Top threats for the financial sector
The potential financial, operational, and reputational impact of ransomware makes it the top threat facing financial services organizations, according to a report from …
Mid-market tackling high rate of costly attacks, worsened by complex, siloed defences and staff burnout
Mid-market organizations in the UK suffered significant financial and operational damage as a result of cyberattacks in 2021, and want to see fundamental change to how …
What is pushing financial services institutions to deploy cloud technologies?
Financial services leaders cite increased future revenues (62%) and improved future profitability (52%) as leading reasons to deploy cloud technologies, according to a …
How wealth managers leverage behavioral intelligence tech to thwart client abuse
In this interview with Help Net Security, Lee Garf, GM of Financial Markets Compliance at NICE Actimize, explains how behavioral intelligence technology can help the finance …
Open banking innovation: A race between developers and cybercriminals
In this interview with Help Net Security, Karl Mattson, CISO at Noname Security, explains the wide usage of open banking and how it can easily be exploited if adequate …
Why cybersecurity and anti-fraud teams need to collaborate
Over the past couple of years, there has been unprecedented change in the world of financial services. The shift to online banking has accelerated the need for digital …
Digital transformation leaders reaping the fruits of their investments
Financial services firms who invested in next-gen technologies and continued their digital transformation push in 2021 are already experiencing the positive effects of these …
Ransomware, supply chain, and deepfakes: The top threats the finance industry needs to prepare for
The finance industry is constantly targeted by numerous threat actors, and they are always innovating and trying new techniques (such as deepfakes) to outsmart security teams …
Experts uncover Elephant Beetle, an organized financial-theft operation
Sygnia announced that it has released its comprehensive report uncovering an organized financial-theft operation it has termed Elephant Beetle. For the past two years, the …
How can organizations ease audit overload?
A research from Vanson Bourne examines how financial services are faring with the ever-increasing challenge of audit overload. The study, which surveyed 200 U.S. IT security …
Mid-market IT leadership top 2022 objective: Strengthening security
The UK’s mid-market IT leadership expects to see a shortfall in IT spend in 2022, a Node4 report reveals. Mid-market IT spend future uncertain While 52% of IT decision-makers …
As digital shopping surges, researchers predict 8 million daily attacks
Arkose Labs released new data on the latest fraud trends, revealing increased threats during the holidays, rising bot attacks, and a resurgence in attacks on travel companies. …
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