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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2025

“ The cyber-attacks granted attackers unauthorized access to classified information and sensitive data stored within several government ministries, including Economic Affairs and Communications, Social Affairs, and Foreign Affairs leading to the theft of thousands of confidential documents.”

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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.

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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.

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Joseph Steinberg

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It is not a secret that the American people remain in danger of massive, crippling cyberattacks that could impact financial services, utilities, health care, and just about every other area of modern life.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 11, 2025

As cyber attacks continue to grow in frequency and sophistication, they are significantly outpacing traditional defenses, targeting executives across both the digital and physical world. In 2024, the average cost of a data breach reached $4.88

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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. 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

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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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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.

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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.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 22, 2025

Phishing Remains Top Tactic, Fueled by Teams Abuse Figure 1: Top attack techniques in true-positive customer incidents for finance & insurance sector, H2 2024 vs H2 2023 Phishing dominated cyber attacks in H2 2024, accounting for over 90% of incidents across industries due to its simplicity and effectiveness.

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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. .

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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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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.

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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

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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.

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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.”

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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

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.

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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.

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Threatpost

MARCH 12, 2020

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

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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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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It almost goes without saying that America’s financial services sector—at the heart of our economy and success as a nation—regularly faces significant cyber attacks from a wide range of threat actors. The post Cyber in the US financial sector: A critical need for collaboration appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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.

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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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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Speakers at last week’s MITRE ResilienCyCon conference had a surprisingly candid message for attendees: You will likely be breached at some point so focus on the controls and response capabilities your organization needs to survive a cyber attack. Prepare Now. The conference — held in McLean, Va.,

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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.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 3, 2022

The new attacks have been described as a "subtle but intensified assault on banks' technological infrastructure.". We continue to actively assess the situation through enhanced monitoring and cross-border threat intelligence sharing across the financial services sector.". Original story from The New York Post.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 27, 2022

There has long been a belief in the manufacturing industry that companies in the sector were relatively safe from cyber threats, with a misconception that cyber attackers prefer to target businesses in the financial services and healthcare industry instead.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2022

The nation’s largest Financial Services providers are a favorite target for nation-state sponsored and coordinated cyber-attacks. Despite significantly more financial and resource investment in cybersecurity than any other industry, critical infrastructure breaches and novel attacks remain a daily occurrence.

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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.

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