Hunton Privacy

JULY 5, 2023

On June 28, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) published an updated proposed Second Amendment (“Amendment”) to its Cybersecurity Regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 500. On November 9, 2022, NYDFS published a first draft of the proposed Amendment and received comments from stakeholders over a 60-day period.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

First American Financial Corp. based First American [ NYSE:FAF ] is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. Santa Ana, Calif.-based It employs some 18,000 people and brought in $6.2 billion in 2019.

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Info Source

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In our vertical market sizing and analysis, we cover horizontal use cases e.g., accounting, HR management, as well as vertical specific use cases e.g., bank account opening, mortgage processing and insurance claims processing. Key Capture & IDP use cases include citizen services, often related to applications for a specific service (e.g.,

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The financial services industry has been in the process of modernizing its data governance for more than a decade. How can banks, credit unions, and financial advisors keep up with demanding regulations while battling restricted budgets and higher employee turnover? One often-overlooked area of impact analysis is IT resilience.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) unit spotted the BianLian , White Rabbit , and Mario ransomware gangs collaborating in a joint extortion campaign targeting publicly-traded financial services firms. This is why it is critical to share such intelligence for further analysis with the broader cybersecurity community.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

These projections stem from an in-depth analysis of the underground economy’s evolution on the Dark Web and a thorough examination of significant cybersecurity incidents targeting corporations and governments. This strategy goes beyond just deploying the latest technologies to combat AI and mobile threats.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 13, 2021

. “This service is dedicated to individuals that have the need to possess complete privacy on the blockchain, offering a perspective from the opponent’s point of view in order for the user to comprehend the possibility of his/her funds getting flagged down under autocratic illegal charges.” AMLBot’s user interface.

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Reltio

JULY 2, 2019

I did an economics degree and then around three years in production planning and logistics types roles before starting as a junior economist for the old National and Provincial (N&P) Building Society. “In In terms of data and analytics it all started when I sneezed and slipped a disc shaving would you believe?”.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 3, 2023

It combines our persisten New features and benefits include: End-to-End Encrypted Data Analytics: The Vaultree-Tableau integration empowers organizations to carry out sophisticated predictive modelling, trend analysis, and market research on encrypted data. Vaultree is also thrilled to announce its sponsorship at Black Hat USA 2023.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. ” The TA505 group was first spotted by Proofpoint back 2017, it has been active at least since 2015 and targets organizations in financial and retail industries. ” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. The support for “.bit” bit, arepos[.]bit).null.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2022

Earmarked by the FBI as a particular threat to the financial service industry just over a year ago, the increase of internet traffic, data breaches and API usage all contribute to the perfect conditions for successful credential stuffing attacks. Runtime behavior analysis. Why is it so prevalent now? Launch attack.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The malware implements multiple anti-analysis techniques, including string obfuscation routine, emulator detection and a domain generation algorithm (DGA). ” reads the analysis published by the researchers. ” SharkBot abuses Accessibility Service to carry out ATS attacks inside the infected device.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

” reads the analysis published by Lumen Technologies. 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. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

Security experts from Cybereason Nocturnus team discovered a new piece of Android malware dubbed EventBot that targets banks, financial services across Europe. Researchers from Cybereason Nocturnus team discovered a new piece of Android malware dubbed EventBot that targets banks, financial services across Europe.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Also called “fraud prevention tools,” these solutions are designed to enhance and aid in the analysis, detection, and management of fraud and other illicit activities across all aspects of a business. In our analysis and review of the fraud prevention, detection and management market, a number of providers stood out.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 20, 2021

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued its controversial final rule (Rule) 1 to establish a new requirement for covered banks to provide “fair access” to financial services to both natural persons and legal entities.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2022

Financial services, health, home security, governance and all other mission critical services are now provided online. It needs to be integrated with user’s daily routines and support them every time they install a new mobile app or enrol with an online service. Perhaps, never? Yet our world has moved online.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

While several open-source tools exist for disk and data capture, network analysis, and specific device forensics, a growing number of vendors are building off what’s publicly available. Critical capabilities include timeline analysis, hash filtering, file and folder flagging, and multimedia extraction. Volatility.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 7, 2021

Teeming with shared, actionable data is the financial services industry. The current state of data in cybersecurity is a tale of The Haves and The Have-WAY-mores. All tech companies have data, of course, but the only data that’s truly valuable and provides insights—actionable data—isn’t as universal as it should be.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2021

Recently Cyber researchers for Cyble investigated an attack suffered by on May 30, 2021, by Nucleus Software, an India-based IT company in the Banking and Financial Services sector. Nucleus Software declared that it does not store customers’ financial data. ” reads the post published by Cyble.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

XFS (extensions for financial services) provides a client-server architecture for financial applications on the Microsoft Windows platform, especially peripheral devices such as EFTPOS terminals and ATMs which are unique to the financial industry. ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. An ad for the OTP interception service/bot “SMSRanger.”

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Collibra

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With every financial services organization focused on making better and faster decisions, data professional and business leaders are eager to better understand how AI can facilitate their strategic goals. Financial services orgs, especially those in capital markets, frequently has been on the forefront of generative AI investment.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Approximately 1.3 Records breached: 1.3 million individuals McLaren Health Care notifies nearly 2.2

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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

MARCH 1, 2019

defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. ” continues the analysis. The Emissary Panda APT (aka LuckyMouse , APT27, Threat Group 3390, and Bronze Union) has been active since 2010, targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S. Windows NT 6.3; Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Microsoft researchers warn of banking adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing and BEC attacks targeting banking and financial organizations. Microsoft discovered multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks against banking and financial services organizations.

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Info Source

JULY 6, 2023

t starts with the prospect, who has researched alternatives based on her/his specific needs selecting a financial services provider and type of loan and submitting a request. The financial services institute requests a proof of identity and documentation to ensure that the person qualifies e.g., proof of residence, income etc.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2024

Nearly one-third (28%) of all DDoS attacks on APIs focus on financial services organizations, the most targeted industry for this type of attack. Look for solutions that leverage behavioral analysis and machine learning to pinpoint anomalous API activity that signals an attack. Spread the Word!

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Drawing from an analysis of nearly a billion malicious emails, the report sheds light on advanced threats, empowering organizations to grasp the intricacies of email-based attacks. Below, we unveil some of the key revelations unearthed in this comprehensive study. billion emails globally, identifying approximately 950.39 million as malicious.

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Known data breached Discord (via Spy.pet) Source (New) IT services USA Yes 4,186,879,104 Baidu, Inc., iSharing is used by more than 35 million users.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks. The analysis of the global telemetry from Palo Alto Networks revealed that attackers targeted at least 370 Zoho ManageEngine servers in the United States alone. ” continues the analysis. The NGLite backdoor allows running commands received through its C2 channel.

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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. organizations since 2020.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Compromised information includes patients’ personal data, health and medical records, financial data, internal emails and software source code. Data breached: 5 TB.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Jump ahead to: Prioritize Data Protection Document Your Response Process Make Users Part of the Process Understand Business Context Be Thorough Proactively Collect and Organize Data Don’t Forget Network Analysis Train and Drill Enlist Outside Help Go on the Offensive 1. But it requires different levels of security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 15, 2024

The news has already captured some very high-profile incidents, including attacks on an American retailer, a software vendor, and more recently a multinational investment and financial services bank. How are the hackers getting in? Hackers tend to target software with poor security.

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