Tag: finance
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Auction giant Sotheby’s says data breach exposed financial information
Major international auction house Sotheby’s is notifying individuals of a data breach incident on its systems where threat actors stole sensitive information, including financial details. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/auction-giant-sothebys-says-data-breach-exposed-financial-information/
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Auction giant Sotheby’s says data breach exposed financial information
Major international auction house Sotheby’s is notifying individuals of a data breach incident on its systems where threat actors stole sensitive information, including financial details. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/auction-giant-sothebys-says-data-breach-exposed-financial-information/
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Foster Innovation with Strong NHI Security Measures
Are Your Machine Identities Truly Secure? The notion of securing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) often takes center stage. Where machine identities become more prevalent across industries, managing these identities and their related secrets has never been more critical. From financial services to healthcare, the effective management of NHIs helps bridge security gaps and fosters an environment……
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Banks need stricter controls to prevent romance fraud, says City regulator
FCA cites study showing victims’ ‘red flags’ are often missed and calls for improved monitoring systemsThe City regulator has called on banks and payment firms to bring in stricter controls protecting customers from romance fraud after a study showed a number of missed “red flags” that led to people losing huge sums of money.The review…
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KnowBe4 warns of new PayPal invoice phishing scam
Security awareness firm KnowBe4 has issued a warning about a new PayPal themed phishing scam that uses real PayPal email addresses to trick victims into handing over sensitive financial information. The scam begins when victims receive an email from a legitimate PayPal domain containing an invoice for a large purchase they never made. The The…
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Have I Been Pwned: Prosper data breach impacts 17.6 million accounts
Hackers stole the personal information of over 17.6 million people after breaching the systems of financial services company Prosper. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/have-i-been-pwned-warns-of-prosper-data-breach-impacting-176-million-accounts/
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Auction giant Sotheby’s says data breach exposed customer information
Major international auction house Sotheby’s is notifying customers of a data breach incident on its systems where threat actors stole sensitive information, including financial details. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/auction-giant-sothebys-says-data-breach-exposed-customer-information/
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There’s no such thing as quantum incident response and that changes everything
Tags: apple, attack, china, compliance, computer, cryptography, data, dns, encryption, finance, group, healthcare, incident response, Internet, linkedin, nist, PCI, risk, serviceStep one: Inventory your algorithms and data with a view towards which sensitive data ought to be protected with PQC. This is a data classification exercise where you need to add a column to track whether the datastore or application qualifies for PQC.Step two: Check your internet-facing assets to see which, if any, are already…
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Auction house Sotheby’s finds its data on the block after cyberattack
Alert says financial account information lifted from systems First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/sothebys_breach/
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There’s no such thing as quantum incident response and that changes everything
Tags: apple, attack, china, compliance, computer, cryptography, data, dns, encryption, finance, group, healthcare, incident response, Internet, linkedin, nist, PCI, risk, serviceStep one: Inventory your algorithms and data with a view towards which sensitive data ought to be protected with PQC. This is a data classification exercise where you need to add a column to track whether the datastore or application qualifies for PQC.Step two: Check your internet-facing assets to see which, if any, are already…
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Auction house Sotheby’s finds its data on the block after cyberattack
Alert says financial account information lifted from systems First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/sothebys_breach/
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There’s no such thing as quantum incident response and that changes everything
Tags: apple, attack, china, compliance, computer, cryptography, data, dns, encryption, finance, group, healthcare, incident response, Internet, linkedin, nist, PCI, risk, serviceStep one: Inventory your algorithms and data with a view towards which sensitive data ought to be protected with PQC. This is a data classification exercise where you need to add a column to track whether the datastore or application qualifies for PQC.Step two: Check your internet-facing assets to see which, if any, are already…
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Auction house Sotheby’s finds its data on the block after cyberattack
Alert says financial account information lifted from systems First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/sothebys_breach/
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New Phishing Technique Targets Users via Basic Auth URLs
Netcraft recently uncovered a suspicious URL targeting GMO Aozora Bank, a Japanese financial institution. The URL leveraged a legacy web technique”, Basic Authentication URL formatting”, to visually impersonate the bank and deceive customers. This discovery prompted a broader review of phishing activity that still relies on this old but effective technique, exposing how threat actors…
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New Phishing Technique Targets Users via Basic Auth URLs
Netcraft recently uncovered a suspicious URL targeting GMO Aozora Bank, a Japanese financial institution. The URL leveraged a legacy web technique”, Basic Authentication URL formatting”, to visually impersonate the bank and deceive customers. This discovery prompted a broader review of phishing activity that still relies on this old but effective technique, exposing how threat actors…
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Panne bei Paypal-Partner: Versehentlich 300 Billionen USD in Krypto-Coins erzeugt
Kleiner Fehler, große Wirkung: Ein Paypal-Partner hat durch einen Fehler fast die dreifache Menge des globalen BIP in PYUSD-Stablecoins generiert. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/panne-bei-paypal-partner-versehentlich-300-billionen-usd-in-krypto-coins-erzeugt-2510-201222.html
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Seceon for Finance: Safeguarding the Digital Economy
In today’s hyper-connected economy, financial institutions operate across cloud systems, digital payment networks, and third-party integrations, forming the nerve center of global commerce. But with this connectivity comes unprecedented exposure to cyber risk. From ransomware and insider threats to compliance violations, financial organizations face an expanding threat landscape where a single breach can cost First…
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The Human Cost of Cyber Risk: How Exposure Management Can Ease Security Burnout
Tags: ai, attack, breach, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, finance, fraud, healthcare, identity, mitre, ransomware, risk, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementThe true cost of cyber risk is a human one. Siloed tools and disjointed operations aren’t just endangering your business, they’re also taking a real toll on your teams. It’s long past time to take the friction out of cybersecurity with a unified, proactive approach. Key takeaways: Security teams are overwhelmed by the number of…
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The Human Cost of Cyber Risk: How Exposure Management Can Ease Security Burnout
Tags: ai, attack, breach, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, finance, fraud, healthcare, identity, mitre, ransomware, risk, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementThe true cost of cyber risk is a human one. Siloed tools and disjointed operations aren’t just endangering your business, they’re also taking a real toll on your teams. It’s long past time to take the friction out of cybersecurity with a unified, proactive approach. Key takeaways: Security teams are overwhelmed by the number of…
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The Compliance Automation Revolution 2025
In 2025, compliance is no longer a box-ticking exercise, it’s a strategic business imperative. With new regulations like the EU’s NIS2 Directive, DORA for financial services, CMMC 2.0 for U.S. defense, and the Australian Privacy Act 2024, enterprises face tougher obligations, faster reporting timelines, and penalties reaching into the tens of millions. Yet most First…
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Visa Puts Autonomous Commerce at the Core of Payments
The Payments Giant Is Creating Digital Rails for Secure, AI-Driven Commerce. Visa is doubling down on both B2C and B2B agentic AI use cases. Early experiments focus on automating repetitive, trust-sensitive financial tasks, but the company is rapidly expanding into more sophisticated scenarios, positioning itself at the center of the next major shift in global…
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GhostBat RAT Returns with Fake RTO Apps Targeting Indian Android Users with Telegram Bot-Driven Malware
A new trend of Android malware is sweeping across India, leveraging the guise of Regional Transport Office (RTO) apps to steal financial data, mine cryptocurrency, and exfiltrate SMS messages, all while secretly registering infected devices through Telegram bots. Known as GhostBat RAT, this new malware campaign has recently resurfaced. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article:…
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GhostBat RAT Returns with Fake RTO Apps Targeting Indian Android Users with Telegram Bot-Driven Malware
A new trend of Android malware is sweeping across India, leveraging the guise of Regional Transport Office (RTO) apps to steal financial data, mine cryptocurrency, and exfiltrate SMS messages, all while secretly registering infected devices through Telegram bots. Known as GhostBat RAT, this new malware campaign has recently resurfaced. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article:…
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Beyond the checklist: Building adaptive GRC frameworks for agentic AI
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, crime, data, detection, endpoint, finance, framework, fraud, governance, grc, international, metric, monitoring, nist, risk, risk-management, strategy, supply-chain, switchAutonomous agent drift First, I experienced an autonomous agent drift that nearly caused a severe financial and reputational crisis. We deployed a sophisticated agent tasked with optimizing our cloud spending and resource allocation across three regions, giving it a high degree of autonomy. Its original mandate was clear, but after three weeks of self-learning and…
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13 cybersecurity myths organizations need to stop believing
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, banking, breach, business, ceo, compliance, computer, computing, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, encryption, finance, government, group, identity, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, law, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, nist, openai, passkey, password, phishing, privacy, regulation, risk, service, skills, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityBig tech platforms have strong verification that prevents impersonation: Some of the largest tech platforms like to talk about their strong identity checks as a way to stop impersonation. But looking good on paper is one thing, and holding up to the promise in the real world is another.”The truth is that even advanced verification…
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Unsupported OpenJDK in Financial Systems: Hidden Risks
Summary Financial institutions using Java can remain compliant with the EU’s DORA security framework with a secure, supported and stable Java platform. For this reason, all the world’s top 10 trading companies and six of the top 10 U.S. financial firms have switched to Azul. In this post you will learn: The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a……
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Police Bust GXC Team, One of the Most Active Cybercrime Networks
Spanish Guardia Civil and Group-IB arrest ‘GoogleXcoder,’ the 25-year-old Brazilian mastermind of the GXC Team, for selling AI-powered phishing kits and malware used to steal millions from banks across the US, UK, Spain, and Brazil. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/police-bust-gxc-team-cybercrime-networks/
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Police Bust GXC Team, One of the Most Active Cybercrime Networks
Spanish Guardia Civil and Group-IB arrest ‘GoogleXcoder,’ the 25-year-old Brazilian mastermind of the GXC Team, for selling AI-powered phishing kits and malware used to steal millions from banks across the US, UK, Spain, and Brazil. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/police-bust-gxc-team-cybercrime-networks/
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Vom CISO zum Chief Risk Architect
Tags: ai, business, ceo, ciso, cyber, cyberattack, cyersecurity, dora, finance, firewall, germany, incident response, nis-2, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, supply-chain, technology, update, vulnerabilityDer moderne CISO wird zum Chief Risk Architect.Jahrelang waren CISOs im Maschinenraum der IT tätig und konzentrierten sich auf die Einhaltung von Vorschriften, die Verwaltung von Firewalls, Patching und die Reaktion auf Vorfälle. Ihr Hauptziel war es, einen Cyberangriff zu verhindern und die Sicherheit aufrechtzuerhalten. Doch dieses Modell wird der Komplexität moderner Bedrohungen nicht mehr…
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Sovereign Data, Sovereign Access: Introducing Modern FIDO Authentication for SAS PCE
Sovereign Data, Sovereign Access: Introducing Modern FIDO Authentication for SAS PCE andrew.gertz@t“¦ Mon, 10/13/2025 – 14:53 Discover how Thales empowers enterprises with sovereign access through FIDO authentication in SAS PCE”, ensuring secure, phishing-resistant identity control for hybrid environments. Identity & Access Management Access Control Guido Gerrits – Field Channel Director, EMEA More About This Author…