Financial Services
Response to CISA Advisory (AA24-241A): Iran-based Cyber Actors Enabling Ransomware Attacks on US Organizations
AttackIQ has released a new assessment template in response to the CISA Advisory (AA24-241A) published on August 28, 2024. The advisory outlines espionage activity associated with a specific group of Iranian cyber ...
Why Tokenization Beats Transparent Data Encryption for PCI DSS Compliance
Cyber-threats are rapidly evolving and breaches are on the rise. That makes compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) ever more critical for organizations handline sensitive payment card ...
How Financial Institutions Can Manage Mounting Digital Sovereignty Requirements
Financial services is among the most highly regulated of any industry – and justifiably so. As critical infrastructure, the sector provides services which, if interrupted or destabilized, could have a catastrophic impact ...
Emulating the Long-Term Extortionist Nefilim Ransomware
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors exhibited by the extortionist ransomware Nefilim during activities against multiple organizations, primarily based in North or South America, distributed in the ...
Emulating the Sabotage-Focused Russian Adversary Sandworm– Part 2
AttackIQ has released two new attack graphs that emulate the behaviors exhibited by the highly sophisticated Russian adversary Sandworm during various destructive activities against targets in Ukraine and other countries in the ...
Counting the Cost of PCI DSS Non-Compliance
For two decades, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has been the only show in town when it comes to regulating cardholder data. Created by the five big card ...
Identity, Credential Misconfigurations Open Worrying Security Gaps
A report found more than 40 million exposures are impacting 11.5 million critical business entities, with more than half related to cloud platforms ...
Tackling Data Security Challenges in Hybrid and Cloud Banking Environments
Financial institutions are among the most regulated businesses in the world. That’s understandable given their role in a key critical infrastructure sector and rising threat levels across the industry. It’s why in ...
Fixing a $12bn Challenge for Banks Through Data-Centric Security
The challenges presented by cyber risk have always loomed large for IT and business leaders in financial services. But today they have arguably reached a tipping point. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...
Emulating the Southeast Asian Adversary OceanLotus
AttackIQ has released four new attack graphs that seek to emulate the behaviors exhibited by the politically motivated Vietnamese adversary known as OceanLotus during its most recent and prevalent activities. The post ...
