In its 2023 annual report, the French data protection authority CNIL highlighted a surge in public awareness and complaints, notably receiving 35% more complaints compared to the previous year.
For around four years, Forest Blizzard (also known as Fancy Bear or APT28) has utilized a custom tool targeting a specific vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service (CVE-2022-38028). Named GooseEgg, this tool enables hackers to execute remote code, install backdoors, and steal credentials by granting them SYSTEM-level permissions.
Source: Revolut
Revolut, the global financial app with more than 40 million customers worldwide, has today announced the release of its first Financial Crime and Consumer Security Report, containing exclusive scam and fraud insights.
Source: Amazon Web Services
In October 2023, we briefed customers on our submission to the public consultation on the first batch of regulatory technical standards (RTSs) made under DORA.
UnitedHealth Group expects the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare unit to cost up to $1.6 billion this year but maintains its 2024 earnings forecast, indicating a less severe impact than anticipated.
US and European authorities have initiated informal discussions regarding consumer financial protection matters, focusing on the growing influence of Big Tech in payment services, the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in lending practices, and the emergence of buy now, pay later (BNPL) models.
A recently issued report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reveals that financial service enterprises have endured significant losses totaling $12 billion over the past twenty years due to cyber assaults.
According to a recent webcast by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), there's a concerning trend of increasing vulnerability to cyberattacks within the U.S. power grids. The number of potential weak points in both virtual and physical infrastructure is rising, with approximately 60 new susceptibilities identified each day. NERC executives noted that these vulnerabilities, which are areas in software or hardware prone to exploitation by cyber criminals, expanded from 21,000-22,000 at the close of 2022 to a range of 23,000-24,000 last year.
