According to a survey, due to the impact of the rupee depreciation and lower overall expenditure, financial institutions are attempting to optimise their finances as much as possible, and 83% of banks globally are focused their efforts on cost optimization.

Agent Tesla is a remote access trojan (RAT) written for the.NET framework that has knowingly been in operation since 2014. Threat actors behind this malware have leveraged many different methods to deliver their payload over time including macro enabled Word documents, Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, OLE objects and most recently, compiled HTML help files.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is one of several “gold level” standards used by public and private organizations as the basis for their cybersecurity protocols. It is also the benchmark utilized by Trustwave to protect our clients. NIST rolled out the CSF in 2014 as a set of guidelines for mitigating organizational cybersecurity risks.

The FTX crypto disaster is a great lesson in risk management. It brings into focus the importance of knowing where your valuables are and how they are being managed.

Being in a more connected environment benefits all of us, from those using social media to stay in touch with far-away relatives, to businesses enjoying the rewards of remote working. But, while connectivity is great and offers many positives, it also creates vulnerabilities. Companies that handle sensitive data may find themselves the target and victim of cyber- attacks as malicious actors look to harvest that information for their gains.