SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The hackers rely heavily on social engineering tactics to distribute the malware. Combined with stolen credentials, these deepfakes let hackers bypass facial recognition protections on financial apps. The malware has been active since 2023, specifically targeting victims in Vietnam and Thailand.

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Forrester IT

MAY 12, 2021

Your customers, employees, and partners are all facing growing uncertainties and concerns, such as: income inequality and job insecurity, social unrest, and misinformation and disinformation. Meanwhile, systemic risks like climate change, pandemics, and global recessions have wrought significant health, safety, and financial impacts.

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting is a required capability for organizations in the European Union and beyond, with most of them legally required to implement new regulations (starting in 2025 for the financial year of 2024) when the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) directive comes into law.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Abagnale famously impersonated various professions, including a doctor and a pilot, to help facilitate his financial scams where he used false identities to forge checks and cash them in. Frank Abagnale is probably the most famous low-tech hacker since Son’ka the Golden Hand and the man who stole the Mona Lisa, Vincenzo Peruggia.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Prudential data breach is confirmed In a recent disclosure, Prudential Financial announced a data breach last week, during which unauthorized parties accessed and extracted data related to employees and contractors, only to be expelled from the infiltrated systems the following day. Featured image credit: Compare Fibre/Unsplash

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2022

Chatbots are just one application of natural language processing (NLP), a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that is already having a major impact in financial services, among other industries. . The Financial Services industry is projected to be a major source of this spending. by 2025, according to IDC. Putting NLP to Work.

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Galido

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Four of the Biggest Financial Data Breaches of 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Perhaps not surprisingly, banks, insurance companies, and other financial-service firms are 300 times more likely to suffer from a cyber-attack than other industries. The First American Financial Corp.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 31, 2021

An investigation by The Financial Times found that Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube lost around $9.85 According to the report, Facebook lost the most money “in absolute terms” when compared to other social platforms due to its massive size. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 13, 2022

Shield, a startup developing software to monitor communications of employees at financial institutions, has raised $15 million in capital. Read More.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2023

Anxious to meet international standards, satisfy investors, and profit from a growing array of sustainable products, financial services firms are intensifying their focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals. Technology can help banks and other financial institutions overcome these hurdles.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Popular email marketing service MailChimp recently fell victim to another data breach, this time caused by a successful social engineering attack on its employees and contractors. The incident was limited to 133 accounts, and there is no evidence that this compromise affected any other systems or customer data beyond these MailChimp accounts.

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IT Toolbox

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Like a financial audit, a social media audit surveys your practices and status and suggests areas for improvement. An initial social media audit is an important part of drawing up a social media marketing plan. An audit of your social media An audit of your social media

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Forrester IT

MAY 2, 2018

For the most part, the financial markets seem to […]. There were no surprises: Twitter is building off its Q4 2017 momentum, Facebook continues to grow its user base, and Snap is still going through an identity crisis.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The company says an unauthorized third party socially engineered a customer support employee while talking on the phone, obtaining access to some customer support systems. The popular trading app Robinhood has just been hit with a major data breach affecting millions of its users. This allowed the unauthorized party to obtain two lists.

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Information Week

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A European report says greenwashing is on the rise at companies in America and Europe -- especially in the banking and financial services sectors. Social washing” is also increasing.

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CTOvision

JUNE 28, 2016

Social engineering is one of the most problematic attack techniques to combat. User education is most effective at stopping a social engineer. Users who are aware of the potential for social engineering attacks and learn to recognize them can use simple methods to thwart these attacks successfully. Stu Sjouwerman.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A cybersecurity firm found that bots were promoting GameStop stock on social media before and after the stock’s frenzied rise last month, Reuters reported. Massachusetts-based PiiQ Media says social media bots promoted Dogecoin, GameStop, and other “meme” stocks in posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The Verge used to have a fine tradition of cataloging all of the times when Eric Schmidt stuck his foot in his mouth , and today’s feels like a worthy addition: the former Google CEO and executive chairman has decided that social networks are “amplifiers for idiots.”. Not what we intended”. He presided over the $1.65

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 8, 2018

In talking with technology leaders about their transformational programs, the discussion often evolves to a gripe session on the mismatch between ingrained financial practices and the types of organizational practices required in transformation programs.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Still, little was reported about the details of the cyber incident, including who the attackers are, how the cyberattack happened, and the social engineering methods used to make the email look official. In addition to discussing BEC in depth with SecureWorld, Dougherty also mentioned BEC attacks were one of the biggest financial drains.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

According to breach notification letters , the exposed customer data includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and financial account details. Cybersecurity experts say this latest breach underscores risks in the interconnected financial sector, especially regarding third-party vendor management. "As

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Venture Beast

JULY 1, 2021

Nexters said it is raising financial forecasts for the year as it prepares to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Read More.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2024

If you are a CIO or CISO and haven’t yet read this article – Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer,’ you should and then share it with your entire company. Typical tactics may involve phishing emails or deceptive social media messages designed to steal company credentials.

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Galido

JUNE 1, 2017

Now, in the era of the Internet, it’s hard to imagine a person who does not use at least one of the social networks. Social networks are used by everyone – both young and old. In order to protect yourself as much as possible from the risks that social networks carry, it is necessary to follow a number of simple rules.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 8, 2021

If you thought the deal couldn’t possibly get sweeter for the influencers that flock to Facebook and Instagram to simultaneously bolster their social media followings and line their pockets, think again: On Tuesday, both platforms announced that they’ll be stepping up their respective games in the coming weeks by… Read more.

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Tech Republic

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Microsoft exposes Octo Tempest, an English-speaking threat actor that runs extortion, encryption and destruction campaigns at a wide variety of industries. Protect your company from Octo Tempest with these tips.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 19, 2013

The journalist writing the article called me for some comments and included this at the end of the piece: Social-media expert Ross Dawson said Facebook had enormous potential, but many real estate agent’s efforts were “terrible” “They just don’t understand it. Buying houses is an intrinsically social activity.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

That's because Ghaleb Alaumary motivated teams of criminals to commit cybercrime, financial crime, and to collectively steal tens of millions of dollars. Business email compromise scheme and social engineering. Social engineering—in person—was the next part of the scheme. Instead, he'll spend more than a decade in jail.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The general public is increasingly looking to the people steering some of the largest companies in the world for their views on political and social issues. In a Financial Times article. The post Ranking the World’s Top CEOs Using Social Media Sentiment Data appeared first on Dataconomy.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

MAY 8, 2013

CIOs need to know how to find social media secrets. Darn that social media stuff! The arrival of social media has just boosted the importance of information technology. What makes things even tougher is that the rest of the company is waiting for you to tell them what the rules for using social media at work is….

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 21, 2011

Financial services is one of the most industries in which the use of social media is the most relevant, not least because customer service is a critical differentiator between highly commoditized offerings. Smaller banks are strongly behind in their social media presence. * Get serious! Suncorp is using Yammer internally. .

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Galido

MARCH 2, 2017

Around the world, millions of people are suffering from financial loss due to online hackers who are experts in stealing your personal information from the sites you visit, through the mobile apps you use. Check secure websites for financial transaction. The economy has always been a worldwide issue. Use official banking apps.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 8, 2024

“The hard thing about this is you don’t have data on people’s level of productivity,” said Sharon Mandell, CIO at Juniper Networks, while Kathy Kay, executive VP and CIO at Principal Financial Group, created a study group of “a combination of engineers and business people

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Fountainhead

JUNE 1, 2011

Real-World Financial Services Cloud. NYSE is no stranger to Financial-Markets levels of reliability, and has clearly taken great pains to ensure that their experience carries-over to the CMCP. IT Financial Management. (4). Real-World Financial Services Cloud. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Green IT. (43).

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Galido

JULY 25, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - The Power of Social Media and Impact of Technology on Online Business Campaign - Information Technology Blog. Here are some of the latest trends that you may observe these days in small business marketing: Power of Social Media – Get More Socialized. Use Mobile for Instagram Marketing.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

However, at banks, insurers and other financial companies their use of artificial intelligence is being especially hampered by a scarcity of data and talent. The banking and financial services sector have been showing a steady increase in demand across the board for AI-enhanced robotic process automation tools.

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