Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode , an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic. com — which was created to phish U.S.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

While the FBI’s InfraGard system requires multi-factor authentication by default, users can choose between receiving a one-time code via SMS or email. ” But USDoD said that in early December, their email address in the name of the CEO received a reply saying the application had been approved (see redacted screenshot to the right).

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2021

Some instructive fresh intelligence about how cyber attacks continue to saturate the Internet comes to us from Akamai Technologies. Akamai, which happens to be the Hawaiian word for “smart,” recently released its annual State of the Internet security report. billion web attacks globally; 736 million in the financial services sector.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. Related: Companies sustain damage from IoT attacks That was back in 1982.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The modern internet's interconnected nature also threatens data security. 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. The result?

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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.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

But as financial institutions have had to adapt to an increasingly digital world, it is imperative they have security solutions in place that not only provide security for users and data, but also ensure compliance with policies and regulations. Addressing financial services’ key pain points. Enabling the future of banking.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2025

According to the 2025 Imperva Bad Bot Report, titled The Rapid Rise of Bots and The Unseen Risk for Business , automated traffic overtook human activity for the first time in ten years, making up more than half (51%) of all internet traffic last year. Block known proxy services to stop bots masking their activity.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2021

Experts found three new zero-day flaws in the Kaseya Unitrends service and warn users to avoid exposing the service to the Internet. Security researchers warn of three new zero-day vulnerabilities in the Kaseya Unitrends service. An employee published the alert on an online analyzing platform. ” reads the advisory.

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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. Enable two-factor authentication.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 7, 2021

When you have a victim that came from a phishing attack on the financial services industry for example, and then later you obtain that victim’s gaming details, if there is a match on email addresses, username, address, etc. You get an email, click the link, and you’re able to access the application or service.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2021

The experts from the DIVD privately reported two flaws to Kaseya in early July, the issues are respectively an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability and a privilege escalation flaw that could allow an attacker to change his role from read-only user to admin. An employee published the alert on an online analyzing platform. “A

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The IAM vendors took single sign-on to the next level, adding multi-factor authentication and other functionalities. Our customers all have the pain point of wanting to have single sign-on for multiple applications, requiring capabilities like self-service and self-registration,” Curcio told Last Watchdog.

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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 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 (..)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

Most of the impacted vendors are in the healthcare sector (55%), followed by IoT (24%), IT (8%), financial services (5%), and manufacturing (4%). The impact of these flaws is widespread, experts determine that the issues impact more than 150 device models from over 100 manufacturers.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,729 ransomware complaints in 2021, representing $49.2 Bolster your monitoring and email authentication capabilities. Prevalence. million in adjusted losses.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2020

Digital commerce from day one has revolved around companies bulling forward to take full advantage of wondrous decentralized, anonymous characteristics of the Internet, which began a military-academic experiment. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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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. In 2024, there were 14 data breaches involving 1 million or more healthcare records.

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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. content delivery network Akamai concluded in its State of the Internet report.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 17, 2021

The summer of 2019 was a heady time for the financial services industry. The Solarwinds hack highlighted supply chain risks; the Microsoft Exchange breach demonstrated how collaboration tools are being targeted; and, most recently, the Experian API hack , showed how authentication isn’t being guarded as rigorously as it needs to be.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

17 the actor leveraged leased infrastructure in the United States to scan hundreds of vulnerable organizations across the internet. defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. “As early as Sept. Subsequently, exploitation attempts began on Sept.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Other high-risk industries, such as financial services and healthcare, remain highly exposed, with the cost of DDoS attacks for financial organizations estimated at $1.8 Mutual TLS (mTLS): Implement client-side certificates for stronger authentication between the CDN and the origin server. million per incident.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2023

The software has been heavily used in the healthcare industry as well as thousands of IT departments in financial services and government sectors. Once the malicious webshell is installed, it creates a random 36 characters long password which later is used for the authentication purpose.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 22, 2024

Now, customers can kickstart the application process from the comfort of their homes or any place with internet access. Online banking services have become so common that according to Forbes , more than 70% of adults in the U.S. Passkeys, replacing passwords, emerge as the superior authentication choice.

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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. The personal identifiable information (PII) exposed by the leak could be used in fraudulent authentication across other platforms.

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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. Read the whole entry. » MP3 ] | [ Transcript ].

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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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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. Also read : Thousands of Data Center Management Apps Exposed to Internet. Maintaining Regulatory Compliance.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The growth of APIs on the public Internet grew faster in 2019 than in previous years, according to ProgrammableWeb. The services on that smartphone you’re holding makes use of hundreds of unique APIs. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This allows the threat actors to harvest login credentials for banking applications and other financial services. Use a reputed anti-virus/anti-malware and internet security software package on your connected devices, such as PCs, laptops, and mobile devices.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

This all-women panel includes Laura Deaner, CISO, Northwestern Mutual; Lisa Lee, Chief Security Advisor, Global Lead for Financial Services, Microsoft; and Patti Titus, CISO/CPO, Markel. Duo recently announced our new passwordless authentication solution , so visit the Cisco booth to get a sneak peak at what that will look like.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The modern internet's interconnected nature also threatens data security. 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. The result?

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Damages: charges from the New York State Department Financial Services (NYDFS). Summary: This data breach was unique in the sense that there was not a breach in the company's servers, but an authentication error, meaning no authentication was required to view documents. Who attacked: no attacker. and Vietnam.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

Other top 4 targeted industries include Manufacturing, Insurance, Technology, and Financial Services seeing 15%, 9%, 7%, and 6% of the campaign traffic respectively.” com (Cloudflare’s Web3 services). Double-check any site navigated to from a QR code before providing login, personal, or financial information.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

Chargeback fraud is one of the fastest-growing types of fraud on the internet. These requirements have two major aims: to authenticate the customer’s identification and to ensure that they are not engaging in criminal acts. To hinder these, one must implement the right prevention and detection measures into their business model.

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