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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Compliance madhav Tue, 09/19/2023 - 05:17 It is essential for any business that stores, processes, and transmits payment card information to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Consumers’ payment data is a compelling target for criminals who continue to circumvent IT security defenses.

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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. . The post Exclusive: Researchers dumped Gigabytes of data from Agent Tesla C2Cs appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Financial Services Retail Education Information Security 128

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2019

Pick any company in any vertical – financial services, government, defense, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, retailing, travel and hospitality – and you’ll find employees, partners, third-party suppliers and customers all demanding remote access to an expanding menu of apps — using their smartphones and laptops.

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Security Digital transformation Financial Services Risk 105

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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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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Ransomware IT Phishing Financial Services 178

Collibra

APRIL 16, 2024

Public Sector Partner of the Year AWS is a great example of a public sector partner that drives cloud adoption in a secure, compliant, and reliable way. This enables more accurate data-driven decisions, optimizes business outcomes and offers a simplified user experience.

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Cloud Government Financial Services Retail 52

Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

“Frappo” acts as a Phishing-as-a-Service and enables cybercriminals the ability to host and generate high-quality phishing pages which impersonate major online banking, e-commerce, popular retailers, and online-services to steal customer data. Detailed analysis of the Phishing-As-A-Service Frappo is available here: [link].

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Phishing Retail Financial Services Data breaches 69

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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Cloud Security Encryption Risk 103

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Society’s dependence on internet-based technologies means security professionals must defend against cyberattacks as well as more traditional threats, such as robbers or disgruntled employees. More than 83 percent of organizations responding to a recent survey reported making new or improved organizational security enhancements.

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Retail Cybersecurity Data breaches Risk 86

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2020

I had the chance to discuss this with Matt Keil, director of product marketing at Cequence Security , a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based based application security vendor that’s in the thick of helping businesses mitigate web application exposures. A security mindset still needs to take hold at many more levels. We spoke at RSA 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

And innovation is percolating among newer entrants, like PerimeterX, Shape Security and Signal Sciences. This week a new entrant in this field, Cequence Security , formally launched what it describes as a “game-changing” application security platform. Shifting security challenge.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The financial sector is quite heavily regulated, and involves a lot of confidential data. You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. In fact, in 2020–2022, the financial sector was the second-most attacked sector, topped only by the retail and manufacturing sector.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mobile payment platforms, like Apple Pay and Google Pay, use advanced technology, like fingerprint authentication and tokenization (in which credit card account numbers are replaced by randomly generated numbers) to provide brick-and-mortar shoppers with an added layer of security. Browse online using secure networks. Do your research.

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Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 15, 2023

As enterprises are seeing a lot of uptick in migrating workloads to cloud, IBM has created a space for itself amongst the many hyperscalers out in the market in terms of their Power Virtual server and Financial Services cloud offerings. Meeting these requirements necessitates a meticulous focus on architecture, controls and testing.

Cloud 60

Cloud Digital transformation Energy and Utilities Retail 60

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Iranian hacker group has been attacking corporate VPNs over the past months, they have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world targeting Pulse Secure , Fortinet , Palo Alto Networks , and Citrix VPNs. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Access Financial Services Retail Insurance 83

Rocket Software

MARCH 11, 2022

For businesses that rely on mainframes, secure access to the data stored there is simply a business requirement. For instance, in the retail industry, mobile-enabled terminal emulation means sales representatives can get the answers they need on the floor without leaving the customers’ side. Reduce costs without compromising security.

Retail 52

Retail Manufacturing Compliance Access 52

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2019

Security researchers at Proofpoint researchers discovered two strains of malware tracked as ServHelper and FlawedGrace distributed through phishing campaigns by the TA505 crime gang. “On December 13, 2018, we observed another large ServHelper “downloader” campaign targeting retail and financial services customers.”

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IT Financial Services Retail Ransomware 86

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They exists in either Token Based (object of value) or Account based (value stored at the Central Bank) form and are of two types, wholesale CBDCs and retail CBDCs. Enhanced cybersecurity: CBDCs could be more secure than physical cash or other traditional payment methods, as they can be designed with advanced security features.

Financial Services 71

Financial Services Access Risk Security 71

erwin

APRIL 11, 2019

Some industries, such as healthcare and financial services, have been subject to stringent data regulations for years: GDPR now joins the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

. “Japanese cryptocurrency firm Tech Bureau Corp said about $60 million in digital currencies were stolen from its exchange, highlighting the industry’s vulnerability despite recent efforts by authorities to make it more secure.” Anyway, the incidents demonstrate that the level of security of exchanges has to be improved.

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Financial Services Retail Security IT 82

Data Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Cryptoassets cannot be physically possessed, so they cannot be the object of a bailment, and only some types of security can be granted over them. However, because of the potential to facilitate near-instant messaging, clearing and settlement, blockchain and cryptoassets have a particularly promising potential in a financial services context.

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Blockchain Financial Services Healthcare Marketing 60

Data Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Cryptoassets cannot be physically possessed, so they cannot be the object of a bailment, and only some types of security can be granted over them. However, because of the potential to facilitate near-instant messaging, clearing and settlement, blockchain and cryptoassets have a particularly promising potential in a financial services context.

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Blockchain Financial Services Healthcare Marketing 60

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

Synoptek has more than 1,100 customers across multiple industries, including local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. . ” T he IT service provider confirmed the attack but did not comment on whether it paid the ransom asked by the crooks. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Ransomware Financial Services Retail 64

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Promote cross- and up-selling Recommendation engines use consumer behavior data and AI algorithms to help discover data trends to be used in the development of more effective up-selling and cross-selling strategies, resulting in more useful add-on recommendations for customers during checkout for online retailers.

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Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 85

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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Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 117

IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2019

Financial services firms must do more to educate employees about cyber security, according to the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority). What should financial organisations be doing? BEC (business email compromise), which targets high-level employees, is a major security risk , and needs to be addressed head-on.

Retail 66

Retail Risk Education Financial Services 66

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2019

The bug affected the OCA’s Diameter Signalling Router component and its Communications Services Gatekeeper. The flaw also affected the Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure, the Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and four three Oracle Retail components. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Financial Services Libraries Mining Retail 64

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

There’s a frantic scramble going on among those responsible for network security at organizations across all sectors. Enterprises have dumped small fortunes into stocking their SOCs (security operations centers) with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy.

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Digital transformation Marketing Analytics Risk 141

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to Akamai report titled “[state of the internet] / security CREDENTIAL STUFFING ATTACKS “ the credential stuffing attacks are a growing threat and often underestimated. In another attack, a large financial services institution received over 350,000 login attempts in just one afternoon.

Passwords 74

Passwords Data breaches Financial Services Retail 74

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Despite the NHS falling victim to the devastating WannaCry ransomware outbreak in May, healthcare providers still fared better than other industries, with only six per cent of UK consumers revealing they trusted retailers.

GDPR 63

GDPR Retail Data breaches Financial Services 63

ARMA International

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The scope of a records and information management (RIM) program in financial services can seem overwhelming. Compared to other industries, the complexities of managing records and information in financial services are arguably some of the toughest to solve, primarily because of the intense regulatory scrutiny.

Financial Services 52

Financial Services Communications Compliance Risk 52

CGI

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Another key characteristic of this first year was the strong focus on the retail business, which helped the industry to appreciate the complexities of Open Banking from a retail customer perspective. Are your products and services aligned with your clients’ growth trajectory? Well, apparently, SMEs are too small to serve.

Financial Services 40

Financial Services Retail Marketing Access 40

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 22, 2018

His alleged re-use of the same mobile device for multiple SIM hijacks ultimately gave him away: “On 7/18/18, investigators received information from an AT&T investigator regarding unauthorized SIM swaps conducted through an AT&T authorized retailer.

Blockchain 127

Blockchain Retail Financial Services Access 127

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Retail: Customers can manage their entire shopping experience online—from placing orders to handling shipping, changes, cancellations, returns and even accessing customer support—all without human interaction. It should also provide the necessary tools and support for developing and maintaining your AI solution.

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CGI

DECEMBER 2, 2016

One of the hottest topics at this year’s Sibos conference in Geneva, Switzerland was open APIs (application programming interfaces), and how their introduction is causing concern among some financial institutions, while offering promising opportunities for early adopters. Balancing ease of use versus security. Why is Uber successful?

Financial Services 40

Financial Services Digital transformation Marketing Data structuring 40

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

In its complaint , the FTC maintained that PLS Financial Services, Inc., In its complaint , the FTC maintained that PLS Financial Services, Inc., The FTC also alleged that the companies violated the FTC Act by misrepresenting that they would reasonably protect consumer information.

Financial Services 40

Financial Services Retail Privacy Compliance 40