Heimadal Security

MARCH 9, 2021

Flagstar Bank, one of the largest residential mortgage servicers and largest banks in the United States, became the victim of a major data breach in January, exposing customer and employee data. Accellion is a firewall vendor that has been targeted by ransomware group Clop. What role has Accellion played in the data breach?

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Adam Shostack

AUGUST 9, 2021

Twenty-five years ago I published a set of code review guidelines that I had crafted while working for a bank. Looking back at what’s there: it’s explicitly a review document for a firewall group, taking code that’s ‘thrown over a wall’ to be run and operated by that group. Also the laptops were.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This data reportedly includes everything from names and addresses to Social Security numbers and bank account details. The stolen data reportedly includes highly personal information — names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, bank account details, and even records of residents’ interactions with city services. With over 6.5

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Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Banks are taking revolutionary approaches to digitize and streamline the customer experience - but these measures could come with a cost without strategic cybersecurity measures. The world is changing, and the banking industry is evolving too. The Industry Digital banking is transforming the way people access and manage their finances.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2025

Change passwords : After malware removal, update passwords for key accounts (email, banking, work, social media) and enable two-factor authentication. Monitor financial accounts : Check bank statements and report any suspicious transactions promptly. Use a password manager : Simplifies managing strong, unique passwords across accounts.

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Malware Passwords Identity Theft Accountability 81

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2019

According to a source with direct knowledge of the breach investigation, the problem stemmed in part from a misconfigured open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) that Capital One was using as part of its operations hosted in the cloud with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

study tested the security of 13 of the UK’s most popular online banking sites between September and November 2022. In fact, by 2023, the number of internet users is set to increase by 275% , creating more targets for online banking fraudsters. A recent Which? Be wary of transfers: Only transfer money to parties you trust.

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Banking Cybersecurity Antivirus Phishing 80

The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

It’s not enough to know, for instance, that a user’s mobile phone banking app is calling their bank’s server. These are at minimum network-tier policies, like firewall and WAF, and identity-tier policies, like those you can implement with a service mesh such as Istio.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Hackers stole millions of dollars from Uganda Central Bank International Press Newsletter Cybercrime INTERPOL financial crime operation makes record 5,500 arrests, seizures worth over USD 400 million Hackers Stole $1.49 warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 17, 2021

A greater good has come from Capital One’s public pillaging over losing credit application records for 100 million bank customers. In pulling off that milestone hack, Paige Thompson took advantage of CapOne’s lack of focus on cloud security as the banking giant rushed headlong into leveraging Amazon Web Services.

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Cloud Migration Banking Firewall Software 164

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

CISA adds Array Networks AG and vxAG ArrayOS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Thai police arrested Chinese hackers involved in SMS blaster attacks Zyxel firewalls targeted in recent ransomware attacks Malware campaign abused flawed Avast Anti-Rootkit driver Russia-linked APT TAG-110 uses targets Europe and Asia Russia-linked threat (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2018

Security experts from Securonix have published a report that attributes the attack against on the Cosmos Bank to the Lazarus APT group. Cosmos Bank is one of the largest Indian cooperative banks, it was the victim of a cyberheist a couple of weeks ago when hackers stole over 940 million rupees ($13.5 ” reads the report.

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Banking Advertising Software Firewall 68

Cisco Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

IDC recently had the opportunity to talk to CISOs regarding the integration of Cisco Secure Workload and Secure Firewall. So in a situation like that, with this [Secure Workload + Secure Firewall integration] you can wrap a zero trust policy around securing all those devices.” Our conversations were quite illuminating. .

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

Twenty-five years ago I published a set of code review guidelines that I had crafted while working for a bank. Looking back at what's there: it's explicitly a review document for a firewall group, taking code that's ‘thrown over a wall’ to be run and operated by that group. I released them (thanks, SteveMac!)

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Security Boulevard

MAY 31, 2022

It’s cool to win banks as customers – it’s even more cool when they go public with the news ! I especially enjoyed my conversation with Ryan Melle, SVP and CISO at Berkshire Bank. I especially enjoyed my conversation with Ryan Melle, SVP and CISO at Berkshire Bank. He’s a pragmatist, and he gets things done quickly.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Trickbot Malware that started just as a banking malware has now emerged into a sophisticated data stealing tool capable of injecting malware like ransomware or serve as an Emotet downloader. Note- In September 2020, many of the hospitals and healthcare firms operating in United States were infected by RYUK ransomware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

CISA adds Microsoft Outlook, Sophos XG Firewall, and other flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Cisco addressed two critical flaws in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) Notorious hacker behind 40+ cyberattacks on strategic organizations arrested Lazarus APT targets crypto wallets using cross-platform JavaScript stealer U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Samsung S22 hacked Sophos fixed a critical flaw in its Sophos Firewall version 19.5

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

According to WatchGuard , Cyclops Blink may have affected approximately 1% of active firewall appliances, which are devices mainly used by business customers. Cyclops Blink has been found in WatchGuard’s firewall devices since at least June 2019. As we learned from NotPetya, these attacks can spread around the world.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 29, 2023

That said, the next-generation firewall (NGFW) market — where we also list Palo Alto as a leader — has gotten tougher in recent years, with low-cost competitors like Versa Networks and Sangfor offering good firewalls at lower cost. It was also named a Leader in a Forrester Wave for Enterprise Firewalls.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Let us start with the abbreviations that define the categories of information security products: WAF stands for Web Application Firewall , NGFW stands for Next Generation Firewall. NGFW (or Next Generation Firewall) is an evolution of traditional firewalls and serves to delimit access between network segments.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

The encrypted China Chopper variant, frequently used by the attackers, employed AES encryption to evade detection by Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). “The primary objective was to enumerate the compromised Active Directory environment to identify high-privilege accounts and critical servers and add them to their target bank.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutch Cancer Center New NKAbuse malware abuses NKN decentralized P2P network protocol Snatch ransomware gang claims the hack of the food giant Kraft Heinz Multiple flaws in pfSense firewall can lead to arbitrary code execution BianLian, White Rabbit, and Mario Ransomware Gangs Spotted (..)

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Despite billions of dollars spent on the latest, greatest antivirus suites, firewalls and intrusion detection systems, enterprises continue to suffer breaches that can be traced back to the actions of a single, unsuspecting employee. People tend to be very resistant to training,” Bastable told me.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 27, 2025

Even if you take the time to manually erase data from your electronic devices, digital traces remain and cybercriminals can access these using specialized toolsgaining access to everything from your sensitive personal information and bank details to your photos and Social Security number.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Passwords Hacking 73

Adam Levin

MARCH 23, 2020

Avoid sending sensitive information like tax forms, credit card numbers, bank account information, or passwords via email. Update your security software: Security software and firewalls can’t block all malicious emails, but they are regularly updated to recognize new threats and hacking campaigns.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Work closely with your bank or other processors to ensure you have the best tools and anti-fraud services to avoid e-skimming attacks and other crimes. . Make sure you have firewall security for your Internet connection. There are plenty of good, free firewall software options available online. Back up your business information.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2021

More clients of Capital One have been impacted in the 2019 data breach, the US bank is notifying them of their SSNs exposure. US bank Capital One notified a number of additional customers that their Social Security numbers were exposed in the data breach that took place in July 2019.

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Hacking Data breaches Banking Small Business 119

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The researchers said they had seen Nobelium using HTML smuggling in a spear-phishing campaign in May, and more recently, observed it being used to deliver the banking Trojan Mekotio and the AsyncRAT/MJRAT and Trickbot malware used by attackers to get control of targeted devices and deliver such malware as ransomware. What Is HTML Smuggling?

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Hacker Combat

APRIL 22, 2022

Finance and banking institutions are most vulnerable to ransomware attacks. 5 Make use of windows firewall. Windows firewall protects your computer from malicious attacks by controlling who has access to your network. Ensure that your windows firewall is working by configuring it regularly. 6 Use strong spam filters.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

More recently, the HTML smuggling technique was used to deliver the banking Trojan Mekotio , as well as AsyncRAT/NJRAT and Trickbot. “Thus, instead of having a malicious executable pass directly through a network, the attacker builds the malware locally behind a firewall.” ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Phishing Banking Passwords Malware 139

Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2019

That data included approximately 140,000 Social Security numbers and approximately 80,000 bank account numbers on U.S. “She allegedly used web application firewall credentials to obtain privilege escalation. Capital One said the incident affected approximately 100 million people in the United States and six million in Canada.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

6 – Anonymous leaked 28GB of data stolen from the Central Bank of Russia. Anonymous announced that the affiliate group Black Rabbit World has leaked 28 GB of data stolen from the Central Bank of Russia. 8 – Experts devised a technique to bypass web application firewalls (WAF) of several vendors.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2019

A couple of decades ago, when everything was on the company premises, sitting behind a firewall, security teams at least had a fighting chance to stay on top of things. The FBI arrested a 33-year-old Seattle woman and charged her with pilfering sensitive data for 100 million US and 6 million Canadian bank patrons.

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Digital transformation Risk Firewall Accountability 147

Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This begs the question, could a bank teller do the same if given some basic exposure to this training? Build a Human Firewall. Securing your work environment requires you to create what is referred to among security professionals as a human firewall. What about a C-level executive? Update your software.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

“It is possible that an infected computer is beaconing, but is unable to egress to the command and control due to outbound firewall restrictions.” ” About the only French critical infrastructure vertical not touched by the Kasbah hackers was the water management sector.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 10, 2021

Back in the mid-1990s, big banks and insurance companies came up with something called “bespoke assessments” as the approach for assessing third party vendor risk. No one, save threat actors, was paying close attention to the ramifications of granting a myriad of small- and mid-sized contractors privileged access inside the company firewall.

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