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.

Phishing 91

Phishing Financial Services Education Cybersecurity 91

Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 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. law enforcement).

Ransomware 87

Ransomware Agriculture Education Government 87

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning investors of scammers impersonating SEC officials in fraudulent schemes. According to the alert issued by the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA), crooks are contacting investors via phone calls, voicemails, emails, and letters.

Communications 90

Communications Financial Services Education Government 90

IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Organisations across many industries face the risk of data theft, but those in the financial services sector are particularly vulnerable to the loss of “propriety algorithms”, and recruitment agencies and estate agents risk losing highly valuable client databases. Staff education.

Education 71

Education Information Security Financial Services Risk 71

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

Energy and Utilities 93

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Manufacturing 93

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Targeted Sector Vulnerabilities: Financial Services, IT, Healthcare, Education, and Government sectors have emerged as primary targets, with attackers fine-tuning their strategies to exploit specific vulnerabilities within these industries.

Security 122

Security Phishing Communications Financial Services 122

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging employs over 7,000 people worldwide and offers IT outsourcing, infrastructure including network managed services, software products and application management. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company disclosed the security breach on July 5, but it is not clear when it has discovered the attack.

Ransomware 78

Ransomware Insurance Financial Services Manufacturing 78

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Financial services are the main target for cybercriminals, so the threat for the organizations and their customers is severe. The leak also affected Bloom Money and Admiral Money – two financial companies based in the UK, and Reed, which is the UK’s top recruitment agency. env) belonging to idkit.com, owned by OCR Labs.

IT 87

IT Financial Services Access Risk 87

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

Energy and Utilities 103

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Agriculture 103

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

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. million files belonging to ICICI Bank.

Personal data 97

Personal data Phishing Risk Financial Services 97

Data Matters

APRIL 20, 2021

DOL guidance provides a series of questions that should serve as a starting point for this review and includes topics such as the service provider’s information security standards, track record, cybersecurity insurance coverage, and cybersecurity validation techniques.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Insurance Risk Compliance 68

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

” The module appears to be under development, but experts pointed out that threat actors already used it to target organizations, mostly in telecoms, education, and financial services sectors. The module implements three attack modes, named check, trybrute and brute.

Financial Services 114

Financial Services Education Communications IT 114

Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

New York City based Sisense has more than 1,000 customers across a range of industry verticals, including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare and higher education. ” “We are taking this matter seriously and promptly commenced an investigation,” Dash continued.

Encryption 241

Encryption Passwords Access Financial Services 241

Collibra

MARCH 23, 2021

ATB Financial provides a diversified set of financial services to more than 770,000 residents of Alberta, Canada. Being a regionally focused institution, the group is dedicated to knowing its customers intimately, understanding their needs and providing products and services that help them achieve their goals.

Cloud 59

Cloud Government Access Metadata 59

CGI

OCTOBER 25, 2015

The answer is easy—all key players in the finance sector, including consumers, financial services providers and systems integrators. It’s imperative for us as consumers to ensure that we know how our financial and personal data is collected, transmitted, stored and used by finance institutions. Finance service providers.

IT 40

IT Security Digital transformation Compliance 40

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Its features include: Compliance education & management. Additionally, Forrester named it a Contender in its Q1 2020 GRC Wave. LogicManager. Back to top.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

LogicManager’s GRC solution has specific use cases across financial services, education, government, healthcare, retail, and technology industries, among others. Its features include: Compliance education & management. Additionally, Forrester named it a Contender in its Q1 2020 GRC Wave. LogicManager. Back to top.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3 Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3 Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

During that window, the actor successfully compromised at least nine global entities across the technology, defense, healthcare, energy and education industries.” defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. Subsequently, exploitation attempts began on Sept.

Communications 107

Communications Blockchain Passwords Financial Services 107

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Information security is not yet a science; outside of the handful of issues falling under the field of cryptography, there is no formalized system of classification. The most prepared cybersecurity programs of today will not attempt to implement a static, “out-of-the-box” solution to cyber risk.

Cybersecurity 60

Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 12, 2017

improving information sharing of industry threats, risks and mitigations. The report concludes by providing a list of key resources and best practices for addressing cybersecurity threats that were gleaned from studying the financial services and energy sectors.

Cybersecurity 45

Cybersecurity Computer and Electronics Education Financial Services 45

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Source (New) Finance USA Yes 1,955,385 BerryDunn and Reliable Networks Source (New) Finance and IT services USA Yes 1,107,354 VISAV Limited Source (New) IT services UK Yes >1,000,000 Designed Receivable Solutions, Inc. Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Finance USA Yes 498,686 J.P.

Data Privacy 94

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94

KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

That's right – the financial services industry, at least according to cybersecurity vendor Armorblox's 2023 Email Security Threat Report. Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Yup – shoe store.

Phishing 80

Phishing File names Security awareness Risk 80

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

Anyone who has anyone in the information security community is usually melting under the hot Nevada sun. And by de I'm an analyst at Javelin strategy and research where I do security risk and fraud for the financial services industry. Yes, grasshoppers invaded Las Vegas at the start of hacker summer camp in 2019.

Computer and Electronics 40

Computer and Electronics IT Security Mining 40