Cybersecurity

    Reporting on regulatory requirements, enforcement actions, and best practices to safeguard financial institutions and markets against cyber threats, data breaches, and vulnerabilities through proactive measures.

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    Data Privacy

    Australia Outlines Plan for Revamp of Consumer Data Right

    By Manesh Samtani | 13/08/2024

    Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said the CDR currently costs too much to implement, which has resulted in little takeup.

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    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    UN Committee Approves Global Cybercrime Treaty Despite Opposition

    By Manesh Samtani | 10/08/2024

    The UN Convention against Cybercrime still needs to be ratified by at least 40 nations at the General Assembly in the fall.

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    AI Risk & Governance

    Google DeepMind Publishes Research on GenAI Misuse Tactics

    By Nithya Subramanian | 09/08/2024

    The researchers categorise GenAI misuse into two categories – exploitation of GenAI capabilities, and compromise of GenAI systems.

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    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Australian Police Obtain New Intelligence on Crypto Scams

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/08/2024

    The AFP identified over 2,000 compromised crypto wallets belonging to Australians by participating in a global anti-scam initiative launched by Chainalysis.

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    Cybersecurity

    BSP Unveils 5yr Financial Services Cyber Resilience Plan

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/08/2024

    The plan set out key goals, priority actions and milestones to be achieved between 2024 to 2029 to enhance industry resilience against cyber threats.

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    Anti-Money Laundering

    HKMA Expands FINEST Platform to Ten Participating Banks

    By Editors | 07/08/2024

    HKMA’s Raymond Chan said the proposal to expand FINEST to allow sharing of personal account information received broad support.

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    Cybersecurity

    HKMA Looks to Bolster Internal Cybersecurity Capabilities

    By Manesh Samtani | 07/08/2024

    HKMA is planning to deploy a new solution to help it identify “assets, vulnerabilities, and potential entry points that could be targeted by attackers” and manage its attack surface.

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    Cybersecurity

    MAS Paper Warns FIs of Cyber Risks Arising from GenAI

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 04/08/2024

    The paper focuses on deepfakes, GenAI-enabled phishing, AI-powered malware, data leakage and output manipulation.

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    Payments & Settlements

    RBI Proposes New Framework on Digital Payments Authentication

    By Ajoy K Das | 04/08/2024

    The draft framework would require all digital payment transactions to be authenticated with AFA unless otherwise exempted.

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    Cloud & Infrastructure

    BigTech Integration in Finance Poses Challenges: RBI Report

    By Ajoy K Das | 03/08/2024

    RBI report discusses BigTech in financial services, financial sector digitalisation, international payments initiatives and India’s CBDC.

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