FINRA, the self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers, recently issued a guidance about how generative artificial intelligence “is making it easier for bad actors to fraudulently open new accounts using investors’ identities and to improperly gain access to investors’ accounts.” Investment fraud that uses A.I. “is on the rise” because Gen A.I. “is a type of A.I…. Read More >>
SWIFT Network Used for Second Cyber-Attack
Hackers in a second major attack have been able to use the SWIFT financial messaging system to break into a commercial bank, according to media reports and officials at the industry cooperative, which issued a message to customers, dated May 13. For this latest attack, SWIFT officials state that “the SWIFT network, core messaging services… Read More >>
Cyber-Attacks Force Firms to Prepare for the Worst
The number of detected cyber-security incidents across the financial sector rose 8 percent from 2013 to 20414, and the total cost of those incidents has jumped by 24 percent according to a new report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC). But, over that time, total spending by Information Security (InfoSec) departments at larger financial services firms is up… Read More >>
