Tag: finance
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The Hidden Security Gaps in Digital Lending Applications
Here’s a wake up call for Financial Institutions like you! Digital lending applications (DLAs) have revolutionized how Indians borrow loans. It can be now approved in minutes via a smartphone. But behind this convenience lurk hidden security gaps that could put both users and financial institutions at risk. In this post, we’ll unpack these vulnerabilities,……
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Nach Zahlungschaos: Paypal schenkt Nutzern Geld
Tags: financeNutzer, deren Paypal-Zahlungen in den vergangenen Wochen aufgrund einer Störung blockiert waren, erhalten eine Gutschrift in Höhe von 10 Euro. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/nach-zahlungschaos-paypal-schenkt-nutzern-geld-2509-199914.html
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Massive npm supply chain attack hits 18 popular packages with 2B weekly downloads
Tags: api, attack, blockchain, breach, crypto, data, detection, email, finance, github, malicious, malware, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, risk, strategy, supply-chain, theft, tool, update, vulnerabilityFinancial impact surprisingly limited: Despite affecting packages with 2 billion weekly downloads, the actual financial impact was surprisingly modest. “We were tracking approximately $970 in stolen funds to attacker-controlled wallets,” Eriksen said, highlighting a significant disconnect between the attack’s potential reach and its realized damage.This limited financial impact reflected both the attackers’ operational carelessness and…
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Massive npm supply chain attack hits 18 popular packages with 2B weekly downloads
Tags: api, attack, blockchain, breach, crypto, data, detection, email, finance, github, malicious, malware, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, risk, strategy, supply-chain, theft, tool, update, vulnerabilityFinancial impact surprisingly limited: Despite affecting packages with 2 billion weekly downloads, the actual financial impact was surprisingly modest. “We were tracking approximately $970 in stolen funds to attacker-controlled wallets,” Eriksen said, highlighting a significant disconnect between the attack’s potential reach and its realized damage.This limited financial impact reflected both the attackers’ operational carelessness and…
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Download: Cyber defense guide for the financial sector
Data breaches cost more for financial organizations than they do for those in many other industries. In attempting to strengthen your financial organization’s … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/09/cis-financial-sector-organizations-cybersecurity-guide/
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RatOn Hijacks Bank Account to Launch Automated Money Transfers
Dubbed RatOn, that combines traditional overlay attacks with NFC relay tactics to hijack bank accounts and initiate automated money transfers. Developed from scratch by a threat actor group observed since July 2025, RatOn represents a significant evolution in mobile fraud capabilities. Security researchers have uncovered a new Android banking trojan Unlike standalone NFC relay tools…
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Download: Cyber defense guide for the financial sector
Data breaches cost more for financial organizations than they do for those in many other industries. In attempting to strengthen your financial organization’s … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/09/cis-financial-sector-organizations-cybersecurity-guide/
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RatOn Hijacks Bank Account to Launch Automated Money Transfers
Dubbed RatOn, that combines traditional overlay attacks with NFC relay tactics to hijack bank accounts and initiate automated money transfers. Developed from scratch by a threat actor group observed since July 2025, RatOn represents a significant evolution in mobile fraud capabilities. Security researchers have uncovered a new Android banking trojan Unlike standalone NFC relay tools…
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Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not
Legal, HR, Finance and Accounting moving to IBM from 2026. Engineering and others staying put… for now First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/08/red_hatters_to_be_big/
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Confidence in Cloud Security with Advanced NHIs
Why Advanced NHIs Enhance Confidence in Cloud Security? With the increasing digitalization across different industries, such as financial services, healthcare, and travel, cybersecurity has become a topic of paramount importance. For organizations operating on the cloud, one of the key aspects of these security mechanisms contain Non-Human Identities (NHIs), but why are advanced NHIs critical……
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Confidence in Cloud Security with Advanced NHIs
Why Advanced NHIs Enhance Confidence in Cloud Security? With the increasing digitalization across different industries, such as financial services, healthcare, and travel, cybersecurity has become a topic of paramount importance. For organizations operating on the cloud, one of the key aspects of these security mechanisms contain Non-Human Identities (NHIs), but why are advanced NHIs critical……
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5 ways CISOs are experimenting with AI
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, finance, framework, incident response, intelligence, login, metric, microsoft, monitoring, phishing, qr, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementTranslating security metrics into business language: CISOs are now tasked with being the security storyteller, and it doesn’t always come easily. Turning to AI, CISOs are finding a helping hand to translate technical detail into business-oriented narratives, drawing on a range of data sources, risk trends, control gaps and threat modeling.AI tools are helping tailor…
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5 ways CISOs are experimenting with AI
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, finance, framework, incident response, intelligence, login, metric, microsoft, monitoring, phishing, qr, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementTranslating security metrics into business language: CISOs are now tasked with being the security storyteller, and it doesn’t always come easily. Turning to AI, CISOs are finding a helping hand to translate technical detail into business-oriented narratives, drawing on a range of data sources, risk trends, control gaps and threat modeling.AI tools are helping tailor…
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Supreme Court blocks FTC commissioner Slaughter’s reinstatement
As some observers predicted, Democratic commissioners are racking up lower court victories, but the highest court in the country appears skeptical. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ftc-slaughter-reinstatement-blocked-by-supreme-court/
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Supreme Court blocks FTC commissioner Slaughter’s reinstatement
As some observers predicted, Democratic commissioners are racking up lower court victories, but the highest court in the country appears skeptical. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ftc-slaughter-reinstatement-blocked-by-supreme-court/
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Wealthsimple Data Breach User Information Leaked Online
Canadian financial technology company Wealthsimple disclosed a data security incident on September 5, 2025, revealing that personal information belonging to less than one percent of its clients was accessed without authorization. The breach, which was detected on August 30, has prompted the company to implement enhanced security measures and offer comprehensive support to affected customers.…
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Securing AI Models Against Adversarial Attacks in Financial Applications
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) agents across industries has brought significant benefits but also increased exposure to cyber threats, particularly adversarial attacks. According to the Deloitte Threat Report, nearly 30% of all AI cyberattacks now involve adversarial techniques such as training data poisoning, model theft, and adversarial sample manipulation, which can cause AI……
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Trump Continues Push for AI in Schools as FTC Probes Risks
White House Kick Off School Year With AI Education Efforts, Public-Private Collabs. The Trump administration is rolling out its Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge with a series of high-profile White House events and public-private sector commitments – just as the Federal Trade Commission reportedly prepares to investigate AI systems’ impact on child mental health. First seen…
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LLM06: Excessive Agency FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, application-security, best-practice, breach, data, finance, flaw, jobs, LLM, risk, vulnerabilitySep 05, 2025 – Lina Romero – In 2025, we are seeing an unprecedented rise in the volume and scale of AI attacks. Since AI is still a relatively new beast, developers and security teams alike are struggling to keep up with the changing landscape. The OWASP Top 10 Risks for LLMs is a great…
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Financial services firm Wealthsimple discloses data breach
Wealthsimple, a leading Canadian online investment management service, has disclosed a data breach after attackers stole the personal data of an undisclosed number of customers in a recent incident. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/financial-services-firm-wealthsimple-discloses-data-breach/
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Lack of board access: The No. 1 factor for CISO dissatisfaction
Building a relationship with the board: The CISO Executive Network is a peer-to-peer organization for information security professionals with more than 1,500 members. Andy Land, general manager of the organization, is seeing most of those members working with solid access to their boards. “But the question is, are we fundamentally doing anything good with that…
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Lack of board access: The No. 1 factor for CISO dissatisfaction
Building a relationship with the board: The CISO Executive Network is a peer-to-peer organization for information security professionals with more than 1,500 members. Andy Land, general manager of the organization, is seeing most of those members working with solid access to their boards. “But the question is, are we fundamentally doing anything good with that…
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Empower Your Team with Better Secrets Management
How Essential is Effective Secrets Management in Today’s Cybersecurity Landscape? The management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their secrets has become an increasingly important consideration. It comes as no surprise that many organizations, including those in the financial services, healthcare, travel, DevOps, and SOC teams, are recognizing the profound impact of effective secrets management on……
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PayPal-Missbrauch für Betrugsmaschen auf Web-Verkaufsplattformen
Tags: financeFirst seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/paypal-missbrauch-betrugsmaschen-web-verkaufsplattformen
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Another Risk From Agentic AI Payments – First-Party Fraud
ACI Worldwide’s Cleber Martins on Why Banks Need to Lead on AI Identity Governance. The rise of agentic commerce is forcing the financial sector to reconsider traditional fraud controls. While automated transactions may follow all technical authorizations, agentic AI tools still lack an understanding of user intent. That disconnect could lead to a surge in…
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How Financial Services Can Use Agentic Identity to Stop Fraud and Streamline Loan Approvals
In financial services, every transaction is built on trust. When an AI agent acts on behalf of a customer, checking credit scores, verifying KYC documents, or submitting a loan application, identity is the control plane. Without it, the system collapses into risk, fraud, and compliance failures. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/how-financial-services-can-use-agentic-identity-to-stop-fraud-and-streamline-loan-approvals/
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New Phishing Tactic Targets PayPal’s 434M Users
A new PayPal phishing scam adds attackers as secondary users, letting them drain accounts while evading traditional detection. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/paypal-email-scam-2025/
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Principal Financial pioneers biometric authentication to beat online fraud
Tags: attack, authentication, business, ciso, compliance, conference, crime, crimes, data, finance, fraud, government, privacy, risk, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityImplementing quickly and decisively. Fraud was rising at an alarming pace, so speed mattered. Principal had to test, validate, and deploy a solution in months, not years.Balancing security with usability. Principal needed biometric authentication that was simple enough that customers wouldn’t get frustrated and abandon the process.Navigating uncharted territory. Principal was shifting to DIVA without…
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Pressure on CISOs to stay silent about security incidents growing
Tags: access, breach, business, cio, ciso, corporate, credentials, credit-card, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, finance, framework, group, hacker, iam, identity, incident response, insurance, law, mfa, ransomware, sap, security-incident, software, theft, threat, training‘Intense pressure’ to keep quiet about security incidents: CSO spoke to two other former CISOs who reported pressures to stay silent about suspected security incidents. Both CISOs requested to remain anonymous due to end-of-contract confidentiality agreements made with previous employers.”While working inside a Fortune Global 500 company in Europe, I witnessed this multiple times,” one…
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New Scam Targets PayPal Users During Account Profile Setup
A highly sophisticated phishing campaign is targeting PayPal users with a deceptive email designed to grant scammers direct access to their accounts. The attack, which has been circulating for at least a month, uses a clever trick that bypasses traditional phishing detection methods by leading victims to the official PayPal website. The scam begins with…