Tag: finance
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FTC unveils updated children’s privacy rule
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/updated-childrens-privacy-rule-unveiled
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Exposure Management Works When the CIO and CSO Are in Sync
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, finance, infrastructure, jobs, office, risk, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-dayEach Monday, the Tenable Exposure Management Academy provides the practical, real-world guidance you need to shift from vulnerability management to exposure management. In this post, Tenable CIO Patricia Grant looks at how the CIO/CSO relationship is key to a successful exposure management program. You can read the entire Exposure Management Academy series here. When I…
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Reporting lines: Could separating from IT help CISOs?
Tags: attack, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, finance, insurance, metric, mitigation, risk, risk-management, skills, technology, vulnerabilityReporting to the CFO can improve discussions about funding: There’s art and science to secure funding. Number matters in getting budget approval, and cybersecurity is at pains to be seen as more than a cost center. However, two-thirds (66%) of CFOs don’t fully understand the CISO role and have difficulty seeing the tangible return on…
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DDoS-Angriff auf ein elektronisches Identitätssystem in Schweden
Överbelastningsattack mot Bank-id – störningarna pågick i tre timmar First seen on svt.se Jump to article: www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/driftstorning-i-bankid-ligger-nere-for-manga-anvandare
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Die Bösen kooperieren, die Guten streiten sich
Tags: ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cyersecurity, finance, group, microsoft, resilience, sap, strategy, usaEine Koalition einflussreicher CISOs sieht den G7-Gipfel 2025 als ideale Gelegenheit, die G7- und OECD-Mitgliedsstaaten zu einer stärkeren Zusammenarbeit und Harmonisierung der Cybersicherheitsvorschriften zu bewegen.Da Cyberangriffe immer weiter zunehmen und internationale Banden vermehrt miteinander kooperieren, bedarf es einer stärkeren, grenzüberschreitenden Zusammenarbeit der ‘Guten”. Das zumindest behaupten Führungskräfte namhafter Unternehmen wie Salesforce, Microsoft, AWS, Mastercard, SAP…
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Darcula phishing toolkit gets AI boost, democratizing cybercrime
Tags: ai, apt, attack, automation, awareness, china, credentials, cybercrime, defense, detection, endpoint, finance, google, government, group, infrastructure, malicious, network, phishing, resilience, risk, service, skills, smishing, threat, tool, training, updateAI creates push-button phishing attacks: With the latest update to the “darcula-suite” toolkit, users can now generate phishing pages using generative AI that mimics websites with near-perfect accuracy, and in any language.”Users provide a URL of a legitimate brand or service, and the tool automatically visits that website, downloads all of its assets, and renders…
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6 types of risk every organization must manage, and 4 strategies for doing it
Tags: ai, attack, backup, best-practice, breach, business, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, finance, framework, fraud, GDPR, governance, government, grc, hacker, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, law, mitigation, office, phishing, ransom, ransomware, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, startup, strategy, technology, threat, training, vulnerabilityCybersecurity risks Threats such as data breaches, phishing attacks, system intrusions, and broader digital vulnerabilities fall under the umbrella of security risks. The definition of cybersecurity risk is constantly evolving, now encompassing threats related to artificial intelligence and AI-driven systems.If you’re trying to mitigate risks in this area, you need to think not just about…
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Lesson from huge Blue Shield California data breach: Read the manual
read the documentation of any third party service you sign up for, to understand the security and privacy controls;know what data is being collected from your organization, and what you don’t want shared.”It’s important to understand these giant platforms make it easy for you to share your data across their various services,” he said. “So…
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Beyond the Inbox: ThreatLabz 2025 Phishing Report Reveals How Phishing Is Evolving in the Age of GenAI
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, best-practice, captcha, cloud, control, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, dmarc, email, exploit, finance, google, identity, jobs, login, malicious, malware, mfa, phishing, radius, risk, scam, spam, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustGone are the days of mass phishing campaigns. Today’s attackers are leveraging generative AI (GenAI) to deliver hyper-targeted scams, transforming every email, text, or call into a calculated act of manipulation. With flawless lures and tactics designed to outsmart AI defenses, cybercriminals are zeroing in on HR, payroll, and finance teams”, exploiting human vulnerabilities with…
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RSAC Fireside Chat: X9 PKI emerges to help financial sector interoperate, get ready for ‘Q-Day’
As RSAC 2025 convenes next week in San Francisco, digital trust is poised to take center stage. Related: PKI and the IoT cloud One quiet but consequential development now taking root in the financial sector could prove pivotal: the emergence… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/rsac-fireside-chat-x9-pki-emerges-to-help-financial-sector-interoperate-get-ready-for-q-day/
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Lazarus hackers breach six companies in watering hole attacks
In a recent espionage campaign, the infamous North Korean threat group Lazarus targeted multiple organizations in the software, IT, finance, and telecommunications sectors in South Korea. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lazarus-hackers-breach-six-companies-in-watering-hole-attacks/
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Lazarus APT Targets Organizations by Exploiting One-Day Vulnerabilities
A recent cyber espionage campaign by the notorious Lazarus Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, tracked as >>Operation SyncHole,
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Lazarus Hits 6 South Korean Firms via Cross EX, Innorix Flaws and ThreatNeedle Malware
At least six organizations in South Korea have been targeted by the prolific North Korea-linked Lazarus Group as part of a campaign dubbed Operation SyncHole.The activity targeted South Korea’s software, IT, financial, semiconductor manufacturing, and telecommunications industries, according to a report from Kaspersky published today. The earliest evidence of compromise was first detected in First…
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BrandTrends aus dem ersten Quartal 2025 Microsoft bleibt Top-Ziel, Mastercard erfährt ein Comeback
Check Point Research (CPR), die Threat Intelligence-Abteilung von Check Point Software Technologies hat sein aktuelles Brand-Phishing-Ranking für Q1 2025 veröffentlicht. Der Bericht hebt die Marken hervor, die von Cyber-Kriminellen am häufigsten imitiert werden, um personenbezogene Daten, Unternehmensdaten und Zahlungsinformationen zu stehlen. Er zeigt damit die Trends von Phishing-Angriffen im digitalen Zeitalter. Im ersten Quartal 2025…
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Lazarus Hits 6 South Korean Firms via Cross EX, Innorix Zero-Day and ThreatNeedle Malware
At least six organizations in South Korea have been targeted by the prolific North Korea-linked Lazarus Group as part of a campaign dubbed Operation SyncHole.The activity targeted South Korea’s software, IT, financial, semiconductor manufacturing, and telecommunications industries, according to a report from Kaspersky published today. The earliest evidence of compromise was first detected in First…
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Cyberkriminelle setzen bei Phishing auf Microsoft und Mastercard
Im digitalen Raum bleibt Phishing eine der größten Gefahren für Nutzer weltweit. Dafür werden bekannte Marken zweckentfremdet. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/cyberkriminelle-bekannte-marken
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10 key questions security leaders must ask at RSA 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, authentication, automation, business, cisa, ciso, cloud, conference, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, fido, finance, gartner, google, government, healthcare, infrastructure, microsoft, mitigation, mitre, monitoring, mssp, network, nist, passkey, password, phone, programming, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, software, strategy, switch, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustIs agentic AI more myth than reality?: Building on 2024’s AI enthusiasm, this year will be all about agentic AI, defined as “a type of AI that enables software systems to act autonomously, making decisions and taking actions based on goals, with minimal human intervention,” according to AI itself (source: Google Gemini). We’ll see lots…
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Attackers and Defenders Lean on AI in Identity Fraud Battle
Identity verification, insurance claims, and financial services are all seeing surges in AI-enabled fraud, but organizations are taking advantage of AI systems to fight fire with fire. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/fraudsters-increasingly-use-ai-companies-look-ai
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Chinese Smishing Kit Powers Widespread Toll Fraud Campaign Targeting U.S. Users in 8 States
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a “widespread and ongoing” SMS phishing campaign that’s been targeting toll road users in the United States for financial theft since mid-October 2024.”The toll road smishing attacks are being carried out by multiple financially motivated threat actors using the smishing kit developed by ‘Wang Duo Yu,’” Cisco Talos researchers Azim…
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Critical Patch Update Announcement in April for All Oracle Products
Overview On April 16, 2025, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Oracle officially released the Critical Patch Update (CPU) for April. A total of 390 vulnerabilities with different degrees were fixed this time. This security update involves Oracle MySQL Connectors, Oracle MySQL Server, Oracle Java SE, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Financial Services Applications, Oracle Communications Applications and…The…
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Microsoft Prevents Billions of Dollars in Fraud and Scams
Microsoft has reported significant strides in thwarting financial fraud across its ecosystem. From April 2024 to April 2025, the tech giant managed to prevent approximately $4 billion in fraudulent transactions, a testament to its robust anti-fraud measures and AI-driven defenses. AI-Enhanced Cyber Threats and Microsoft’s Defense The evolution of AI has inadvertently lowered the entry…
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Unlocking the Power of MetaTrader Your Ultimate Trading Tool
MetaTrader is a key tool for traders, offering a comprehensive platform that supports various financial instruments. Understanding its… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/unlocking-power-of-metatrader-ultimate-trading-tool/
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Standard Chartered grounds AI ambitions in data governance
The bank’s group chief data officer, Mohammed Rahim, outlines how the bank is modernising its data infrastructure and governance practices to support its AI initiatives First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366622934/Standard-Chartered-grounds-AI-ambitions-in-data-governance
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Ghost Ransomware Targets Organizations Across 70+ Countries
A new ransomware variant known as >>Ghost
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Harvest Ransomware Attack: Stolen Data Now Publicly Disclosed
Tags: attack, breach, cyber, cybercrime, data, finance, fintech, group, ransomware, technology, threatFrench fintech leaderHarvest SAShas become the latest high-profile victim of a sophisticated ransomware attack, culminating this week in the public release of a trove of sensitive stolen data. The breach, orchestrated by the rapidly emerging cybercriminal group known as Run Some Wares, underscores the mounting threats facing financial technology firms and their clients worldwide, as per…
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Back-Office Servicer Says Dual Hacks in 2024 Hit 1.6 Million
Landmark Admin Compromise Affects More Than a Dozen Insurance and Annuity Carriers. Landmark Admin, a third-party vendor that provides administrative services to life insurance and annuity companies, said 1.6 million people are potentially affected by 2024 ransomware and data exfiltration incidents that compromised a wide range of personal, financial and health information. First seen on…