CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2023

Australian firm Latitude Financial Services is hitting news headlines as a cyber attack on its servers has led to the data breach of 225,000 customers. Note 4- Australian Cyber Security Centre is working with relevant law enforcement forces to investigate the data theft in detail. The company which has over 2.8

Financial Services

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident. Nissan already notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre.

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Penetration Testing

JANUARY 31, 2024

In December 2023, Elastic Security Labs uncovered a sophisticated cyber intrusion, dubbed REF0657, targeting a financial services organization in South Asia.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Putin led nation also issued an informal alert to Europe and United States that if they support Ukraine, then they should be ready to face economic chaos as all of their financial institutions will be disrupted through a cyber attack within no time.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

The first news that is trending is associated with financial service provider PayPal. News is out that social security numbers of nearly 35,000 users were leaked in a cyber attack that could have emerged from a credential stuffing campaign launched by a state funded actor.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

The latest iteration of this is the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the resulting banking crisis, which has presented an opportunity for attackers to spoof highly sensitive communication, for example seeking to intercept legitimate communication instructing recipients to update bank details for payroll.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Having experienced NYDFS's stringency first-hand in regards to regulation for financial services, this comes as no surprise," Krista Arndt , CISO at United Musculoskeletal Partners, wrote in a LinkedIn post on December 5. "I

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Recent cyber attacks on The Metropolitan Police and NHS Trusts through their supply chains have the potential to compromise the UK’s national security and private citizen data. A threat alert by the National Cyber Security Centre is also warning of increased state-sponsored attacks against UK critical national infrastructure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 31, 2022

Financial services continue to lead in cybersecurity preparedness, but chinks appear in the armor. It highlights the leadership of financial services in cybersecurity relative to other industries, but it also uncovers some surprising chinks in their cybersecurity armor. Malware and ransomware attacks increase.

Financial Services

Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2021

The financial services sector is still a prime target for cyber criminals and it has been widely reported that in 2020 financial institutions came under attack more than ever before. The post Why Banks Are Still A Top Target For DDoS Attacks appeared first on Blog.

DDOS

The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A French-speaking threat actor dubbed OPERA1ER has been linked to a series of more than 30 successful cyber attacks aimed at banks, financial services, and telecom companies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America between 2018 and 2022.

Financial Services

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Cyber attacks continue to grow in sophistication, and ransomware attacks are only the tip of the iceberg. Compromised credentials represent the most usual way attackers penetrate networks. These inefficiencies can open the gate to cyber attacks.

Authentication

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

2️ Cyber Attacks Against Energy (Oil & Gas) and Nuclear Sectors Critical infrastructure across all domains continues to remain a focal point for cyber-attacks, orchestrated by both cybercriminal elements and nation-state actors.

Cyber threats

Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2024

The financial sector is a prime target for cyber attacks. Financial organizations and their customers and clients feel the fallout of major ransomware and phishing campaigns more than ever, and there’s often more at stake. With the number of cyber threats on the rise, no sector is truly safe from serious fallout.

Cyber Attacks

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. As a leading global content delivery network (CDN), Akamai has a birdseye view of what is coursing through cyber space moment-by-moment. Q: The scale of ‘attacks’ in 2020 is astronomical: 6.3

Financial Services

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Some 11,800 computer software companies, 10,000 IT services vendors, 5,500 health care organizations and 3,200 financial services firms continue to maintain on-premises Exchange email servers, according to this report from Enlyft. Power source fails. Hardware and/or software issues crop up.

Financial Services

The State of Security

MAY 31, 2021

The roads and railways that we travel on; the Internet and the mobile networks that connect us; the water that we drink; the healthcare, financial services and security […]… Read More. Critical Infrastructure: Addressing Cyber Threats and the Importance of Prevention appeared first on The State of Security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 18, 2021

After the SolarWinds cyber attack on Govt infrastructure, the government of United States seems to have taken Cybersecurity as a top priority to rectify any flaws that could make way to any future cyber attacks in the future.

Cyber Insurance

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) unit spotted the BianLian , White Rabbit , and Mario ransomware gangs collaborating in a joint extortion campaign targeting publicly-traded financial services firms. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2021

Microsoft revealed on Friday that Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers, tracked as Nobelium or APT29 , have conducted news cyber attacks against other organizations. Threat actors carried out brute-force and password spraying attacks in an attempt to gain access to Microsoft customer accounts. In all, 36 countries were targeted.”

Financial Services

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging employs over 7,000 people worldwide and offers IT outsourcing, infrastructure including network managed services, software products and application management. The company disclosed the security breach on July 5, but it is not clear when it has discovered the attack. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The European Central Bank is warning banks of possible Russia-linked cyber attack amid the rising crisis with Ukraine. The European Central Bank is warning banks of possible Russia-linked cyber attack amid the rising crisis with Ukraine and is inviting them to step up defenses. ” reported Reuters. .

Banking

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

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 26, 2023

Shahriar Sean Saffari is the person who launched a legal appeal against the financial services firm of Australia in the court and is seeking a financial compensation for the distress caused to him after the incident. To those uninitiated, Latitude experienced a cyber-attack in March, leading to data steal of its 7.9

Data breaches

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Early December, Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident. Nissan already notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre.

Ransomware

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 20, 2023

Bank of America has expressed its concerns over Lloyd’s recent policy decision to exclude cyber insurance coverage for large corporations hit by cyber attacks funded by adversary states. The post Cost of state cyber attacks not to be covered under insurance says Lloyd appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

Insurance

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2018

infrastructure from cyber attacks. In the same vein, businesses at large can use the intelligence cycle as a model to detect and deter any attacks coming from foreign intelligence services. Such threats impact more businesses than you may think.

Financial Services

Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2019

billion yen) worth of cryptocurrency due to a cyber attack. BITPoint Japan-based cryptocurrency was victim of a cyber attack, the Remixpoint’s subsidiary announced that hackers have stolen more than $32 million (3.5 BITPoint discovered the security breach overnight and immediately halted its services.

Cryptocurrency

Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The ransomware attack that hit the systems of Nissan Oceania in December 2023 impacted roughly 100,000 individuals. Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced in December 2023 that it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident.

Data breaches

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Bun­des­amt für Ver­fas­sungs­schutz (BfV) federal domestic intelligence agency warns of ongoing attacks coordinated by the China-linked APT27 group. defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. ” reads the advisory published by the German intelligence.

Financial Services

Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

The American multinational investment bank and financial services firm Morgan Stanley discloses a data breach caused by the hack of an Accellion FTA server of a third-party vendor. The company has offices in more than 42 countries and more than 60,000 employees, it has clients in multiple industries. .

Data breaches

Threatpost

MARCH 12, 2020

Researchers with Akamai say that 75 percent of all credential abuse attacks against the financial services industry were targeting APIs.

Financial Services

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

Data breaches

Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Image Source: AI Generated Recent data breaches have exposed sensitive information from millions of customers across healthcare, financial services, and technology sectors. Trust erosion poses a significant threat, as highlighted by industry experts who emphasize that trust is the currency of money in financial services.

Data breaches

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Rampant Ransomware Attacks On November 8, 2023, U.S. Eastern Time, ICBC Financial Services (FS), the U.S. arm of China’s largest bank, fell victim to a ransomware attack, disrupting certain systems. a global network and cyber security leader, protects enterprises and carriers from advanced cyber attacks.

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BH Consulting

APRIL 27, 2021

Data breaches and cyber attacks are, unfortunately, becoming a regular occurrence. A former CISO, he has held security and operational risk roles in financial services, technology, manufacturing, health service, and local government organisations.

Financial Services

Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

Iran-linked threat actor Tortoiseshell targeted shipping, logistics, and financial services companies in Israel with watering hole attacks. uPress”, a hosting service, was attacked in 2020 by the Iranian group Emennet Pasargad5 , “Hackers of Savior”, who defaced thousands of Israeli sites hosted by it.

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