Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

Security experts from Cybereason Nocturnus team discovered a new piece of Android malware dubbed EventBot that targets banks, financial services across Europe. Researchers from Cybereason Nocturnus team discovered a new piece of Android malware dubbed EventBot that targets banks, financial services across Europe.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 28, 2023

Phil Stokes of SentinelOne wrote in a recent blog post: "Perhaps prized above all data on a user's Mac is the user's keychain, an encrypted database used to store passwords, authentication tokens, and encryption keys.

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Passwords Encryption Malware Spyware 80

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2018

In a move to blanket the Internet with encrypted website traffic, Google is moving forward with its insistence that straggling website publishers adopt HTTPS Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). It’s true that most financial services and big-name shopping websites have long ago moved to HTTPS. Related: How PKI can secure IoT.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

According to the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report – Financial Services Edition , 52% of U.S. financial services organizations report that they have experienced a data breach in the past. Secure data storage is closely related to encryption and key management. million, second only to healthcare.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2021

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass the authentication process. The vulnerability allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM and write arbitrary files. PetitPotam uses the EfsRpcOpenFileRaw function of the Microsoft Encrypting File System Remote Protocol (MS-EFSRPC) API.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

“The company recently discovered that an unauthorized party had copied and encrypted information, and took steps towards removing it,” Marriott disclosed in a statement. The vulnerability that the hackers took advantage of had been in place and used for “unauthorized access,” according to the company statement, since 2014.

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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. Security is paramount; digital payments are not only authorized but they must be authenticated as well. How Can We Secure The Future of Digital Payments? Tue, 01/11/2022 - 06:35.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 11, 2023

Throughout 2022, Thales hosted more than 40 webinars on a wide variety of cybersecurity topics, including, cloud security, data sovereignty, compliance, data threat trends, and rethinking approaches to role-based authentication. Security & Compliance for SAP Data in Financial Services.

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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.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2024

Nearly one-third (28%) of all DDoS attacks on APIs focus on financial services organizations, the most targeted industry for this type of attack. Perform risk assessments specifically targeting API endpoints vulnerable to Broken Authorization and Authentication as well as Excessive Data Exposure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

Criminals use personal and financial data to impersonate customers and add apparent authenticity to a scam. Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). The Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) aims to secure online transactions for Payment Service Providers (PSPs). Table 1: Strong Customer Authentication Factors.

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Retail Banking Big data Computers and Electronics 143

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Cloud security tools (cloud security posture management, cloud workload protection, cloud identity and entitlement management), data loss prevention, encryption, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) are the most common technologies used for securing cloud environments. Who’s responsible for encryption and key management?

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 21, 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 financial services, critical manufacturing, and government facilities. Your systems have been encrypted, and your confidential documents were downloaded.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Similarly, in financial services and banking, businesses have been able to create new payment, customer interaction and trading services built upon technologies such as biometric verification , cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Interested and want to learn more?

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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. Disable unused ports.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The cybersecurity regulation ( 23 NYCRR 500 ) adopted by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is nearly two years old. Leading up to that date, companies have had to meet several milestones including hiring a CISO, encrypting all its non-public consumer data and enabling multi-factor authentication.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

million unique email addresses, NordLocker found, for an array of different apps and services. These included logins for social media, online games, online marketplaces, job-search sites, consumer electronics, financial services, email services, and more. The 26 million login credentials held 1.1 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

Nearly one-third (28%) of all DDoS attacks on APIs focus on financial services organizations, the most targeted industry for this type of attack. Perform risk assessments specifically targeting API endpoints vulnerable to Broken Authorization and Authentication as well as Excessive Data Exposure.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 31, 2023

Therefore, the FFIEC provides guidance on financial regulations and best practices for federal supervisory agencies, as well as helping them develop exam policies for banks, savings associations, credit unions, thrifts, and other financial institutions.

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SC Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

Supples spoke to SC Media in an interview alongside EBCS Director David Maimon, who said his research team would study the modus operandi of cybercriminals operating on the dark net and other encrypted channels, as well as the different types of fraud exist across various platforms – and how they evolve. “[We

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Financial Services Banking Identity Theft Media 71

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? What authentication methods does the provider support? Additionally, multi-factor authentication (MFA) can further reduce the risk of malicious actors gaining access to sensitive information, even if they manage to steal usernames and passwords.

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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. Bolster your monitoring and email authentication capabilities. million in adjusted losses. Victims have two equally unattractive choices to resolve the situation.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2023

These challenges are intensified in industries that handle large volumes of sensitive data under stringent regulations , such as financial services, healthcare, and government sectors. At its core, DDR emphasizes the protection and control of data itself, regardless of its physical location or the infrastructure supporting it.

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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. SSLs ensure all data is encrypted. Look for the lock.

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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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2022

Earmarked by the FBI as a particular threat to the financial service industry just over a year ago, the increase of internet traffic, data breaches and API usage all contribute to the perfect conditions for successful credential stuffing attacks. Here’s what you need to know about how they work, and how you can stay safe. .

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 3, 2021

Implementing passwordless authentication will require significant changes to the user’s authentication workflow and require a massive exercise in change management. It continues to affect virtually every industry, from Critical Infrastructure , Retail, Healthcare, to Financial Services.

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Ransomware Financial Services Accountability Retail 105

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.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Some organizations such as financial services firms and healthcare organizations, have regulatory concerns in addition to business concerns that need to be addressed in a cybersecurity risk management system. Advanced Encryption. Maintaining Regulatory Compliance. Enhancing Risk Management.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The new variant is being spread via spam emails that pose as tax-incentive notification purporting to be from the financial services company Deloitte. Using the settings the module could retrieve an array of useful information, including host name, user name, and the private key files used for authentication.

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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.

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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.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

For the former, life could continue from the safety of their home, seamlessly authenticating themselves online where needed. On the other hand, those without access to digital IDs have suffered as they haven’t been able to access essential services like financing & government aid, with this likely to continue if change is not made. .

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Mobile Government Banking Financial Services 88

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

Forex trading may be dominated by banks and global financial services but, thanks to the Internet, the average person can today dabble directly in forex, securities and commodities trading. Despite containing very sensitive financial data, the server was left open without any password protection or encryption.

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