Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Verizons Data Breach Investigations Report showed that 74% of security breaches involve a human element, with system administrators and developers accounting for most of these errors. Attackers are becoming more organized, with ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations providing easy access to malicious tools for even novice cybercriminals.

Cybersecurity

Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. You should always use different and strong, complex passwords to secure your accounts (another area a password manager can help), and this is why: once one service is compromised, the same password and user combination could lead to an exposed account elsewhere. 

Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2025

As automated traffic accounts for more than half of all web activity, organizations face heightened risks from bad bots, which are becoming more prolific every day. Simple, high-volume attacks have soared, now accounting for 45% of all bot attacks, compared to only 40% in 2023.

Digital transformation

Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The healthcare sector has been particularly hard-hit, accounting for over 30% of the total breaches. Financial services have also faced significant incidents, with many institutions relying heavily on third-party technology partners to deliver essential services.

Risk

Security Boulevard

APRIL 16, 2025

Medium severity patches accounted for the bulk of security patches at 54.5%, followed by high severity patches at 32.3%. of the total patches, followed by Oracle Hyperion at 43 patches, which accounted for 11.4% of the total patches, followed by Oracle Hyperion at 43 patches, which accounted for 11.4% of the total patches.

Financial Services

SecureList

MAY 28, 2025

This targeting strategy reflected a focused campaign aimed at compromising users of financial services through credential theft. It copied both the name and icon of the legitimate app, making it appear authentic to unsuspecting users. The code was fully obfuscated, making manual analysis and detection more difficult.

Banking

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2025

However, as important as PCI may be, United States financial services organizations operate in one of the worlds most stringent and complex compliance landscapes. Understanding the US FinServ Compliance Landscape The US financial services industry is subject to a vast number of laws and regulations.

Financial Services

Security Boulevard

MARCH 14, 2025

ISO/IEC 27001 & ISO/IEC 27017: These ISO standards offer vital guidance for securing cloud services, particularly the APIs that support them. and strong authentication mechanisms like OAuth 2.0 Secure authentication mechanisms must be implemented to maintain the integrity and security of financial APIs.

Authentication

Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

If you’re part of the financial services ecosystem hereor interact with businesses regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Servicesyouve likely come across the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and role-based access controls are your best friends here.

Cybersecurity

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

According to Imperva’s State of API Security in 2024 report, APIs—the rules allowing software applications to communicate with each other—now account for a staggering 71% of internet traffic. Individuals risk identity theft, financial loss, and privacy violations. The result?

DDOS

Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Financial services industry: Banks, insurance companies and other financial organizations offer a wealth of opportunity for hackers who can use stolen bank account and credit card information for their own financial gain. They can open accounts in your name, apply for loans, and even file false tax returns.

Data breaches

Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. You should always use different and strong, complex passwords to secure your accounts (another area a password manager can help), and this is why: once one service is compromised, the same password and user combination could lead to an exposed account elsewhere. 

Passwords

Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

infrastructure sectors, including healthcare, government services, financial services, and critical manufacturing. Individual Users: Use Password Managers: Employ a reputable password manager to create and store strong, unique passwords for all accounts – consider passphrases.

Malware

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

With the capture of usernames and passwords from web browsers, attackers can access your accounts, including email, social media, and financial services. They may even gather enough personal data to be used for identity theft or sold on the dark web.

Identity Theft

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Identity and Access Management (IAM) The 2024 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR) Financial Services Edition revealed that only 59% of financial services organizations cite achieving security consistency across workforce and non-workforce identities. The same can become a reality for private businesses.

Financial Services

eSecurity Planet

MAY 8, 2025

Some examples include: To protect your account, please update your account. This pattern of targeting lines up with an alert from Japans Financial Services Agency , which recently warned of an increase in phishing aimed at financial institutions. Amazon-themed). PayPay-themed). Other countries like the U.S.,

Phishing

Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2021

New research shows how fraudsters can abuse wireless provider websites to identify available, recycled mobile numbers that allow password resets at a range of email providers and financial services online. While you’re at it, consider removing your phone number as a primary or secondary authentication mechanism wherever possible.

Mobile

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. These services are springing up because they work and they’re profitable.

Passwords

Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2020

You may have heard that today’s phone fraudsters like to use use caller ID spoofing services to make their scam calls seem more believable. “After we figured out what was going on, we were left asking ourselves how the crooks had obtained her last three transactions without breaking into her account online. .

Scams

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) took a significant step toward strengthening cybersecurity defenses across the financial sector by finalizing amendments to Part 500 of its cybersecurity regulations.

Financial Services

Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

On May 24, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that First American had just fixed a weakness in its Web site that exposed approximately 885 million documents — many of them with Social Security and bank account numbers — going back at least 16 years. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records.

Financial Services

Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

As first reported here last year , First American’s website exposed 16 years worth of digitized mortgage title insurance records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images.

Insurance

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Rather, we should treat SSN as just another piece of personally identifiable information (PII) like an email address – confidential information but not a sensitive one that unlocks your bank accounts. Governments can create a digital identity at birth to replace SSN in its current use. That identity is tied to specific vendors.

Authentication

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim’s funds via Zelle , a “peer-to-peer” (P2P) payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly send cash to friends and family. What’s your username?”

Scams

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Defending Financial Services Against Fraud in a Shifting Cyber Landscape sparsh Tue, 11/14/2023 - 05:05 As we approach International Fraud Awareness Week during 12-18 November 2023, taking stock of the evolving threat landscape and the vulnerabilities that financial services organizations face is crucial.

Financial Services

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 ? . It also has other options for stalling victims whilst their accounts are drained. Bank customers.

Malware

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Meanwhile, the hackers responsible are communicating directly with members through the InfraGard portal online — using a new account under the assumed identity of a financial industry CEO that was vetted by the FBI itself. Department of Defense. USDoD’s InfraGard sales thread on Breached.

Hacking

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2024

BingoMod is a new Android malware that can wipe devices after stealing money from the victims’ bank accounts. Researchers at Cleafy discovered a new Android malware, called ‘BingoMod,’ that can wipe devices after successfully stealing money from the victims’ bank accounts.

Banking

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.

Authentication

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. At this point, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has permeated most applications, becoming a minimum safeguard against attacks. Jump to: What is multi-factor authentication? MFA can be hacked.

Authentication

Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Once the number has been transferred, the criminal has control of any accounts that are identified by caller ID (including many financial institutions) as well as any accounts protected by two-factor authentication. It is believed this was the method used to recently hack Jack Dempsey’s Twitter account. .

Scams

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. ” “We are taking this matter seriously and promptly commenced an investigation,” Dash continued.

CISO

The Last Watchdog

JULY 7, 2021

Credential stuffing is a type of advanced brute force hacking that leverages software automation to insert stolen usernames and passwords into web page forms, at scale, until the attacker gains access to a targeted account. Some deep, structural flaws persist in the way we use our web browsers and mobile apps to access online accounts.

Accountability

Krebs on Security

MAY 3, 2019

Its account and transaction processing systems power the Web sites for hundreds of financial institutions — mostly small community banks and credit unions. The authentication weakness allowed bank customers to view account data for other customers, including account number, balance, phone numbers and email addresses.

Banking

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.

Small Business

Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

IoT and Machine Identity Management in Financial Services. How is IoT changing the financial sector? IoT has already positively impacted the financial sector and will only continue to in the future. IoT has also transformed the financial services sector in a variety of ways: Real-time data. brooke.crothers.

Financial Services

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 16, 2021

With the average person now spending 2 hours and 51 minutes on their phone each day, service providers like ecommerce sites and entertainment channels have had to adapt their interfaces so that they also work on a smartphone. The financial services industry is no exception. Why is this possible?

Banking