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Fraudsters are Turning to Third Party Vendors as New Means of Attack as Firms Improve Cybersecurity

The Fintech Times

Using the world’s largest proprietary risk and threat intelligence dataset, SecurityScorecard , the cybersecurity analyser, studied cybersecurity breaches across the UK’s 100 largest companies by market capitalisation, releasing a comprehensive analysis of the landscape of the FTSE 100 in the UK.

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Cybersecurity Trends For 2024 With Alteryx, Valimail, Resilience, Zally, IronVest, iProov

The Fintech Times

Today, we bring you insights from industry leaders regarding the changing dynamics of cybersecurity threats and trends in 2024, including AI’s impact, behavioural biometrics, fraud prevention, masking and enhanced security for financial services. In fact, our claims data has shown a significant increase in this activity.

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MAS Warns Financial Institutions of Quantum Computing Cyber Threats

Fintech News

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has cautioned financial institutions on the cybersecurity vulnerabilities introduced by the advent of quantum computing. Experts predict that the cybersecurity challenges posed by quantum computing will become a reality within the next decade.

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NY Cybersecurity Standards Loom, With Enterprises At The (Un)Ready?

PYMNTS

Among the new rules: Firms must employ and deploy a senior chief information security officer, or the corporate board, to approve written policies for cybersecurity. At a minimum, you need [cyber]insurance,” along with monitoring of third party vendors. Certification must be made annually about compliance.

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Ticketmaster Breach Highlights Supplier Cybersecurity Risks

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disclosed it had suffered a data breach, the company also revealed the cause of the cybersecurity incident: a third-party vendor. enterprises are overlooking their supplier relationships when developing cybersecurity strategies. When Ticketmaster U.K. ”

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The Cybersecurity Juggling Act Of Buyer-Supplier Connectivity

PYMNTS

Maersk Chief Technology and Information Officer Adam Banks spoke earlier this month at a cybersecurity conference, reflecting on that 2017 attack and noting that the company was “not unusually weak,” and adding that this is a fact for many organizations that can, unfortunately, lead to a false sense of security.

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New York Wants To Be The Model For Cybersecurity Regulation

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New York’s financial regulator had a bold claim to offer over the weekend — she claimed that other states should use New York’s sweeping cybersecurity rules as a model for how insurers must protect their networks from hackers. They must also perform risk assessments in order to design a cybersecurity program particular to them.