Navigating Interconnections: Correlations Between the US Tech 100 Index and Major Indices

By Owais Sultan In the ever-evolving landscape of financial markets, the US Tech 100 Index, represented by the Nasdaq 100, emerges… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Navigating Interconnections: Correlations Between the US Tech 100 Index and Major Indices...

Ukrainian DDoS Attacks Should Put US on Notice–Researchers

On Tuesday, institutions central to Ukraine’s military and economy were hit with a wave of denial-of-service DoS attacks, which sparked an avalanche of headlines around the world. The strike itself had limited impact — but the larger implications for critical infrastructure beyond the Ukraine are...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Log4j affects IBM Banking and Financial Markets Data Warehouse (CVE-2021-44228)

Summary There is a vulnerability in the Apache Log4j open source library used by IBM Banking and Financial Markets Data Warehouse. This affects the Industry Models - Glossary Tools optional component. This vulnerability has been addressed. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-44228 DESCRIPTION:...

New BEC Spam Campaign Targets Fortune 500 Businesses

Researchers have identified a wave of new business email compromise campaigns targeting Fortune 500 companies that are designed to trick victims into fraudulent wire transfers. Researchers said the campaigns originate from Nigeria and are targeting companies in the retail, healthcare and financia...

Shorting-For-Profit Viable Business Model For Security Community

LAS VEGAS–Justine Bone shook up the security research community last year when she decided to do the unconventional. The CEO of MedSec Holdings teamed with hedge fund company Muddy Waters Capital to short the stock of St. Jude Medical in order to profit from research that revealed life-threatenin...

Hackers Offering Money to Company Insiders in Return for Confidential Data

The insider threat is the worst nightmare for a company, as the employees can access company's most sensitive data without having to circumvent security measures designed to keep out external threats. The rogue employee can collect, leak, or sell all your secrets, including professional,...

Report: Federal Reserve Target of Constant Hack Attacks

Forced to come clean on breaches against the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Fed on Wednesday revealed the agency that drives financial markets around the world has been breached as many as 50 times in the past five years. As part of a Freedom of Information Act request by the Reuters news agency, the...

A Cyber Revolution: Advanced Attacks Increasing in EMEA Reflect Political Tension

Financial, geopolitical and economical changes made 2015 a very busy year for the Europe, Middle East and Africa EMEA region, particularly in the cyber realm. FireEye has been monitoring these shifting cyber trends and has identified considerable evolutions to the EMEA threat landscape when...

Cybercrime Group Preys on Wall Street Insider Information

A criminal hacking group with an innate understanding of how Wall Street moves and what influences stock prices has found a soft spot in more than 100 publicly traded companies and is stealing, among other data, mergers and acquisitions intelligence. The group is homed in on healthcare and...