All posts tagged "Cyber Attacks"
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127Australia & NZAustralian Police to Establish Ransomware Taskforce
The new taskforce will enable the Australian police to have a more unified approach to pursue ransomware attackers.
June 22, 2021 -
264Hong KongHong Kong Needs New Cybersecurity Legislation: FSDC
The FSDC recommends the development of legislation to provide legal certainty and protection, clarity on cross-border data transfers, and a framework for accountability.
June 16, 2021 -
768AML / KYCProliferation Financing Risk: A Due Diligence Challenge
Measures for detecting proliferation financing risk are designed to help identify sanctions evasion and uncover the beneficial owners of corporate entities.
May 19, 2021 -
746Hong KongHKMA Instructs Banks to Assess Need for Tertiary Data Backup
Banks are asked to critically assess the need to set up a secure tertiary data backup to guard against destructive cyber attacks.
May 19, 2021 -
261FeatureNational Security, Financial Stability are Mutually Dependent: HKMA
Chief executive Eddie Yue said the HKMA is pursuing initiatives to enhance its use of technology to analyse financial data as part of its efforts in market supervision.
April 19, 2021 -
195Australia & NZRising Asset Prices May Risk Financial Stability: RBA
A correction in asset prices, if borrowers’ income were to fall and so they defaulted on debt repayments, could expose lenders to large losses.
April 19, 2021 -
258AML / KYCUS Prosecutors Unveils New Charges Against North Korean Hackers
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the three programmers said to be involved in the Sony, WannaCry, Bangladesh Bank and other attacks.
February 22, 2021 -
332AML / KYCBSP Updates VASP Rules to Align with FATF Requirements
The updated rules also bring into scope virtual asset custodians, introducing a $1mn minimum capital requirement for such businesses.
January 28, 2021 -
634Big PictureCovid-19 Has Changed the Cyber Threat Landscape: BIS
During the pandemic, there was a strong link between the prevalence of work-from-home arrangements and the incidence of cyber attacks, particularly at financial institutions.
January 15, 2021 -
224InternationalORX Launches Central Hub to Facilitate Cyber Risk Management
The central hub allows cyber and information security risk management professionals to collaborate, exchange ideas and learn from each other’s practices.
January 13, 2021
