Criminals breached a third-party database storing Santander customer and employee information, a type of intrusion that banks are increasingly facing.

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The bank's chief information security officer shared why it took so long for the hackers to get in, what worked during the exercise and what didn't.

Cybersecurity leaders for Visa, Deluxe and Fiserv said powerful cloud players have been unresponsive to their requests to monitor the vendors' security postures.

A new policy directive aims to fortify critical infrastructure by enhancing collaboration between U.S. intelligence agencies and systemically important financial entities.

The report seeks to help banks "disrupt rapidly evolving AI-driven fraud," according to Treasury's Nellie Liang. The report found banks have difficulties accounting for AI risks.

In a simulation exercise hosted by the Global Resilience Federation on Tuesday, banks and credit unions tested their ability to withstand an industrywide wiperware attack.

The attack is one of three major incidents the lender has suffered in the past three years.

Bank of America, Citi and Navy Federal are among banks and credit unions to recently manage through unforeseen challenges.

A consortium of banks focused on cybersecurity has published a series of white papers aimed at navigating the challenges and opportunities of AI in the financial sector.

Version 2.0 of the Cybersecurity Framework, often cited by financial regulators, provides a structured approach to enhancing an institution's cybersecurity.

Though law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Europe gained valuable intel on ransomware groups, many believe the hackers are likely to regroup and rebrand.

The gang allegedly had been involved in some of the highest-profile ransomware attacks against financial institutions of recent years.

New regulations involving cryptocurrency and the results of key elections will impact the industry's success this year.

Customers with deferred compensation plans at the bank had personally identifiable information compromised through a third party, Infosys McCamish.

The cybersecurity leaders argued in a recent court briefing that the SEC's lawsuit against the SolarWinds CISO could harm the profession at large.

The criminal hacking gang LockBit said it was behind a ransomware attack that shut down some of the operations of EquiLend, a financial technology firm that processes trillions of dollars of securities-lending transactions every month.  

The Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision also said he expects cyber threats against the financial services industry to become increasingly disruptive.