Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2021

Cyble researchers investigated a recent attack on an India-based IT firm that was hit by the BlackCocaine Ransomware gang. 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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 12, 2021

On June 30, 2021, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS,” the “Department”) issued guidance to all New York state regulated entities on ransomware (the “Guidance”), identifying controls it expects regulated companies to implement whenever possible.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

On March 21, the Maze ransomware operators published some of the stolen files on their “leak site,” after the refusal of the research firm of paying the ransom. The attack took place on March 14th, 2020, when the Maze Ransomware operators exfiltrated data from the HMR’s network and then encrypt their systems.

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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. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware. Ransomware attacks and costs.

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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? Data lineage provides that reliability—and more.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The sheer difficulty is one reason that vulnerability management as a service (VMaaS) and similar services have been gaining traction among security buyers. Google’s cloud security is well regarded (and the company has shared some documentation of its security architecture and practices too). Backup Is Hard. Really Hard.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Unlike many stories here about cloud service providers being extorted by hackers for ransomware payouts , this snafu appears to have been something of an inside job. The company that handled that process for MyPayrollHR is a California firm called Cachet Financial Services.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

.” 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. WIZ documents. “On December 13, 2018, we observed another large ServHelper “downloader” campaign targeting retail and financial services customers.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

ICICI Bank leaked millions of records with sensitive data, including financial information and personal documents of the bank’s clients. If malicious actors accessed the exposed data, the company could have faced devastating consequences and put their clients at risk, as financial services are the main target for cybercriminals.

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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 attackers exfiltrate sensitive data from the target systems and then published it on the CLOP ransomware gang’s leak site.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Financial services are the main target for cybercriminals, so the threat for the organizations and their customers is severe. IDKit verifies users by linking their faces to their identity documents. While financial services are the main target for cybercriminals, the threat to the organizations and their customers is severe.

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Data Matters

JUNE 24, 2021

The SEC has continued to focus on cybersecurity issues as evidenced not only by the First American Order but also the agency’s recent risk alerts published by the Division of Examinations concerning cyber-related topics, including ransomware and credential stuffing. See CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 2, Cybersecurity (Oct. 14, 2011).

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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. Make sure you document: Which steps happen in a specific order.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 26, 2021

For example, financial services firms may be worried about employees breaching insider trading laws. Indeed, if you have a lawful reason to monitor employees and you document that reason, you are justified to keep an eye on their activities.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) posted proposed amendments (“Proposed Amendments”) to its Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (“Cybersecurity Regulations”). A covered entity’s incident response plan, as required by Section 500.16

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

There are also instances of hospitals being unable to perform fundamental services. In November 2018, a ransomware attack forced two hospitals to send ambulances elsewhere and only accept walk-up patients to the emergency rooms. Financial Services.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

For an additional fee, users can access the extensive documentation that comes with the ET Pro Ruleset. They can also fix incorrect spam listings in the Blocklist Removal Center, access live news and specialized ISP information, and read dedicated documents on best practices for everything from anti-spam to email marketing.

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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. These data packets can contain malware such as a trojan, ransomware, or similar dangerous program. Here is how the NSA-developed cyber monster works, and how you should defend against it.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Companies should include in their Incident Response Plan (IRP) emergency situations like DDoS or Ransomware attacks that have the propensity to affect critical business operations. Documenting Security and Preventative Measures.

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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Two Puerto Rico hospitals report ransomware attacks (520,000). Alabama-based school says its systems have been wiped out, but won’t confirm whether ransomware is to blame (unknown). Steel plant Blastech becomes second Mobile-based organisation to be hit by ransomware this month (unknown). Ransomware. J’Syracuse?

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

suffers second ransomware attack in months Having been struck by a ransomware attack in October by the BlackSuit group , which led to operations and appointments being postponed, Akumin Inc. has suffered a second attack, this time by the BianLian ransomware group. Akumin Inc. Data breached: 5 TB. subsidiaries: Arrow Fastener Co.,

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Much of my reporting on Vrublevsky’s cybercrime empire came from several years worth of internal ChronoPay emails and documents that were leaked online in 2010 and 2011. Department of the Treasury , which effectively blocked Suex from the global financial system. Pavel Vrublevsky’s former Facebook profile photo.

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Data Protection Report

AUGUST 11, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a “pre-proposed outreach” of material proposed changes to almost every section of its cybersecurity regulations, and would affect each entity covered by the current regulations of 23 NYCRR Part 500. 500.16). . Asset inventories and Access Controls.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 4, 2021

Security vulnerabilities including hacking, unauthorised access, malware, phishing and ransomware attacks totalled 462 breach notifications. 450,000) against a multinational technology company in connection with failures to report and document a personal data breach. Financial Services Sector Focus.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

You know you're seeing guy breaches in the news, aside from ransomware which you know is happening in a different way, but when you see your data breaches pure data exfiltrated out and you're seeing it happen on the API layer just simply because the security is not harder. And every time we do that, I swear. Number nine.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

You know you're seeing guy breaches in the news, aside from ransomware which you know is happening in a different way, but when you see your data breaches pure data exfiltrated out and you're seeing it happen on the API layer just simply because the security is not harder. And every time we do that, I swear. Number nine.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 12, 2017

The checklist is accompanied by an infographic that lists these steps and notes that an organization must retain all documentation related to the risk assessment following a cyber attack, including any determination that a breach of PHI has not occurred.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2023

We’ll go over them briefly here but the details can be found on page 16 of the document. All data sources and computing services are considered resources. Below is a picture of the NIST stack from DoD: The DoD document is very good, as it defines specific requirements and implementation. The document can be found here.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

On February 21, 2018, the SEC issued an additional cybersecurity disclosure guidance document to assist public companies in drafting their cybersecurity disclosures in their SEC filings. In addition, evidence is mounting that regulators also view oversight of cyber protections as a board responsibility.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2021

” Lookout data indicates that about 15 percent of financial services employees encountered a mobile phishing attempt each quarter in 2020. meat industry was shut down in an apparent Russia-connected ransomware attack on JBS, maker of the Swift brand. … Attacks are more difficult to spot on mobile. Ahead of a U.S.-Russian

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 12, 2021

Episode 217: What Fighting Pirates Teaches Us About Ransomware. Between 1998 and today there have been countless hearings on cyber risks and countless reports documenting the federal government’s ineptitude on matters of information security. . » Related Stories Episode 221: Biden Unmasked APT 40. But Does It Matter?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

Vamosi: ATT&CK started as a workshop exercise to document common tactics, techniques and procedures, T TPS that advanced persistent threats used against Windows Enterprise environments, advanced persistent threats are just as they seem. In the case of ransomware. So it's it's a fun time.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

Vamosi: ATT&CK started as a workshop exercise to document common tactics, techniques and procedures, T TPS that advanced persistent threats used against Windows Enterprise environments, advanced persistent threats are just as they seem. In the case of ransomware. So it's it's a fun time.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Will Enable Mass Spying Reddit Says Leaked U.S.-U.K. billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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