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 pointed out that exposed files did not contain passwords that could be used to access financial accounts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The attack took place on March 14th, 2020, when the Maze Ransomware operators exfiltrated data from the HMR’s network and then encrypt their systems. The Hammersmith Medicines Research is notifying impacted individuals via email the incident, the hackers stole data then employed ransomware to encrypt its systems.

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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.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

Encryption-in-use, a.k.a. data-in-use encryption, is changing the data protection landscape and could spark a cybersecurity movement that dwarfs tokenization in both usage and magnitude of impact. Financial institutions could “clear” these by matching tokens with the original payment cards in highly secure back-end environments.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The incident, which unfolded on November 8, 2023, has sent ripples through the global financial community, emphasizing the escalating cyber threats faced by even the most robust institutions. ICBC confirmed the attack in an official statement, revealing that its U.S. was released in 2021. billion in revenue and $53.5

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Rather than doors, locks and vaults, IT departments rely on a combination of strategies, technologies, and user awareness training to protect an enterprise against cybersecurity attacks that can compromise systems, steal data and other valuable company information, and damage an enterprise’s reputation. Advanced Encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The technology industry has met the dramatic rise in ransomware and other cyber attacks with an impressive set of tools to help companies mitigate the risks. Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

CSfC validates commercial IT products that have met the highest level of strict encryption standards and rigorous security requirements for both hardware and software solutions. The post NetApp ONTAP Becomes First Enterprise Storage Platform to Receive Validation from NSA for Security and Encryption appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2021

Once deployed, ransomware can encrypt files and block access. In their white paper, Ransomware Defense in Financial Services: Retreating from the Cloud , the Aite Group states that “Detecting and blocking rogue processes in memory is one of the most important ways to secure servers. Secure Environments by Protecting Runtime.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Cyber attacks like the one that crippled Yahoo! s external site were not recently reissued, allowing cyber attackers to have ongoing access to encrypted communications. After Conti Ransomware Group Attacks Costa Rica, U.S. Top Financial Services Encryption Threats and Insight from a Former Hacker!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Cyber attacks and breaches continue to rise with no end in sight. With this increased spending the attacks continue at an exponential rate. According to Check Point by mid-year cyber attacks have risen 42% globally. During 2022 over 65% of organizations expected security budgets to expand.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In some instances, the attacker might choose to deploy ransomware across the network, encrypting important files and bringing operations to a halt. They then demand a ransom in exchange for the decryption keys, causing financial losses and potential reputational damage to the organization. Does EternalBlue still exist?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Whether they are evil cyber criminals seeking to wreak havoc or state-actors for industrial espionage purposes, the healthcare industry is is squarely a target for increased cyber-attacks that take advantage of the pandemic. According to the report, almost all (97%) of financial services organizations store data in the cloud.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Most traditional tools used for investigating cyber attacks cannot assess potential impacts on these environments. GitGuardian is a developer favorite offering a secrets detection solution that scans source code to detect certificates, passwords, API keys, encryption keys, and more. Ubiq Security. Cape Privacy.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Treasury Department report linked nearly $600 million in transactions to ransomware payments in “Suspicious Activity Reports” financial services firms have filed to the U.S. Today, the biggest mistake most security practitioners make is treating ransomware attacks as any other cyber attack. A recent U.S.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The study also found the average total cost of recovery from a ransomware attack has more than doubled in a year, increasing from $761,106 to $1.85 And many backup softwares have legacy security models, which make them vulnerable to compromise and for cyber attackers to demand and control snapshot data. . million in 2021.

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DoublePulsar

DECEMBER 3, 2023

What it means — CitrixBleed ransomware group woes grow as over 60 credit unions, hospitals, financial services and more breached in US. ABC report homebuying in the US has stalled due to a ransomware incident at Fidelity National Financial. LockBit encrypted part of Boeing, the international defence firm. Their response?

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Centraleyes

MAY 23, 2024

Benefits of Data Access and Governance Strong data access governance benefits firms in various industries, including financial services, retail, and healthcare. Encrypt Sensitive Data: Encrypt sensitive data in transit and at rest to prevent unwanted access. Use long, secure passwords and update them frequently.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

How to Defend: Empowerment Through Cyber-Threat Intelligence Executive boards and departments face a greater frequency of cyber-attacks and an increased number of vulnerability types across enterprise operations. Protect your business from cyber assaults and never assume that cyber risk management occurs on its own!

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2022

Related: The role of post-quantum encryption. Quantum computers pose yet another looming threat since it has been mathematically proven that quantum computers with enough power will crack all the world’s public encryption. We most recently witnessed this as Russia invaded Ukraine.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

And of course the one we want to try so if you've got to do a remote cyber attack against a car. Vamosi: Another industry that could be directly affected is financial services, with all the mobile banking applications that are becoming more common today. What do you want to try? So again we set up our SSH server.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

And of course the one we want to try so if you've got to do a remote cyber attack against a car. Vamosi: Another industry that could be directly affected is financial services, with all the mobile banking applications that are becoming more common today. What do you want to try? So again we set up our SSH server.

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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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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

With SQL queries, I can do anomaly detection and detect cyber attacks. Somebody's trying to say encrypt the whole database or exfiltrate the whole database. VAMOSI: Michael mentioned financial services. The database guys point of view, this was like, the performance is amazing, right?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

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

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

The White House on Russian Cyber Threats. A recording of the CISA CALL WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS ON POTENTIAL RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES has been shared on their YouTube page! But now CISA (and the FBI) has taken Information Sharing to a whole new level.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Significant investment is required to stay one step ahead of cyber-attackers, and ongoing, company-wide cybersecurity training is required for employees in our ‘work from home’ world. In 2022, ransomware attacks will continue to evolve and target critical data anywhere. Cybersecurity needs to begin in the C-suite.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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