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The Bullseye on Banks: Why Financial Services Remain a Prime Target for Cyberattacks
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The Bullseye on Banks: Why Financial Services Remain a Prime Target for Cyberattacks

By Kirsten Doyle on Thu, 07/24/2025
The frontlines of cybersecurity have long included the financial services sector, but today’s battlefield is increasingly asymmetric. Threat actors aren’t just going after the big-name banks with sprawling infrastructure and billion-dollar balance sheets. They’re targeting credit unions, wealth management firms, fintech startups, and insurance providers with the same determination and ferocity...
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SOX
Shifting Gears: India's Government Calls for Financial Cybersecurity Change
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Shifting Gears: India's Government Calls for Financial Cybersecurity Change

By Katrina Thompson on Thu, 06/19/2025
Escalating tensions in the Kashmiri conflict between India and Pakistan illustrate a point the Indian government has been driving home for years; it is time to double-down on securing India's critical financial services.As the cornerstone of the nation's stability, the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector was the focus of India's first Digital Threat Report 2024, and offers a ...
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Testing Banking Website Security: What You Need to Know
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Testing Banking Website Security: What You Need to Know

By Josh Breaker-Rolfe on Mon, 06/17/2024
With 86% of UK adults using a form of online or remote banking and high street banks closing in record numbers, banking websites have become an integral part of our daily lives. They have changed how we manage our money, allowing us to send and receive money from anywhere in the world, open or close accounts at the click of a button (or tap or a screen), and avoid queuing in physical banks. They...
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Fraudsters Are Posing As The FTC To Scam Consumers

By Graham Cluley on Wed, 03/20/2024
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned the public to be cautious if contacted by people claiming to be... FTC staff. In a warning published on its website, the FTC said that scammers were using its employees' real names to steal money from consumers. A typical ruse will see the bogus FTC staffer advising someone to wire or...
Cybersecurity
The Financial Sector Is Refocusing on Cybersecurity
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The Financial Sector Is Refocusing on Cybersecurity

By Stefanie Shank on Wed, 03/06/2024
In 2024, transformation is reshaping industries, and the financial sector stands at a crucial juncture. The Softcat Business Tech Priorities Report, a comprehensive survey encompassing over 4,000 customers across various sectors, sheds light on this transformation. Significantly, cybersecurity has emerged as the paramount concern for financial...
Cybersecurity
Outsmarting PayPal Scammers to Keep Your Cash Safe
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Outsmarting PayPal Scammers to Keep Your Cash Safe

By Kirsten Doyle on Tue, 02/20/2024
Over the years, PayPal has earned a reputation for being a secure and easy way to send and receive money. However, no payment system is entirely immune to scams, and cybercriminals often exploit these platforms due to their widespread popularity and trust among users. PayPal is the most widely used online payment system in the US, making it a...
Cybersecurity
New Canadian Cyberattack Data Says 80% of SMBs Are Vulnerable
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New Canadian Cyberattack Data Says 80% of SMBs Are Vulnerable

By Guest Authors on Tue, 10/25/2022
If you were to take a look at the cybersecurity news cycle, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s only large enterprises with expansive customer bases and budgets that are the most vulnerable to attacks. But that’s not entirely true. Even if it’s at a much smaller scale, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) still have stores of sensitive...
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Chi-X Australia: Building Trust on the Back of Tripwire

Mon, 08/15/2022
Chi-X Australia is a securities and derivatives exchange transforming the Australian investment market through a focus on customers and innovation. The company delivers easy, cost-effective access to local and global investment opportunities. As a result, it has need for a scalable, flexible compliance and security solution that can enable it to function effectively around the world. Chi-X needed...
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Payment Processor for Businesses

As a recognized leader in the payment processing sector, this company offers its clients hundreds of secure payment methods across multiple platforms, around the globe. Onan average day it processes tens of millions of mobile, online and in-store transactions in 100+ currencies.After experiencing a security incident that was quickly contained, the company took the opportunity to revamp its entire...
Compliance
PCI DSS
Testing Banking Website Security: What You Need to Know
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Major Banking Institution Case Study

This multinational banking institution has been around for over 100 years, dedicated to helping a customer base of over 20 million people in countries all over the world.In order to serve such a large customer base and keep financial services at competitive rates, they’ve taken advantage of the latest in cloud technology to reduce the operating costs of their IT infrastructure and outward-facing...
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Two Large Financial Services Organizations

To remain competitive, organizations must be able to quickly adapt to support volatile business demands. For IT organizations, the unprecedented speed that images can be deployed into the cloud also brings complexity. Until the initial baseline of an image is captured, there is the potential for unauthorized modifications to pass undetected. Even without malicious intent, a seemingly insignificant...
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Leading Nationwide Provider of FDIC-Insured Financial Services

This nationally recognized financial solutions provider offers a set of services that enable smaller banks and other related institutions to compete with the industry’s dominant players. The company’s portfolio of FDIC-insured solutions enables its members and other key constituents to offer innovative services that otherwise might be too difficult or too costly to provide on their own.Continuous...
IT Security Operations & Asset Discovery
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Chi-X Australia Australian Equity Trading Exchange Operator

As a self-described “innovator,” Sydney-based Chi-X Australia is turning the Australiansecurities market landscape on its head. For the first time ever, Australian investors arebeing given a compelling alternative to the ASX, the country’s predominant exchangesince the mid-1980s. Chi-X has gone from a fledging startup in 2011 to now handlingregularly up to over 29% of all on-exchange equity trades...
Financial services data protection: Are IT pros overconfident? Infographic
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Are Financial Services IT Pros Overconfident in Data Breach Detection Skills?

Fri, 01/29/2016
Tripwire studied confidence vs. knowledge of financial services IT security pros on seven key security controls necessary to detect a data breach. For many controls IT pros believed they had the information necessary to detect a breach quickly but provided contradictory information about the specific data. ...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
Compliance
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Five Men Arrested in Connection with the 2014 JPMorgan Hack

By David Bisson on Mon, 07/27/2015
In August of 2014, it was reported that a group of hackers had exploited a vulnerability in the websites of JPMorgan. After breaking into the company’s network, the attackers then allegedly staged additional attacks that were custom-made to JPMorgan’s servers, which gained them access to internal systems on which customer account data was stored. Several months later, investigators revealed that...