has a group with over 1,965 active members – there cybercriminals discuss how successful they’ve been at attacking the customers of various online services. The last update of the service was registered May 1, 2022. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Even in regions like Europe a lot of Citizens do not have a bank account: Source: World Bank Findex 2021 report Global CBDC initiatives Central banks are responsible for promoting monetary and financial stability in the best interests of the public. According to the World Bank account ownership rates vary across the world.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

We notified FBS of the breach so they could take appropriate action to secure the data. They got back to us a few days later and secured the server within 30 minutes. Despite containing very sensitive financial data, the server was left open without any password protection or encryption. What’s Going On. Who is FBS.

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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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Reltio

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The recent report, The Forrester Wave™: Master Data Management , Q4 2021 notes that “Master data management helps accelerate digital transformation initiative.” The Forrester Wave™ for Master Data Management Q4 2021 report calls out that: “ Reltio is a one-stop shop for MDM deployment with advanced capabilities.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 23, 2021

In good news for organisations handling personal information, China’s Personal Information Protection Law (“ PIPL ”) was finalised on 20 August 2021, and will come into force on 1 November 2021. This aligns with a similar provision in the new Data Security Law.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Since the inception of data forensics almost forty years ago, methods for investigating security events have given way to a market of vendors and tools offering digital forensics software (DFS). This article looks at the top digital forensic software tools of 2021 and what customers should consider when buying or acquiring a DSF tool.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 13, 2019

Of particular concern to state-level policymakers and enforcement authorities are business practices that in their view may contribute to security incidents. The insurance industry has not been immune from such scrutiny, and the imposition of business practice requirements intended to enhance cybersecurity sector-wide.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Rock the Blockchain: Thales and DigiCert Secure the Data. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 05:31. It’s a staggering statistic, but 39% of companies are still not using robust data security measures. With risks so high, what is the hold up on implementing security? Are Distributed Ledger Technologies the Answer to Securing Data?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2022

Related: The role of post-quantum encryption. Quantum computers pose yet another looming threat since it has been mathematically proven that quantum computers with enough power will crack all the world’s public encryption. We most recently witnessed this as Russia invaded Ukraine.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

EternalBlue is a Windows exploit created by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and used in the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack. Within this network, there is a vulnerable Windows system that has not been patched with the necessary security updates to protect against EternalBlue. What is the EternalBlue vulnerability?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This post has been updated for 2021. But even when passwords are secure, it’s not enough. Initially, security vendors only offered two-factor authentication. Since then, security vendors have introduced new methods for authentication, which can be layered to create a multi-factor authentication solution.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 26, 2021

approach in that the attackers copy and exfiltrate a company’s data just prior to encrypting it. 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.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

On November 18, 2021, a group of federal bank regulators announced a final rule requiring banks to notify their primary federal regulator of any “significant computer-security incidents.” The rule was initially proposed in January 2021. These occurrences are “computer-security incidents.”. Background.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. Thales can help address the following four challenges: 1.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

For example: On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. 26,633 (May 12, 2021). Agency (July 19, 2021, revised Aug. Memorandum on Improving the Cybersecurity of National Security, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community Systems (Jan. 14,028, 86 Fed.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

With almost every aspect of business becoming more digital, enterprise network security software minimizes the impact of cyberattacks — especially as guarding against them protects a company’s operations and safeguards its competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace. Top network security tools. Network Security Product.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

He died prematurely on April 23 in 2021. CODEN: From 2016 to 2021. CODEN: Basically, the fundamental issue is look at that early Unix and Linux operating systems that were providing these very basic services that are still the the only things we really need from the operating system today. VAMOSI: Michael has quite the pedigree.

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