Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Stock trading service Robinhood announced that the passwords of a number of users were stored in plaintext, the company is informing impacted ones. Stock trading service Robinhood admitted to have stored passwords of a number of users in plain text, the company is informing impacted ones via emai l. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2022

In other words, bad actors glean lists of breached usernames and passwords and run them against desired logins until they find some that work. And, there remains general bad hygiene surrounding the creation of usernames and passwords, with many being reused over multiple websites. Why is it so prevalent now? Launch attack.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2021

Many online services allow users to reset their passwords by clicking a link sent via SMS, and this unfortunately widespread practice has turned mobile phone numbers into de facto identity documents. Which means losing control over one thanks to a divorce, job termination or financial crisis can be devastating.

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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. The attack leveraged multiple Residential IP Proxies based in the APAC region.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

On June 24, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) announced it had entered into a $5 million settlement with Carnival Corp. Since Carnival was licensed by the Department to sell insurance in NY State, it was treated as a covered entity under the Cybersecurity Regulation.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

EvilProxy phishing campaign targets Microsoft 365 accounts via indeed.com A phishing campaign identified by Menlo Security has been targeting senior executives in various industries – most notably banking and financial services, property management and real estate, and manufacturing – since July.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2023

Australian loan giant Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) revealed that a data breach its has suffered impacted 14 million customers. The data breach suffered by Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) is much more serious than initially estimated. We will never contact customers requesting their passwords.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. hard drive, storage device, the cloud).

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 25, 2022

Although he didn’t technically have an account with MSF, their authentication system is based on email addresses, so Jim requested that a password reset link be sent to his email address. Or how about not learning of the fraudulent loan until it gets handed off to collection agents? Then on Nov. Then on Nov.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm disclosed a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm revealed that it was the victim of a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

According to the settlement agreement, the AG concluded that EyeMed’s security practices did not meet the requirements of the SHIELD Act with respect to four requirements: authentication, password management, logging and monitoring, and data retention in the email account. EyeMed blocked the threat actor’s access on July 1. SHIELD Act.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Zelle is run by Early Warning Services LLC (EWS), a private financial services company which is jointly owned by Bank of America , Capital One , JPMorgan Chase , PNC Bank , Truist , U.S. Bank , and Wells Fargo. The first question asks, Did the request actually come from an authorized owner or signer on the account? .

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Paul speaks with Caleb Sima, the CSO of the online trading platform Robinhood, about his journey from teenage cybersecurity phenom and web security pioneer, to successful entrepreneur to an executive in the trenches of protecting high value financial services firms from cyberattacks. As Mobile Fraud Rises, The Password Persists.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

Other government agencies, like the New York Department of Financial Services and the Federal Trade Commission, are also increasingly focused on the need for broad implementation of MFA. Best Practices to Minimize Disruptions. Like an incident response plan, MFA has become a critical element of cybersecurity programs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2022

The financial services ecosystem has evolved tremendously over the past few years driven by a surge in the adoption of digital payments. The biggest challenge for both retailers and financial organizations was the rapidness of that change. How Can We Secure The Future of Digital Payments? Tue, 01/11/2022 - 06:35.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 24, 2022

On October 18, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced that EyeMed Vision Care LLC (“EyeMed”) agreed to a $4.5 According to the consent order, the mailbox containing sensitive consumer information was protected by a weak password that was shared by nine employees.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

comprised millions of confidential records including names, passwords, email addresses, passport numbers, national IDs, credit cards, financial transactions and more. Despite containing very sensitive financial data, the server was left open without any password protection or encryption. Plain Text (base64) Passwords.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

On November 9, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) officially proposed changes to its cybersecurity regulation and opened a 60-day public comment period. Note that covered entities would have 18 months to implement this password-blocking requirement.) Other notable changes include the following: CISO.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 3, 2019

A Pennsylvania credit union is suing financial industry technology giant Fiserv , alleging that “baffling” security vulnerabilities in the company’s software are “wreaking havoc” on its customers. based Fiserv [ NASDAQ:FISV ] is a Fortune 500 company with 24,000 employees and $5.8 billion in earnings last year.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

financial services firm Ameriprise uses the domain ameriprise.com; the Disneyland Team’s domain for Ameriprise customers is [link] [brackets added to defang the domain], which displays in the browser URL bar as ? The Disneyland Team uses common misspellings for top bank brands in its domains. Bank customers. Bank customers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2018

22-24, 2018, it added that financial data was protected but invited to remain vigilant for fraudulent credit card transactions. At the time it is still unclear the root cause of the Air Canada data breach, the company urges users to reset their passwords. million mobile app users. million mobile app users. 22-24, 2018.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

More than 15 billion username and passwords are available on cybercrime marketplaces, including over 5 billion unique credentials, states the experts. According to the company, most of the username and password combinations are available for free, and 5 billion of the above credentials are “unique.” ” continues the report.

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Rocket Software

AUGUST 17, 2020

Financial services organizations typically experience the most data breaches and hacks, which makes security a priority. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is any password that requires multiple steps or components to facilitate logging in. It isn’t a specific means of confirmation, but it can include various password components.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2021

Cloudflare last month fought off a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a botnet that was bombarding 17.2 million requests per second (rps) at one of the internet infrastructure company’s customers in the financial services space. This group is likely large, well-funded and dedicated.”.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 6, 2020

Change your passwords on any accounts associated with travel and / or lodging, and be sure not to re-use them across multiple accounts. When resetting a password, pick one that’s easy for you to remember, but impossible for others to guess.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Microsoft discovered multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks against banking and financial services organizations. The proxy server allows attackers to access the traffic and capture the target’s password and the session cookie.

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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

JUNE 26, 2021

Threat actors carried out brute-force and password spraying attacks in an attempt to gain access to Microsoft customer accounts. The hackers also targeted non-governmental organizations and think tanks, as well as financial services. The IT giant quickly removed the access and secured the device. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. By using the services, cybercriminals can gain access to victims’ accounts to steal money.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

These included logins for social media, online games, online marketplaces, job-search sites, consumer electronics, financial services, email services, and more. Most of the stolen files (50%+) were text files, some of them containing software logs, passwords, personal notes, and other sensitive information.

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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 company pointed out that exposed files did not contain passwords that could be used to access financial accounts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The conference features a variety of topics and sessions regarding all aspects of financial services, from cryptocurrency to banking. This model enables interoperability among authentication devices and eliminates user frustration caused by creating and remembering multiple usernames and passwords. Blockchain.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The infamous Mirai botnet self-replicated by seeking out hundreds of thousands of home routers with weak or non-existent passwords. In one very recent caper, the attackers targeted the CFO of a financial services firm, as he worked from home, Sherman says. IoT risks have been a low-priority, subset concern.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In reality, the fraudster initiates a transaction — such as the “forgot password” feature on the financial institution’s site — which is what generates the authentication passcode delivered to the member. ” [Curious if your financial institution uses Zelle? What’s your username?”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

Frappo” is actively advertised in the Dark Web and on Telegram where it has a group with over 1,965 active members – there cybercriminals discuss how successful they’ve been at attacking the customers of various online services. Detailed analysis of the Phishing-As-A-Service Frappo is available here: [link].

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