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 (..)

Data breaches 93

Data breaches Identity Theft Ransomware Hacking 93

SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Summary: Yahoo believes that "state-sponsored actors" compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. First American Financial Corporation data breach (2019). Damages: charges from the New York State Department Financial Services (NYDFS). What was compromised: names, email addresses, and passwords.

Data breaches 118

Data breaches Passwords Accountability Government 118

Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

Cookies are a precious source of intelligence about victims’ habits and could be abused to access the person’s online accounts of the victims. . These included logins for social media, online games, online marketplaces, job-search sites, consumer electronics, financial services, email services, and more.

Malware 111

Malware Computers and Electronics Software Financial Services 111

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

According to the researchers, SharkBot demonstrates: “…how mobile malwares are quickly finding new ways to perform fraud, trying to bypass behavioural detection countermeasures put in place by multiple banks and financial services during the last years.” ” Type and source of the infection.

Banking 105

Banking Financial Services Encryption Malware 105

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. A German User’s Account.

Passwords 121

Passwords Accountability Media Identity Theft 121

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. Retailers and financial organizations need to understand what controls and mitigations they have to put in place to secure their customers’ transactions. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 06:35.

Retail 126

Retail Financial Services Banking Authentication 126

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Like other ransomware groups, its threat actors use double extortion tactics, predominantly targeting organizations in the US in five critical infrastructure sectors: critical manufacturing, financial services, government facilities, healthcare and public health, and information technology.

Ransomware 91

Ransomware Financial Services Accountability Malware 91

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. But even when passwords are secure, it’s not enough. Recently, hackers leaked 87,000 Fortinet VPN passwords , mostly from companies who hadn’t yet patched a two-year-old vulnerability. MFA can be hacked.

Authentication 103

Authentication Passwords Mobile Accountability 103

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

Data breaches 87

Data breaches Ransomware Hacking Financial Services 87

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. Then, they enter those accounts for the purpose of abusing permissions, siphoning out data, or both. “Out You can’t access an account with recycled credentials if there aren’t any.

Passwords 74

Passwords Authentication Data privacy Accountability 74

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Summary: Yahoo believes that 'state-sponsored actors' compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. First American Financial Corporation data breach (2019). Damages: charges from the New York State Department Financial Services (NYDFS). What was compromised: names, email addresses, and passwords.

Data breaches 97

Data breaches Passwords Accountability Government 97

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The gang has scored a series of resonant attacks on oil companies, financial services , government agencies and healthcare providers. As with most cyberextortionists lately, the Cuba gang encrypts victims’ files and demands a ransom in exchange for a decryption key. It looks for data both locally and inside network shares.

Ransomware 135

Ransomware Encryption Malware DDOS 135

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2021

We also can’t forget standing administrative privileges and service accounts used by systems, services, and things. Once we spotlight these accounts, we can decide whether the risk they create is worth the value they provide. Next, we need to do a better job of securing the accounts we do need.

Ransomware 105

Ransomware Financial Services Accountability Retail 105

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

To ensure data integrity and network security, businesses must adopt more sophisticated security protocols, including advanced encryption methods and AI-driven threat detection systems. Initially a driving force in financial services for secure transactions, blockchain now faces the challenge of reshaping its image and functionality.

Cybersecurity 83

Cybersecurity Technology Cyber threats Artificial Intelligence 83

SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2022

It's slightly different from a standard ransomware attack—encrypting a user's files is a secondary concern. Essentially, leakware attacks demand victims pay a ransom to accomplish two things: recover their encrypted data and prevent confidential, sensitive information from being disseminated. What is leakware? According to the U.S.

Digital transformation 81

Digital transformation Ransomware Phishing Small Business 81

Centraleyes

MAY 23, 2024

Logging and Audit Trail: Establishing systems to track and register user behaviors and creating an audit trail for accountability are essential steps in establishing accountability. Accountability Policies are pointless if they are consistently ignored. Use long, secure passwords and update them frequently.

Government 52

Government Backups Data privacy Accountability 52

Centraleyes

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Established by the main major credit card financial companies back in 2004 (American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, Mastercard and Visa), the standard has evolved over the years and is currently at version 4.0. Important Note: PCI DSS current version, Version 3.2.1, in March of 2024. .”

Passwords 52

Passwords Computers and Electronics Software Risk 52

Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

“Frappo” grants cybercriminals the ability to work with stolen data anonymously and in an encrypted format. Frappo” was initially designed to be an anonymous cryptocurrency wallet based on a fork of Metamask and is completely anonymous, it doesn’t require a threat actor to register an account.

Phishing 72

Phishing Banking Retail Financial Services 72

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Data breaches caused by weak security measures and procedures result in severe monetary losses, erosion of clients’ trust, and irreversible reputation damage to organizations in the healthcare, financial services, technology, and retail industries, as well as government and public sector entities.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In May, cybersecurity researchers revealed that ransomware attacks are increasing their aggressive approach by destroying data instead of encrypting it.

Backups 145

Backups Ransomware Firewall Malware 145

Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2023

The MOVEit encrypts files and uses secure File Transfer Protocols to transfer data with automation, analytics and failover options. The software has been heavily used in the healthcare industry as well as thousands of IT departments in financial services and government sectors. aspx - on port 80 Access WebShell - GET /human2.aspx

Software 103

Software Internet Internet Authentication 103

Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2018

As an additional security precaution, we have locked all Air Canada mobile App accounts to protect our customers’ data.” Credit cards that are saved to your profile are encrypted and stored in compliance with security standards set by the payment card industry or PCI standards. ” reads the data breach notification.

Data breaches 51

Data breaches Mobile Financial Services Advertising 51

SC Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Companies must comply with laws and regulations, so it’s a question to prepare for, particularly if the company works in a heavily regulated industry such as financial services, pharma, food and beverage, or energy. encrypt passwords) as opposed to 15 different rules across various country, state and local authorities.

Risk 59

Risk Encryption Passwords Technology 59

NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

terminal services, virtual private networks (VPNs), and remote desktops—often use weak passwords and do not require MFA. Attackers guess the passwords easily, find them in open source code repositories, or collect them via phishing. Attempt access to file and SQL servers with privileged accounts.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Cyber Insurance Backups Insurance 52

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. “If they are hosting customer data on a third-party system like Amazon, it better damn well be encrypted,” Weaver said.

CISO 258

CISO Encryption Telecommunications Financial Services 258

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so. I must have the password.

Passwords 52

Passwords Authentication Mobile Password Management 52

SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Contact us to lose your money or account! We assume that those who called the numbers were asked to provide the login and password for the service that the scammers were imitating, or to pay for some diagnostics and troubleshooting services. To access a real Zoom meeting, you need to know the meeting ID and password.

Phishing 140

Phishing Malware Scams Accountability 140

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!!

Ransomware 97

Ransomware Backups Software Encryption 97

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Deduce is an identity-focused cybersecurity startup with two core solutions: Customer Alerts for protecting users and their data from account takeover and compromise, and Identity Insights for validating legitimate users and stopping fraud. Also read: Top Code Debugging and Code Security Tools. Ubiq Security. Cape Privacy.

Cybersecurity 142

Cybersecurity Threat Detection Artificial Intelligence Risk 142

Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The G Suite Admin can then immediately log in to their Spinbackup account and be able to see the list of encrypted files, and either restore all of them with one click, if the “Auto-recovery” mode is on (Spinbackup automatically blocks Google Drive for PC application and recovers all encrypted files), or manually in case the mode is off.

Security Awareness 40

Security Awareness Risk Cyber threats Cyber Risk 40