Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued an alert to instant-quote websites, particularly car insurers, warning of a growing campaign to steal nonpublic information (NPI).

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

” Only one of the men sanctioned today is known to have been criminally charged in connection with hacking activity. Secret Service determined that he ran a massive “money mule” scheme, which used phony job offers to trick people into laundering money stolen from hacked small to mid-sized businesses in the United States.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2025

The company disclosed a data breach that exposed subscribers’ personal information, it added that the incident did not impact core network, billing system,s and financial services infrastructure. Our core network, billing systems and financial services infrastructure remain secure and fully operational.”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Confirmed thefts attributed to the group include the 2016 hacking of the SWIFT payment system for Bangladesh Bank, which netted thieves $81 million; $6.1 million in August 2020 from a financial services company based in New York. billion from banks and other victims worldwide.

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Hacker Combat

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

A statement from the SEC read as follows: “According to SEC, it has penalized eight companies in three actions for negligence of their cyber protection guidelines and procedures that stimulated email account hacks exposing personal data of numerous clients and customers in each firm.” .

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2025

.” In April 2025, the South African multinational telecommunications company MTN Group Limited disclosed a data breach that exposed subscribers personal information, it added that the incident did not impact the core network, billing systems and financial services infrastructure.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 15, 2020

New York's Department of Financial Services calls for more cybersecurity regulation at social media firms following the "jarringly easy" Twitter breach.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 31, 2024

By separating which companies see what parts of our data, and in what contexts, we can gain control over data about ourselves (improving privacy) and harden cloud infrastructure against hacks (improving security). The best way for financial services firms to meet the CFPB’s rules would be to apply the decoupling principle broadly.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2024

At the time, cryptocurrency security firm Elliptic reported that this incident would be the eighth-largest crypto heist of all time, and the largest since the $477 million hack suffered by FTX, in November 2022. Elliptic also confirmed it has identified the wallets involved in the attack.

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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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers. Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite, is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 11, 2021

Kerissa Varma is Group Chief Information Security Officer of Old Mutual Limited, one of the largest financial services organizations on the African continent. The post CISO Stories Podcast: Hacking Your Way Into Cybersecurity appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The American business and financial services company Moody’s will start factoring risk of getting hacked into their credit ratings for companies. This is to enhance our thinking about credit as cyber becomes more and more important,” said Derek Valda, head of Moody’s Investors Services Cyber Risk Group.

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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 hack of the FTA server took place in March, but the hacker had access to the data of Morgan Stanley customers in May. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against several organizations over email account hacking. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against eight entities belonging to three companies over email account hacking due to cybersecurity failures. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 9, 2021

Director, Infrastructure Security at FINRA on the SecureWorld broadcast Mitigate Insider Risk in Financial Firms. 4 key findings of insider threats in the financial services sector. If you are in the financial services sector, there are many more insights shared in the on-demand webinar, Mitigate Insider Risk in Financial Firms.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

A first scaring trend reported by Google is the rising of hack-for-fire companies currently operating out of India. Experts confirm that threat actor continues to use COVID-19 lures, the pandemic has taken center stage in the world of government-backed hacking. Slovenia, Canada, India, Bahrain, Cyprus, and the UK. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2025

The financially motivated group UNC3944 (also known as Scattered Spider , 0ktapus ) is known for social engineering and extortion. The cybercrime group is suspected of hacking intohundreds of organizations over the past two years, including Twilio , LastPass , DoorDash , and Mailchimp.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The financial sector's growing dependence on AI for cybersecurity The financial services sector is a prime target for cybercriminals, given the high value of data and money in circulation. The financial sector would do well to take heed; this is the future of cybersecurity, and it is arriving faster than many anticipated.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2020

.” SHOPPING FOR ‘CVVs’ Fraud experts say the scammers behind the types of calls that targeted Jim’s family are most likely fueled by the rampant sale of credit card records stolen from hacked online merchants. ” Image: Next Caller.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Hackers earned more than $1 million for zero-day exploits disclosed at the Tianfu Cup PWN hacking contest that took place on November 16-17 in Chengdu. Other participants were teams from universities, Tencent, financial service provider Ant Financial, and independent researchers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Each working exploit receives a cash prize and points that are assigned to the team that devised it, like the popular Pwn2Own hacking contest. Other participants were teams from universities, Tencent, financial service provider Ant Financial, and independent researchers. They earned a bonus of $30,000. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It may be the most complete picture we've ever had of North Korean hacking campaigns. The unsealed documents highlight a number of attack targets and motives in an effort to hack, digitally intrude, and defraud. The hacking indictment filed in the U.S. North Korean hacking methods and attack vectors. global targets.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2020

Zoosk’s core service is delivered via a mobile app that has 20 different registration and/or login pages – all are API driven. Thus, it was well worth it for a hacking group to study Zoosk’s IT stack to reconnoiter its weak points. They can take the next step and execute a hack, which can include harvesting account credentials.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2023

Related: Collateral damage of T-Mobile hack Yet, APIs have also exponentially increased the attack vectors available to malicious hackers – and the software community has not focused on slowing the widening of this security gap. Hackers know just how vulnerable companies are at this moment.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Security experts started analyzing the DGA mechanism used by threat actors behind the SolarWinds hack to control the Sunburst / Solarigate backdoor and published the list of targeted organizations. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Solarwinds). College of Law and Business, Israel NetBios HTTP Backdoor 2020-05-26 ad001.mtk.lo N/A N/A N/A.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Microsoft states that phishing heavily targets financial services, risking losses like life savings. Multiple threat actors purchased the kits developed by Nady and used them in widespread phishing campaigns to steal credentials of Microsoft customer accounts.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 9, 2021

Director of Infrastructure Security at FINRA, on the SecureWorld webcast Mitigate Insider Risk in Financial Firms. 4 key findings of insider threats in the financial services sector. Unique challenges faced by financial services firms trying to track rogue employees. You can now watch the broadcast on-demand.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2024

ZeroSevenGroup extracted a huge quantity of information from Toyota’s environments, including network information and credentials, “We have hacked a branch in United States to one of the biggest automotive manufacturer in the world (TOYOTA). Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is the finance arm of the Toyota Motor Corporation.

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WIRED Threat Level

JUNE 1, 2024

Data breaches at Ticketmaster and financial services company Santander have been linked to attacks against cloud provider Snowflake. Researchers fear more breaches will soon be uncovered.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian multinational bank and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai. It offers a wide range of banking and financial services for corporate and retail customers. The bank has a network of 6000 branches, and 17000 ATMs across India and has a presence in 17 countries.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

On Saturday, September 4, 2021, the ransomware gang added the bank to its leak site and published some screenshots as proof of the hack. “Pacific City Bank provides outstanding banking and financial services for businesses and consumers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

According to the Reuters , the banking industry had successfully completed a massive cross-industry cyber security drill to test the response to a ransomware attack that threatens to disrupt a range of financial services. SecurityAffairs – hacking, U.S. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Consider that some 80 percent of hacking-related breaches occur because of weak or reused passwords, and that over 90 percent of consumers continue to re-use their intrinsically weak passwords. Underscoring this trend, Uber was recently hacked — through its authentication system.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

A new technical report published by Group-IB reveals that OPERA1ER, a French-speaking hacking group has stolen at least $11 million and successfully carried out over 30 attacks against banks, financial services, and telecommunications companies in Africa. The attackers have set up a large network to withdraw stolen cash.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

Financial services company LoanDepot disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 16.6 LoanDepot is a financial services company that primarily operates as a mortgage lender. The company provides a range of mortgage and non-mortgage loan products and services. million individuals. million individuals.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2021

Finance is a decentralized lending protocol for individuals, institutions and protocols to access financial services. 1/4 @CreamFinance was exploited in (one hack tx: [link] ), leading to the gain of ~$18.8M SecurityAffairs – hacking, DeFi ). It promises earnings to users who are passively holding ETH or wBTC.

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