Tag: finance
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China-Nexus Nation State Actors Exploit SAP NetWeaver (CVE-2025-31324) to Target Critical Infrastructures
Tags: access, api, apt, attack, authentication, backdoor, backup, breach, business, china, cloud, control, cve, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, dns, encryption, endpoint, espionage, exploit, finance, firewall, fortinet, google, government, group, infection, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, ivanti, linux, malicious, malware, mandiant, military, network, open-source, programming, rat, remote-code-execution, reverse-engineering, risk, rust, sap, service, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, update, vmware, vpn, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayExecutive Summary EclecticIQ analysts assess with high confidence that, in April 2025, China-nexus nation-state APTs (advanced persistent threat) launched high-temp exploitation campaigns against critical infrastructure networks by targeting SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer. Actors leveraged CVE-2025-31324 [1], an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability that enables remote code execution (RCE). This assessment is based on a publicly…
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Two years’ jail for down-on-his-luck man who sold ransomware online
A man has been jailed in Ireland for two years after pleading guilty to offences related to his illegal online business that sold ransomware and other malware, as well as stolen credit card details, and false bank accounts. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/two-years-jail-for-down-on-his-luck-man-who-sold-ransomware-online
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How Compliance Training Software Protects Your Business from Risk
The modern business environment exposes organizations to a range of challenges that affect business operations, hence the need for robust regulations. Ignoring standards and guidelines can lead to costly fines, operational disruptions, and reputational damage. Last year, a US court asked a bank to pay USD$3 billion in fines”, the biggest in history”, for having…
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Mit PayPal an der Ladenkasse zahlen David Riechmann kommentiert Vorhaben des US-amerikanischen Zahlungsdienstleisters
Tags: financeFirst seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/paypal-ladenkasse-zahlung-david-riechmann-kommentar
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Deepfake attacks are inevitable. CISOs can’t prepare soon enough.
Tags: advisory, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, blockchain, business, ciso, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, espionage, finance, fraud, governance, grc, identity, incident response, jobs, law, mfa, north-korea, password, privacy, resilience, risk, scam, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, updateReal-world fabrications: Even security vendors have been victimized. Last year, the governance risk and compliance (GRC) lead at cybersecurity company Exabeam was hiring for an analyst, and human resources (HR) qualified a candidate that looked very good on paper with a few minor concerns, says Kevin Kirkwood, CISO.”There were gaps in how the education represented…
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Google Chrome Uses Advanced AI to Combat Sophisticated Online Scams
Google has integrated artificial intelligence into its cybersecurity toolkit to shield users from financial and data theft scams. On Friday, May 09, 2025, the company unveiled a comprehensive report detailing its latest AI-driven initiatives across Search, Chrome, and Android, marking a significant leap in preemptive threat detection and user protection. These advancements aim to counteract…
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North Korea’s OtterCookie Malware Added a New Feature to Attack Windows, Linux, and macOS
A North Korea-linked attack group, known as WaterPlum (also referred to as Famous Chollima or PurpleBravo), has been actively targeting financial institutions, cryptocurrency operators, and FinTech companies globally. Since 2023, their infamous Contagious Interview campaign has utilized malware such as BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret to infiltrate systems. However, in September 2024, WaterPlum introduced a sophisticated new…
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Betrug bei ADAC-Kreditkarten: Datenabfluss bei Solaris Bank?
Kurze Information zu einem Problem, auf das mich ein Blog-Leser hinwies. Einem Nutzer sind über eine ADAC-Kreditkarte (inzwischen von der Solaris-Bank geführt) unberechtigt Beträge von Zalando abgebucht worden. Der Vorgang legt den Verdacht nahe, dass jemand genau die Limits des … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/05/10/datenabfluss-bei-adac-solaris-bank/
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India Tells Financial Sector to Strengthen Cyber Defenses
Old Visuals, AI Deepfakes and Fake Claims Go Viral Amid Escalating Conflict. Misinformation is going viral in India as the New Delhi government called Friday on the financial sector to strengthen cyber defenses amid growing military activity along the Pakistani border. Tensions between the two countries ratcheted significantly upward Friday. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Hackers hijack Japanese financial accounts to conduct nearly $2 billion in trades
Japanese finance regulators said that in April alone, nine securities firms reported 2,746 fraudulent transactions conducted through nearly 5,000 accounts that were breached by hackers. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hackers-hijack-japan-finance-accounts
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VC behemoth Insight Partners fears top-secret financial info swiped by cyber-miscreants
Weapons-grade fuel for fraud First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/insight_partners_hack/
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FreeDrain Phishing Attack Targets Users to Steal Financial Login Credentials
PIVOTcon, joint research by Validin and SentinelLABS has exposed FreeDrain, an industrial-scale cryptocurrency phishing operation that has been stealthily siphoning digital assets for years. This sophisticated campaign leverages search engine optimization (SEO) manipulation, free-tier web services, and intricate redirection techniques to target unsuspecting users of cryptocurrency wallets such as Trezor, MetaMask, and Ledger. Sophisticated Cryptocurrency…
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Legacy Login in Microsoft Entra ID Exploited to Breach Cloud Accounts
A flaw in Microsoft Entra ID’s legacy login allowed attackers to bypass MFA, targeting admin accounts across finance,… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/legacy-login-microsoft-entra-id-breach-cloud-accounts/
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160-Year-Old Haulage Firm Falls After Cyber-Attack: Director Issues Urgent Warning
The 160-year-old haulage giant Knights of Old, once a stalwart of the UK’s logistics sector, was forced into administration in 2023 following a devastating cyber-attack that crippled its financial systems. Paul Abbott, a board director at the Kettering-based firm, has issued a stark warning to businesses of all sizes: no organization is immune to cyber…
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LLM02: Sensitive Information Disclosure FireTail Blog
May 08, 2025 – Lina Romero – In 2025, AI security is a relevant issue. With the landscape changing so rapidly and new risks emerging every day, it is difficult for developers and security teams to stay on top of AI security. The OWASP Top 10 Risks for LLM attempts to break down the most prevalent…
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Cryptohack Roundup: Trump’s Crypto Wealth
Also: Mango Markets Hacker Sentenced in CSAM Case. This week, Trump’s crypto wealth, Mango Markets hacker sentenced for CSAM, Solana’s zero-day fix, French police rescued a crypto millionaire’s father from kidnappers, stolen bitcoin frozen, US FTC sued IML and Kraken spotted a North Korean job applicant. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/cryptohack-roundup-trumps-crypto-wealth-a-28351
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Rethinking Executive Security in the Age of Human Risk
Nisos Rethinking Executive Security in the Age of Human Risk Employment fraud is no longer just an HR issue – it’s an enterprise-wide risk that threatens financial stability, regulatory compliance, and corporate reputation… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/rethinking-executive-security-in-the-age-of-human-risk/
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New Attack Exploits X/Twitter Ad URL Feature to Deceive Users
Silent Push Threat Analysts have recently exposed a sophisticated financial scam leveraging a vulnerability in X/Twitter’s advertising display URL feature to deceive users. This attack manipulates the platform’s URL display mechanism to present a legitimate-looking link, such as “From CNN[.]com,” while redirecting unsuspecting victims to a malicious cryptocurrency scam site impersonating Apple’s brand. This campaign,…
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Guess Which Browser Tops the List for Data Collection!
Google Chrome has emerged as the undisputed champion of data collection among 10 popular web browsers studied on the Apple App Store. Collecting a staggering 20 different data types, Chrome surpasses all competitors by a significant margin. From personal contact information and precise financial details-such as payment methods and card numbers-to location data, browsing history,…
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How To Secure Digital Wallets from Phishing Attacks
Digital wallets have become increasingly popular, offering users an easy way to make payments, store cryptocurrencies, and manage their money. But as more people use digital wallets, the risk of cyber threats, especially phishing attacks, has also grown. Phishing is a trick used by hackers to steal sensitive information like passwords and financial details. This…
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Why the Finance Sector Must Lead the Shift to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Quantum computing is not some far-off theory anymore, and the threat to today’s encryption is real with the clock running for organizations to be resilient. And for banks and finance organizations sitting on mountains of sensitive data, the urgency to prepare for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is growing. With Q-day (the day a powerful quantum computer……
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Opening Up Open Banking: The CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rule
Tags: access, automation, banking, compliance, container, control, credit-card, data, finance, identity, monitoring, privacy, regulation, service, software, switch, toolOpening Up Open Banking: The CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rule andrew.gertz@t“¦ Tue, 05/06/2025 – 18:23 Explore the impact of the CFPB’s new Personal Financial Data Rights rule and how it aims to empower consumers, drive competition, and reshape open banking in the U.S. Ammar Faheem – Director Product Marketing (CIAM) More About This Author…
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Quantum supremacy: Cybersecurity’s ultimate arms race has China way in front
Tags: ai, authentication, automation, backup, banking, breach, business, china, ciso, computing, control, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, jobs, military, ml, nist, risk, service, skills, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayThe DeepSeek/Qwen factor: What we learned from recent AI advances, such as DeepSeek and Qwen, that caught the world by surprise is that China’s technology is much more advanced than anyone anticipated. I’d argue that this is a leading indicator that China’s quantum computing capabilities are also in absolute stealth-mode development and ahead of the…
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Cyberwarfare Funding Accelerates and Everyone is at Risk
Tags: attack, china, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, finance, government, healthcare, infrastructure, risk, russia, service, tool, vulnerability, warfareNations are investing heavily in offensive cyber capabilities. The proposed 2026 US defense budget earmarks an additional $1 billion in funding for offensive cyber operations, specifically to the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). In 2025, the Department of Defense spent over $14 billion on cyber, with $6.4 billion allocated to offensive operations. An extra billion dollars…
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Computacenter IT guy let girlfriend into Deutsche Bank server rooms, says fired whistleblower
Tags: financeWhat was the plan, showing her his big iron? First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/computacenter_deutsche_bank_whistleblower/
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Stealth Is the Strategy: Rethinking Infrastructure Defense
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cisco, cloud, cybersecurity, data, defense, edr, endpoint, espionage, exploit, finance, firewall, gartner, google, group, infrastructure, injection, ivanti, malicious, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust -
UK Legal Aid Agency investigates cybersecurity incident
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an executive agency of the UK’s Ministry of Justice that oversees billions in legal funding, warned law firms of a security incident and said the attackers might have accessed financial information. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-legal-aid-agency-investigates-cybersecurity-incident/
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Benchmarks QA: What the finance sector’s new X9 PKI standard signals for other industries
Tags: financeAs organizations brace for the rising tide of machine identities and prepare for a post-quantum cryptographic era, a quiet but crucial shift is underway in the financial sector: the deployment of a new, private PKI standard designed specifically to meet… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/benchmarks-qa-what-the-finance-sectors-new-x9-pki-standard-signals-for-other-industries/