While consolidating third-party risks into one document is important, it is equally vital to introduce artificial intelligence into various elements of your third-party risk management program, said Jonathan Pineda, CISO and DPO at the Government Service Insurance System in the Philippines.
This week's roundup of digital assets-related cybersecurity incidents includes Argentina's investigation into WorldCoin; hackers' exploitation of Libbitcoin; Zunami and RocketSwap; Curve Finance's compensation plans for hack victims; the FBI's $1.7 million forfeiture; and X's crypto scam problem.
This week, Raccoon Stealer returned, hackers used QR codes, Belarus ISPs were used to spy on diplomats, Geico reported a MOVEit breach, an Israeli hospital dealt with ransomware extortion, Clorox took systems offline after an attack, and researchers found flaws in AudioCodes phones and Zoom's ZTP.
Hackers wielding generative artificial intelligence tools have yet to pose a serious cybersecurity risk, say researchers at Google's threat intelligence group Mandiant, as they sound the alarm instead about a rise in information operations featuring AI-generated fake images and video.
A growing number of Asia-Pacific countries are greenlighting digital-only banks to meet customer needs for access to fast, mobile-friendly services, but persistent cybersecurity threats and hackers’ growing capabilities could hurt the success of this emerging market segment.
Property listings nationwide are being disrupted due to an apparent ransomware attack against California-based Rapattoni, which hosts Multiple Listing Services used by real estate brokers to list, market and sell properties. Rapattoni said it's not clear when its systems might be back online.
The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service group may have become a victim of its own success, having grown "too fast and too quick," to the point where its infrastructure and ability to handle affiliates' requests is lagging, leading many to desert the operation, says ransomware researcher Jon DiMaggio.
U.S. authorities seized a web-hosting company used by ransomware hackers in a joint operation with Polish authorities that resulted in the arrest of five individuals and the indictment of the site's owner. The site, LolekHosted, now displays a banner showing its seizure by the FBI and the IRS.
Public companies disclosing a cyber incident under the new U.S. reporting requirements should focus on the business impact and stay away from the technical pieces, said Venable's Grant Schneider. The disclosure should examine how the incident will affect revenue, profitability and public perception.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discuss the White House's debut of a $20 million contest to exterminate bugs with AI, a New York man admitting to being behind the Bitfinex hack, and a new malware campaign that is targeting newbie cybercriminals in order to steal sensitive information.
In an after-action report on how the Lapsus$ crime group hacked "dozens of well-defended companies with low-complexity attacks," the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board urges organizations to implement more robust two-factor authentication systems, plus regulations to combat SIM swapping.
The Asia-Pacific and Japan region experienced a staggering surge in ransomware victims in just one year, and the LockBit ransomware group was the dominant force behind these attacks. The adoption of zero-day and one-day vulnerabilities resulted in a 204% surge in ransomware victims in the region.
Many security awareness training programs fail because organizations don't understand the risks they face, said Culture AI's John Scott. He said a successful training program "will help people by making sure that it's targeting the behaviors that address the key risks for the organization."
Collaborative AI - the process of one AI model learning from another - is one of the most effective ways for financial institutions to fight the sophisticated techniques fraudsters use for scams, said Johan Gerber, executive vice president of security and cyber innovation at Mastercard.
Spanish police estimate that a group that mainly targeted ATMs of Spanish national banks using cloned payment cards had fraudulently pocketed nearly 196,000 euros. Authorities arrested three suspected members of the group Sunday in the Spanish coastal city of Valencia.
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