Security News

The biggest cybersecurity risks in the financial services industry
2019-08-28 17:22

Ransomware, SQL injection attacks, and cross-site scripting are also serious cybersecurity risks for banks and brokerage firms, according to a new study.

Jumio joins X-Sight Marketplace, a financial crime management ecosystem
2019-08-19 22:30

Helping financial services organizations keep up with a changing market landscape, NICE Actimize announced that Jumio, a global leader in AI-powered identity verification, has joined the X-Sight...

SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American Financial Corp.
2019-08-12 20:30

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating a security failure on the Web site of real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. that exposed more than 885...

SQL Injection Vulnerability Exposed Starbucks Financial Records
2019-08-07 12:33

A critical SQL injection vulnerability exposed nearly one million financial records stored in a Starbucks enterprise database, a researcher revealed this week. read more

94% of attacks hitting financial services use one of four methods
2019-08-01 12:32

Newly released data from Akamai’s 2019 State of the Internet / Security Financial Services Attack Economy Report has found that 50% of all unique organizations impacted by observed phishing...

ThetaRay’s updated platform helps global banks detect and prevent financial cybercrime
2019-07-25 02:30

ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-based Big Data analytics, announced Version 4.0 of the company’s namesake advanced analytics platform. The update includes major capability upgrades to help...

How businesses can reduce the financial impact of data breaches
2019-07-23 12:36

The cost of a data breach has grown 12% over the past 5 years, hitting $3.92 million on average. Organizations can take steps to mitigate the financial damage, according to a new report.

How organizations and employees can protect themselves against financial email scams
2019-07-23 11:00

Fraudulent emails that try to trick their victims into conducting financial transactions amounted to losses of more than $1.2 billion in 2018, according to a new study from Symantec.