Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Cuba ransomware gang received more than $60 million in ransom payments related to attacks against 100 entities worldwide as of August 2022. Dollars (USD) and received more than $60 million in ransom payments from over 100 victims worldwide as of August 2022, the US government states. ” reads the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 9, 2022

On May 27, 2022, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H.515 515 , making Vermont the twenty-first state to enact legislation based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Data Security Model Law (“MDL-668”). Information Security Program Requirements.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2022

How Can We Secure The Future of Digital Payments? Tue, 01/11/2022 - 06:35. The financial services ecosystem has evolved tremendously over the past few years driven by a surge in the adoption of digital payments. Security is paramount; digital payments are not only authorized but they must be authenticated as well.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In March 2022, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and CISA published a flash alert to warn that the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang breached the networks of at least 52 organizations across 10 critical infrastructure sectors. “As

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 30, 2023

In total 10,008 cases were concluded by the DPC in 2022 (a slight reduction on last years’ figures). As of 31 December 2022, the DPC had 88 statutory inquiries on-hand, including 22 cross-border inquiries. Complaints Handling The Annual Report notes another year of extensive enforcement work by the DPC.

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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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Info Source

MARCH 16, 2022

At the beginning of the year, I wrote out a list of predictions for 2022 and shared them on LinkedIn (and in Document Imaging Report ). The Infosource analyst team expects the demand for these devices to remain at a high level in 2022. In 2022, we expect subscription sales to surpass perpetual license sales for the first time.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

October is both Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US and European Cyber Security Month in the EU – twin campaigns on either side of the Atlantic that aim to improve awareness of the importance of cyber security both at work and at home, and provide tips on how to stay secure.

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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. law enforcement).

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Info Source

MARCH 16, 2022

At the beginning of the year, I wrote out a list of predictions for 2022 and shared them on LinkedIn (and in Document Imaging Report ). The Infosource analyst team expects the demand for these devices to remain at a high level in 2022. In 2022, we expect subscription sales to surpass perpetual license sales for the first time.

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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. That InfraGard member, who is head of security at a major U.S. Department of Defense.

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 5, 2023

In this Spotlight episode of the Security Ledger podcast, I interview Richard Bird, the CSO of the firm Traceable AI about the challenge of securing application programming interfaces (APIs), which are increasingly being abused to steal sensitive data. What is the fix for API security issues? Read the whole entry. »

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Compliance madhav Tue, 09/19/2023 - 05:17 It is essential for any business that stores, processes, and transmits payment card information to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Consumers’ payment data is a compelling target for criminals who continue to circumvent IT security defenses.

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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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OpenText Information Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Fax in 2022? But fax in 2022 is far from a punch line. It’s an essential part of enterprise communications for industries like healthcare, law, insurance and financial services. Why don’t you just send it over on a dinosaur! Or a carrier pigeon? Honestly, we’ve heard them all.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2022

On November 9, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) published its proposed second amendment to its cybersecurity regulations (23 NY CRR Part 500). This proposal follows a July 29 pre-proposal and comment period.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

For example, one domain the gang has used since March 2022 is ushank[.]com financial services firm Ameriprise uses the domain ameriprise.com; the Disneyland Team’s domain for Ameriprise customers is [link] [brackets added to defang the domain], which displays in the browser URL bar as ? Bank customers.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. The public data set on the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) website shows that data security isn’t necessarily better for financial organisations. What do the statistics say? million (about £4.70

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023. Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

In securing the arrest of a second Russian national affiliated with the LockBit ransomware, the Department has once again demonstrated the long arm of the law. In November 2022, the U.S. On or about May 27, 2022, the man and his Hive coconspirators allegedly hit a nonprofit behavioral healthcare organization in New Jersey.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

The advisory was promptly endorsed by the National Cyber Security Centre, a division of Government Communications Headquarters (“GCHQ”), a UK intelligence agency. Like an incident response plan, MFA has become a critical element of cybersecurity programs.

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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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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 18, 2024

On January 3, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services announced a consent order with GGT, where GGT agreed to pay NYDFS $8 million and to surrender its BitLicense (for cryptocurrency trading), due to alleged violations of NYDFS’ cybersecurity and its virtual currency regulations.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 7, 2022

who in April 2022 opened an investigation into fraud tied to Zelle , the “peer-to-peer” digital payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly send cash to friends and family. million of payments in 2021 and the first half of 2022,” the report summarized.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

Ongoing attacks could cause severe damages to multiple sectors, including transportation, communication, financial services, government facilities, nuclear reactors, and critical manufacturing. Check Host: [link] pic.twitter.com/J9OSdBLnzf — Anonymous (@LiteMods) February 25, 2022. ” reported researchers from Cyble.

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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. Crooks use lures masquerading as tax documentation sent by a client. LNK) files.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 12, 2023

For years, the bank has been part of IBM’s growing ecosystem of financial institutions and technology partners leveraging IBM Cloud for Financial Services to help deliver more improved customer services and products better tailored to each individual customer’s financial needs.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The experts were able to enumerate the C2s and targets of multiple distinct Chaos clusters, some of which were employed in recent DDoS attacks against the gaming, financial services and technology, and media and entertainment industries. .” reads the analysis published by Lumen Technologies. ” continues the report. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2022, the ICICI Bank’s resources were named a “critical information infrastructure” by the Indian government – any harm to it can impact national security. However, despite the critical status of bank infrastructure on the national level, the security of crucial data was not ensured. million files belonging to ICICI Bank. “The

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 19, 2022

On December 15, 2022, the UK government and the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (“DIFC”) issued a joint statement on the shared commitment to deepening the UK-DIFC data partnership.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

But Jim has long had a security freeze on his credit file with the three major consumer credit reporting bureaus , and none of the lenders seemed willing to proceed without at least a peek at his credit history. 14, 2022 breach notification letter from tribal lender Mountain Summit Financial. A portion of the Jan.

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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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Collibra

JANUARY 31, 2023

But a much smaller percentage actually adopt and integrate data intelligence into their decision-making, according to the 2022 Data Intelligence Index. Indeed, the datasphere is forecast to reach 97 zettabytes in 2022 — and double (!) Finally, Collibra is secure. Bolster the security of your data at scale and in the cloud.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Also charged with treason was Ruslan Stoyanov , then a senior employee at Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab [the Forbes.ru National Security Agency (NSA). Days after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a Ukrainian researcher leaked several years of internal chat logs from the Conti ransomware gang. This is not the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

“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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