Cybersecurity and Risk Insights and Alerts

Cyber risks and threats continue to evolve, and firms are under pressure to meet SEC and FCA expectations for operational resilience as well as their own internal and client expectations for cybersecurity and privacy. Stay current on the latest cybersecurity, privacy, and risk threat and regulatory alerts, and build your cybersecurity and privacy knowledge with insights from our cybersecurity and technology risk experts.

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Cyber alerts and insights

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Six Million Records Potentially Compromised in Oracle Cloud Breach

A threat actor is selling authentication records exfiltrated from Oracle Cloud, suggesting a breach of Oracle Cloud’s Single Sign On and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol systems.

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Critical Security Flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication

The risk of data loss, privilege escalation, and ransomware attacks makes immediate remediation essential.

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Apache Tomcat Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation

Apache Tomcat powers countless web applications across industries, and is actively being exploited to take control of servers or steal sensitive data.

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Fraudsters Actively Impersonating Financial Services Executives: Firms Should be on High Alert for Similar Attacks

Firm employees and executives are being actively impersonated in WhatsApp messaging scams causing significant financial harm to investors.

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Urgent Patching Required to Address 7-Zip Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers are exploiting a 7-Zip flaw to spread SmokeLoader malware, bypassing Windows security warnings via phishing. Users must manually update to version 24.09+ to stay protected.

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Vulnerability Exploited in Aviatrix Controller

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Aviatrix Controller, a popular cloud networking platform often used in Amazon Web Services.

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