Top cyber threats in the financial sector - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

Financial institutions are increasingly facing attacks on multiple fronts. Cyber criminals continue to target online banking using malware to hijack customer transactions and banking sessions. While there has been an overall drop in infections related to these consumer threats, financial institutions are now facing new types of attacks in the form of large-scale financial heists. Attack groups such as Fin7 and Lazarus are deliberately targeting financial institutions in audacious attacks that are reaping large rewards. They are using living off the land and fileless attack tactics similar to APT groups. But also extortion with DDoS attacks or business email compromise (BEC) scams are increasingly bothering financial corporations. In this webcast on the current financial threat landscape, Symantec takes a look at the most prevalent and significant financial threats. In this webcast we will review: - The top threats facing financial institutions with statistics and examples - Explore the most common techniques employed in financial attacks - Provide case studies of the most high-profile financial attacks of the past 12 months