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See No Evil – NY AG Letitia James Cracks Down on Banks Refusing to Foot the Bill for Consumer Phishing and Fraud
Congress decided who was required to compensate for fraudulent consumer transactions, and banks should never require their customers to waive their rights as a condition precedent for the bank doing its job ...
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Where DORA and DMARC Meet
In this article we describe how the Digital Operational Resilience Act intersects with DMARC and how DMARC can complement DORA's objective of making the financial sector more digitally secure and resilient ...

Software Supply Chain Attackers Targeting Banks, Checkmarx Says
Two banks earlier this year were the targets of open source supply chain attacks, the first of their kind in the industry ...
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Instant Justice: WeLeakInfo Hacked with a Ex-domain Reuse Attack
Daniel Sharabi | | #banks, 23 NYCRR 500, attacks, Blog, CCPA, Client-Side Attack, Compliance, e-commerce security, Finance, financial companies attack, GDPR, Insights, insurance company, insurance provider, New York State Department of Financial Services, NYCRR, NYDFS, NYDFS cybersecurity regulation, Privacy, protect data privacy, regulation, security processes, third party attacks, third-party application security, third-party data breach, web skimming, website third-party risks
Expired domains (ex-domains) have always been easy targets for hackers and cybercriminal groups. The bad news is that this trend is not going away anytime soon. In a bizarre turn of events, ...

A New York special: NYDFS cybersecurity regulation (23 NYCRR 500)
Reflectiz Team | | #banks, 23 NYCRR 500, attacks, Blog, CCPA, Client-Side Attack, Compliance, e-commerce security, Finance, financial companies attack, GDPR, Insights, insurance company, insurance provider, New York State Department of Financial Services, NYCRR, NYDFS, NYDFS cybersecurity regulation, Privacy, protect data privacy, regulation, security processes, third party attacks, third-party application security, third-party data breach, web skimming, website third-party risks
23 NYCRR 500, also known as NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation, is a law issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) that mandates the enforcement of optimal data security standards ...

Cybersecurity at Banks a Different Kind of Holiday Stress
Michael Vizard | | #banks, banking, financial institutions, Fraud, fraudulent transaction, online fraud, online security
Regardless of how they are made or who may be at fault when fraudulent transactions occur, the buck stops at the desks of cybersecurity professionals working at banks and financial institutions. A ...
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Some Banks Drop Fingerprint Authentication for Samsung Galaxy S10 Users after Gel Cover Hack
Following reports that a simple gel cover can let people bypass fingerprint authentication on Samsung Galaxy S10 phones, a few banking institutions disabled the fingerprint authentication on their apps for this model ...

The Role of Endpoint Security in Financial Services
Monica Hovsepian | | #banks, Endpoint security, Financial Services, Hackers, Malware, threat detection
In some ways, enterprise security can resemble a true crime television series, where detectives seek out clues and meticulously piece them together to identify and catch the bad guy. This works as ...
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Identity Theft and Financial Fraud in the Digital Age
Nathan Sykes | | #banks, Financial Fraud, financial institutions, Financial Services, Identity Theft, Phishing, Ransomware
Surveys and studies indicate money management apps are some of the most popular forms of pocketable software these days. About 63% of U.S. smartphone users have at least one financial app installed ...
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What Do Banks and Cybersecurity Have in Common? Everything.
Radware | | #banks, Attack Mitigation, banking, cyberattack, Cybersecurity, ddos, DDoS attack, DDoS attacks, DDoS Mitigation, DDoS Protection, Financial Services, security
New cyber-security threats require new solutions. New solutions require a project to implement them. The problems and solutions seem infinite while budgets remain bounded. Therefore, the challenge becomes how to identify the ...