Tag: finance
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I Gave 4 AI Agents a Corporate Bank Account. Here’s How I Stopped Them From Draining It.
A technical build log of the Multi-Agent Control Room, where AI agents pay invoices, escalate denials, and every action is identity-governed through OPA policies, RFC 8693 delegation tokens, and the Maverics AI Identity Gateway. Four AI agents share a corporate bank account with spending limits from $0 to $500K, enforced by OPA Rego policies evaluated……
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What to Know About CyberAv3ngers: The IRGC-Linked Group Targeting Critical Infrastructure
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, authentication, automation, backup, cctv, chatgpt, cisa, communications, compliance, control, credentials, crypto, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, dns, email, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, international, Internet, iot, iran, kev, leak, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mitre, monitoring, network, office, openai, password, radius, resilience, risk, router, service, siem, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAn Iran-affiliated threat group has evolved from defacing water utility displays to deploying custom ICS malware and exploiting Rockwell Automation PLCs across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. Key takeaways: CyberAv3ngers is a state-directed threat group operating under Iran’s IRGC Cyber-Electronic Command. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned six named officials in February 2024 and the State Department…
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Hacker stole £700,000 from UK energy company by redirecting payment
The U.K. energy company said a redirected payment meant for a contractor instead landed in a hacker’s bank account. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/09/hacker-stole-700000-from-u-k-energy-company-by-redirecting-payment/
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Treasury Department announces crypto industry cyber threat sharing initiative
Eligible U.S. digital asset firms and industry organizations “that meet Treasury’s criteria” will be able to receive, at no cost, the same actionable cybersecurity information Treasury regularly shares with traditional U.S. financial institutions. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/treasury-department-announces-crypto-info-sharing
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STX RAT Targets Finance Sector With Advanced Stealth Tactics
STX RAT, a newly identified remote access trojan, attempted deployment in finance, showing advanced C2 and stealthy delivery methods First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/stx-rat-targets-finance-sector/
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The Web Is Full of Traps, and AI Agents Walk Right into Them
The enterprise is deploying AI agents at a pace that has outrun every security framework written to govern them. These agents don’t just answer questions, they browse websites, retrieve documents, call APIs, execute code, manage email, initiate financial transactions, and spawn sub-agents to tackle complex workflows. They operate autonomously, at machine speed, often with.. First…
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Hacker stole £700,000 from U.K. energy company by redirecting payment
The U.K. energy company said a redirected payment meant for a contractor instead landed in a hacker’s bank account. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/09/hacker-stole-700000-from-u-k-energy-company-by-redirecting-payment/
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Hacker stole £700,000 from U.K. energy company by redirecting payment
The U.K. energy company said a redirected payment meant for a contractor instead landed in a hacker’s bank account. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/09/hacker-stole-700000-from-u-k-energy-company-by-redirecting-payment/
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Hacker stole £700,000 from U.K. energy company by redirecting payment
The U.K. energy company said a redirected payment meant for a contractor instead landed in a hacker’s bank account. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/09/hacker-stole-700000-from-u-k-energy-company-by-redirecting-payment/
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New Apple Scam Hits Millions of iPhone Users Worldwide, Draining Bank Accounts
Apple warns of a new scam targeting millions of iPhone users. Learn the red flags, how it works, and how to protect your account and finances. The post New Apple Scam Hits Millions of iPhone Users Worldwide, Draining Bank Accounts appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-apple-iphone-scam-targeting-millions-2026/
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Cybercriminals target accountants to drain Russian firms’ bank accounts
Cybercriminals have stolen millions from Russian companies by hacking accountants’ computers and disguising transfers as salary payments, with the largest confirmed theft exceeding 14 million rubles. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cybercriminals-hack-russian-accountants-to-steal-millions
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Quantum-Safe Email: S/MIME and Post-Quantum Email Security
Your Email is Encrypted Today, but Will It Hold Up Tomorrow? Awakening one day to discover that every “secure email” you’ve ever written was not secure at all. Your client contracts, financial spreadsheets, and confidential boardroom conversations”¦ all revealed as if they were open texts. It’s the quantum future that we’re hurtling toward. The encryptionRead…
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Weak at the seams
Tags: advisory, ai, attack, automation, business, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, Internet, network, resilience, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayThe normal choices are the dangerous ones: Consider the stack a typical large enterprise was running in 2024: One vendor for ERP and supply chain, another for perimeter enforcement, another for networking and another for endpoint protection. Standard choices, responsibly made. Within a twelve-month window, each of those categories experienced significant disruptions, from zero-day exploits…
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Weak at the seams
Tags: advisory, ai, attack, automation, business, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, Internet, network, resilience, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayThe normal choices are the dangerous ones: Consider the stack a typical large enterprise was running in 2024: One vendor for ERP and supply chain, another for perimeter enforcement, another for networking and another for endpoint protection. Standard choices, responsibly made. Within a twelve-month window, each of those categories experienced significant disruptions, from zero-day exploits…
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How botnet-driven DDoS attacks evolved in 2H 2025
Tags: ai, attack, botnet, dark-web, ddos, defense, dns, finance, government, group, infrastructure, intelligence, international, Internet, iot, jobs, law, LLM, mitigation, network, resilience, risk, service, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, usa, vulnerabilityMassive attack capacity: Demonstration attacks peaked at 30Tbps and 4 gigapackets per second, primarily launched by Internet of Things (IoT) botnets such as Aisuru and TurboMirai variants.AI integration: The use of AI, including dark-web large language models (LLMs), moved from emerging trend to operational reality, making sophisticated attacks accessible to a wider range of threat actors.Persistent threat…
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Iran-linked hackers target water, energy in US, FBI and CISA warn
Nation-state actors have exploited flaws in industrial programmable logic controllers, leading to disruption and financial losses. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/iran-linked-hackers-targeting-water-energy-in-us-fbi-and-cisa-warn/816949/
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Fraud Rockets Higher in Mobile-First Latin America
Cyber-fraudsters move quickly from compromised devices to account takeover to funds transfer, shifting money before many financial institutions can react. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fraud-mobile-first-latin-america
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Fraud Rockets Higher in Mobile-First Latin America
Cyber-fraudsters move quickly from compromised devices to account takeover to funds transfer, shifting money before many financial institutions can react. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fraud-mobile-first-latin-america
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Iranian Threat Actors Disrupt US Critical Infrastructure Via Exposed PLCs
Attackers compromised Internet-facing OT devices and caused file and display manipulation, operational disruption, and financial losses across sectors. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/iranian-threat-actors-us-critical-infrastructure-exposed-plcs
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AI Security Risks: How Enterprises Manage LLM, Shadow AI and Agentic Threats FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, conference, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, framework, gartner, GDPR, governance, guide, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, microsoft, monitoring, network, nvidia, office, regulation, risk, saas, software, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityApr 08, 2026 – – Quick Facts: Enterprise AI Security Most enterprises are running AI at scale before their security teams have visibility into it. Shadow AI (unsanctioned AI tools spreading department by department) is now the most common entry point for data leakage. Agentic AI introduces a new category of risk: autonomous systems that…
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New Scam Alert: QR Codes Replace Links in Traffic Ticket Phishing
Scammers are using fake traffic violation texts with QR codes to steal personal and financial data, posing as state courts and government agencies. The post New Scam Alert: QR Codes Replace Links in Traffic Ticket Phishing appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-qr-code-traffic-ticket-scam-2026/
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Forest Blizzard leverages router compromises to launch AiTM attacks, target Outlook sessions
Invisible path to enterprise systems: This attack poses a serious risk to enterprises because, instead of beginning at the corporate perimeter, it starts from employee environments that are often less secure. Threat actors target vulnerable home or small office routers, which often have weak default passwords or unpatched software.The shift to remote work has dramatically…
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DORA in der Praxis – Wie die isländische RB Bank ihre Backup- und Security-Architektur modernisiert
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/wie-die-islaendische-rb-bank-ihre-backup-und-security-architektur-modernisiert-a-946af1e02f2ef1ad19c7674cf16e1764/
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Iran”‘Backed Threat Actors Hit US CNI Providers via Internet”‘Facing OT Assets
CISA has revealed Iranian attacks causing disruption and financial loss at US critical infrastructure firms First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/iranbacked-hackers-cni-ot-assets/
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Iran-Linked Hackers Disrupt U.S. Critical Infrastructure by Targeting Internet-Exposed PLCs
Tags: attack, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iran, technologyIran-affiliated cyber actors are targeting internet-facing operational technology (OT) devices across critical infrastructures in the U.S., including programmable logic controllers (PLCs), cybersecurity and intelligence agencies warned Tuesday.”These attacks have led to diminished PLC functionality, manipulation of display data and, in some cases, operational disruption and financial First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2026/04/iran-linked-hackers-disrupt-us-critical.html
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Cybercrime losses break the $20 billion mark
Online crime continues to generate rising financial losses, with totals reaching $20.877 billion in 2025. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report shows a 26% … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/07/online-crime-financial-losses-fbi-report/
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Cybercrime losses break the $20 billion mark
Online crime continues to generate rising financial losses, with totals reaching $20.877 billion in 2025. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report shows a 26% … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/07/online-crime-financial-losses-fbi-report/
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Legacy Systems are Undermining Financial Institution Cybersecurity
Legacy systems are increasing cyber risk for financial institutions, exposing banks to attacks, compliance gaps and rising costs. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/legacy-systems-are-undermining-financial-institution-cybersecurity/
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Major outage cripples Russian banking apps and metro payments nationwide
A major outage hit Russian banking apps and payments, blocking card use, cash withdrawals, and mobile access for hours. A widespread outage disrupted banking apps and payment systems across Russia, leaving customers unable to pay by card, withdraw cash, or access mobile banking for hours. According to The Record Media, the incident affected major banks,…
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Data Masking Gaps That Could Expose Your Organization
Organizations collect and store huge amounts of sensitive data, customer details, financial records, login credentials, and more. Protecting this data is not just important; it’s critical for business survival. One of the most commonly used techniques to protect sensitive data is data masking. At first glance, it seems like a strong solution. It hides sensitive……