Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2023

According to the report released by Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based company protecting Fortune 500 and governments worldwide, the attack against ICBC may be a precursor for significant malicious cyber activity against global financial system. LockBit specifically targeted ICBC Financial Services (ICBC FS), a wholly owned U.S.

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Ransomware Financial Services Marketing Government 351

Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against four entities and one individual for their role in malicious cyber operations conducted to support the government of North Korea. ” reads the announcement. correspondent or payable-through account sanctions.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The government expert pointed out that Unit 29155 operates independently from other GRU-affiliated groups like Unit 26165 and Unit 74455. The threat actors targeted critical infrastructure sectors such as government, finance, transportation, energy, and healthcare. Since 2022, the unit focused on disrupting aid efforts for Ukraine.

Financial Services 351

Financial Services Government IoT Communications 351

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The government alleges the men reside in North Korea but were frequently stationed by the DPRK in other countries, including China and Russia. million in August 2020 from a financial services company based in New York. Warrants obtained by the government allowed the FBI to seize roughly $1.9

Financial Services 341

Financial Services Phishing Blockchain Government 341

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 100 and government agencies worldwide, has compiled a comprehensive forecast outlining the imminent threats and novel security challenges anticipated in the upcoming year. Cybersecurity company Resecurity has published the 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape Forecast.

Energy and Utilities 350

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Data breaches 350

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

“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.

Ransomware 351

Ransomware Financial Services Manufacturing Government 351

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. But as we inch closer to global economic downturn, the need for top-notch governance has become increasingly urgent. The post 6 benefits of data lineage for financial services appeared first on IBM Blog.

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Financial Services Cloud Metadata Digital transformation 90

Dark Reading

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Financial services organizations migrating applications to the cloud need to think about cloud governance, applying appropriate policies and oversight, and compliance and regulatory requirements.

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Financial Services Cloud Compliance Security 76

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

According to the experts, the threat actors are merely trying to monetize their efforts selling information that have no intelligence value for the Iranian Government. In late July 2020, Crowdstrike spotted a threat actor associated with PIONEER KITTEN that was attempting to sell access to compromised networks on an underground forum.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

France and Germany governments announced that they will block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency , the news was reported by French finance ministry Bruno Le Maire. “We reads a joint statement issued by the two governments, “I want to be absolutely clear: in these conditions, we cannot authorise the development of Libra on European soil.”

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Financial Services Government IT Security 274

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warns investors of attacks impersonating its officials in government impersonator schemes. “Beware of government impersonator schemes. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning investors of scammers impersonating SEC officials in fraudulent schemes.

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Communications Financial Services Government Education 278

Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2021

Most of the targeted organizations are IT companies (57%), followed by government organizations (20%). The hackers also targeted non-governmental organizations and think tanks, as well as financial services. Compromised and targeted entities are being contacted through the Microsoft nation-state notification process.

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Financial Services Access Passwords Authentication 332

Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released the finalized amendments of Part 500 of its cybersecurity regulations. The Amendment also includes new governance requirements and responsibilities applicable to the CISO of all covered entities.

Financial Services 111

Financial Services Cybersecurity Compliance Government 111

CGI

APRIL 17, 2020

Embracing new ways of working in financial services. Although the approaches to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic vary by country, as governments and businesses come to grips with it, one thing is imperative: we will get through this. . The question is how, when disruptions in day-to-day life and business abound.

Financial Services 89

Financial Services Artificial Intelligence Computer and Electronics Cybersecurity 89

Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services (“Nissan”) advises that its systems have been subject to a cyber incident. Current estimates are that up to 10% of individuals have had some form of government identification compromised. reads the statement published by the company on its website. .”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 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 343

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Financial Services 343

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2025

Carielli Carielli: The industries acting with the most urgency are the financial services and government sectors these are the industries that have issued guidance or regulations and are furthest along in piloting and implementing quantum safe solutions.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2021

DIVD Chairman Victor Gevers told BleepingComputer that the advisory was originally shared with 68 government CERTs under a coordinated disclosure, but became public after one of them shared it with an organization’s service desk operating in the Financial Services.

Financial Services 293

Financial Services Authentication Cloud Government 293

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Should data privacy be embraced as a business opportunity now, rather than viewed as a business risk only for many in this sector?

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Privacy Digital transformation Government Financial Services 133

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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Security Data breaches Ransomware Financial Services 329

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

The credentials are sold for an average of $15.43, the most expensive pairs relate to banking and financial services accounts, with an average price of nearly $71. The price depends on the targeted industry, with the local government and financial sectors are the most requested ones. ” continues the report.

Marketing 363

Marketing Passwords Financial Services Access 363

Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

The report includes recent findings on government-backed phishing, threats, and disinformation campaigns, as well as information about actions the tech giant has taken against accounts coordinated influence campaigns. . A first scaring trend reported by Google is the rising of hack-for-fire companies currently operating out of India.

Financial Services 285

Financial Services Government Phishing Marketing 285

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The majority of intercepted credentials by Agent Tesla related to financial services, online-retailers, e-government systems and personal and business e-mail accounts. . Researchers found active instances of Agent Tesla and developed a mechanism to enumerate the affected clients and extract compromised data.

Financial Services 362

Financial Services Retail Education Information Security 362

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

Malicious Chrome browser extensions were used in a massive surveillance campaign aimed at users working in the financial services, oil and gas, media and entertainment, healthcare, government organizations, and pharmaceuticals.

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Healthcare Financial Services Security Communications 361

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

based supplier of identity access management (IAM) systems, which recently announced a partnership with Omada, a Copenhagen-based provider of identity governance administration (IGA) solutions. Governance and attestation quickly became a very big deal. Compliance became a huge driver for governance and attestation,” Curcio said. “It

Access 169

Access Government Authentication Data breaches 169

Collibra

AUGUST 29, 2024

As financial services organizations continue to advance their data governance programs, they begin to reap substantial rewards in compliance, risk management and business insights. For financial services firms, this data is essential not only for daily operations but also for strategic decision-making.

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Government Financial Services Metadata Compliance 95

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 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. entities Financial Services, Government Facilities, Healthcare and Public Health, Critical Manufacturing, and Information Technology.

Ransomware 252

Ransomware Financial Services Manufacturing Phishing 252

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Hackers targeted dozens of Imperva’s customers, including organizations in the government and financial services sectors. “We’ve found dozens of attack attempts aimed at dozens of websites that belong to our customers using this exploit, including sites in government and the financial services industry.”

Financial Services 263

Financial Services CMS Government Security 263

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Budworm cyber espionage group (aka APT27 , Bronze Union , Emissary Panda , Lucky Mouse , TG-3390 , and Red Phoenix) is behind a series attacks conducted over the past six months against a number of high-profile targets, including the government of a Middle Eastern country, a multinational electronics manufacturer, and a U.S.

File names 363

File names Financial Services Manufacturing Libraries 363

Rocket Software

MARCH 14, 2022

Analyst firm IDC recently published a Vendor Spotlight report featuring ASG Mobius Content Services (Mobius) and its applications in the financial service and insurance industries. Insurance and financial services are built on trust, so these changes will help organizations differentiate from competition.

Financial Services 82

Financial Services Insurance Digital transformation Paper 82

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Hacktivists hacked an Irish water utility and interrupted the water supply 5Ghoul flaws impact hundreds of 5G devices with Qualcomm, MediaTek chips Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack Bypassing major EDRs using Pool Party process injection techniques Founder of Bitzlato exchange has pleaded for unlicensed money transmitting (..)

Security 323

Security Ransomware Data breaches Phishing 323

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. law enforcement). According to the French ANSSI cybersecurity agency, LockBit 3.0

Ransomware 246

Ransomware Cybersecurity Agriculture Education 246

Krebs on Security

JULY 1, 2021

Financial services giant Intuit this week informed 1.4 Intuit says the change is tied to an “exciting” and “free” new service that will let millions of small business employees get easy access to employment and income verification services when they wish to apply for a loan or line of credit.

Financial Services 357

Financial Services Government Authentication IT 357

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

“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.

Ransomware 339

Ransomware Phishing Encryption Privacy 339

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.

Marketing 105

Marketing Government Financial Services Artificial Intelligence 105

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

Security 317

Security Data breaches Ransomware Artificial Intelligence 317

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.

Ransomware 268

Ransomware Passwords Financial Services Manufacturing 268