Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers. Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite, is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers.

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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

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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The ransomware operation has been active since late December 2019, the FBI published two flash alert to warn of the operation of the group. The Ragnar Locker group focuses on extortion, in some cases it did not deploy ransomware, instead it only stole the victim’s data threatening to leak it.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

Nissan immediately notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre. The Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services (“Nissan”) advises that its systems have been subject to a cyber incident. ” reads the update published by the company.

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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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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2023

LockBit ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack against ICBC, the largest lender in the world by assets, with $5.7 The experts called it ‘prepositioning’ to analyze the response from financial organizations globally and the reaction of the market. trillion under management. Treasury market.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

The LockBit ransomware group successfully extorted roughly $91 million from approximately 1,700 U.S. According to a joint advisory published by cybersecurity agencies, the LockBit ransomware group has successfully extorted roughly $91 million in about 1,700 attacks against U.S. organizations since 2020. organizations since 2020.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

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

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On 14 September, Mulkay discovered that the compromised files contained personal information, including “name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license number or state ID, medical treatment information, and health insurance information”. Some patients also had their Social Security numbers exposed.”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. NYSE:FAF ] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. First American Financial Corp.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Budworm espionage group resurfaced targeting a U.S.-based This is the first time that Symantec researchers have observed the Budworm group targeting a U.S-based The group also targeted a hospital in South East Asia. The China-linked APT27 group has been active since 2010, it targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

The World Wide Web Consortium today announced a standardization milestone for a new browser capability that helps to streamline user authentication and enhance payment security during Web checkout. Publication of Secure Payment Confirmation as a Candidate Recommendation indicates that the feature set is stable and has received wide review.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

government offers rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of LockBit ransomware gang members and affiliates. The operation led to the arrest of two members of the ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine and the seizure of hundreds of crypto wallets used by the group.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized. pic.twitter.com/SvpbeslrCd — vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 19, 2024 The operation led to the arrest of two members of the ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine and the seizure of hundreds of crypto wallets used by the group.

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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. ” reads the report.

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Microsoft’s Defender team, FS-ISAC , ESET , Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs , NTT , and Broadcom’s cyber-security division Symantec joint the forces and announced today a coordinated effort to take down the command and control infrastructure of the infamous TrickBot botnet. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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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. According to a joint advisory published by cybersecurity agencies, the LockBit ransomware group has successfully extorted roughly $91 million in about 1,700 attacks against U.S.

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Collibra

JULY 14, 2023

Today, we’re excited to announce we’ve attained two new AWS Competencies under the AWS Competency Program: the Data and Analytics Competency, and the Government Competency. Collibra takes immense pride in achieving the AWS Data and Analytics Competency and the AWS Government Competency.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 20, 2021

This introduces a data lifecycle security framework, and represents the key guideline for handling personal and other financial information by financial institutions (i.e. similar to the PIS Specification, but focused on the banking and financial services industry). Level 3: personal financial information.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Source New Telecoms USA Yes 6,158 Nabholz Construction Company Employee Welfare Health Plan Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes 5,326 Dawson James Securities, Inc. North Hill Home Health Care, Inc.,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is behind new campaigns against South Korean supply chains that leverage stolen security certificates. . Security experts from ESET reported that North-Korea-linked Lazarus APT (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) is behind cyber campaigns targeting South Korean supply chains.

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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. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The advisory was published in coordination with the US Treasury Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Only use secure networks and avoid using public Wi-Fi networks. Focus on cyber security awareness and training. ” reads the report published by the company. Consider installing and using a VPN.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Kate has strong experience involving complex privacy and data security matters and represents several large, multinational companies, as well as startups, in the healthcare, technology and financial services sectors, among others. Kate also served as a law clerk to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. on the U.S.

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Energy and Utilities Privacy Financial Services Data Privacy 78

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. The same group also claimed to have stolen “SQLI dump, SMB leaks, FTP server dump, Private GitLab’s of JINR and Department of Russia.”.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. The increase in remote workforces and difficulty enforcing security controls with expanding perimeters has played a role in the rise of ransomware. Preventing ransomware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

A criminal group called Maze has claimed responsibility.” The research firm revealed that many of the government IDs exposed in the data breach have since expired. “Consider contacting CIFAS (the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service) to apply for protective registration. ” continues the notification.

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Ransomware Data breaches Encryption Financial Services 104

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2024

As stated by the International Association of Privacy Professional ( IAPP ) critical sectors such as financial services are therefore conspicuously excluded, leaving organizations without a clear pathway to data protection compliance and potentially exposing them to significant risks.

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Data Privacy Personal data Privacy Cloud 83

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Security experts observed the LuckyMouse APT group using a digitally signed 32- and 64-bit network filtering driver NDISProxy in recent attacks. The APT group has been active since at least 2010, the crew targeted U.S. defense contractors and financial services firms worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Once payments are collected from the victims, they make previously created resources vanish and set up the next new campaign – this is why investigators named the group “Digital Smoke” According to the latest report by FTC released last week called “The Top Scams of 2022” people reported losing $8.8 and the U.K

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Marketing Financial Services Sales Government 95

Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Likewise, the New York State Department for Financial Services regulations requires relevant entities to have appropriate record retention policies and procedures. How do you build an effective information governance program? Information governance must be an ongoing programme which is valued by senior management.

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Privacy Compliance Personal data Risk 144

Collibra

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In partnership with the Women of Collibra Employee Resource Group, we asked these two data governance professionals about their beginnings in the data industry, what it is like to become a Collibra Ranger and what can be done to promote more women in the field. Laura : Senior Consultant for the Data Governance practice.

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Data Matters

APRIL 11, 2022

The Cyber Security Law (2017) (the CSL ) prohibits operators of critical information infrastructures ( CIIs ) from transferring their “important data” and personal information outside of China. Network Data Security Regulation. The concept of “important data” is a cornerstone of China’s data regulatory regime.

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Military Artificial Intelligence Security Financial Services 88

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

One of the main reason why companies are launching security centric features is, they value their customer’s data, privacy and security. Organizations and people use this because they simply trust this platform as it is secure and have strong encryption. What are the security risks of Slack? Admin Roles.

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