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174 articlesUpdated 23 Oct 2026

GuidesBanking & Fintech

Banking & NBFC API Security Advisory: Hardening FinTech Endpoints Against BOLA and Data Leaks

A comprehensive technical guide to hardening banking and NBFC APIs against BOLA, broken authentication, token replay, and co-lending data leakage.

23 Oct 202615 min read

Mei-Lin Chen

GuidesBanking & Fintech
RBI IT Governance & Cybersecurity Master Direction for NBFCs: Implementation Playbook
A comprehensive implementation guide for NBFCs navigating RBI Master Directions on IT governance, 6-hour incident disclosure, vendor audits, and VAPT.
Priya Raman23 Oct 202614 min read
NewsCloud & SaaS
Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion After New Mexico Court Finds Consumer Privacy Deceptions
A New Mexico state court orders Meta to pay $25 billion for 43 million deceptive trade violations stemming from the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal.
Daniel Okafor23 Oct 202610 min read
InsightsCloud & SaaS
Singapore CSA Releases National Cybersecurity Framework for Enterprise Frontier AI and Agentic Deployments
CSA Singapore issues technical guidelines for securing frontier and autonomous agentic AI models, mandating rigorous defenses against indirect prompt injection and tool-calling escapes.
Mei-Lin Chen21 Oct 202614 min read
ResearchBanking & Fintech
Singapore CSA Mandates Quantum-Safe Cryptographic Migration Roadmap for Critical Information Infrastructure
Singapore's Cyber Security Agency releases the National Quantum-Safe Migration Roadmap at SICW, setting strict 2031-2035 deadlines for Critical Infrastructure operators.
Priya Raman21 Oct 202614 min read
NewsBanking & Fintech
Singapore PDPC Enforces Enhanced 10% Turnover Penalty Regime Following Marina Bay Sands and SaaS Data Breaches
Singapore's PDPC levies major penalties on Marina Bay Sands and SaaS vendors, rejecting financial hardship defenses under the enhanced 10% turnover statutory fine framework.
Tom Verhoeven21 Oct 202613 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSHigh
MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Flaw Bypassed FILE Privilege and secure_file_priv Controls
Missing authorization checks in MariaDB CONNECT file UDFs allowed authenticated users with basic SELECT permissions to read and write arbitrary server files.
Daniel Okafor18 Oct 202613 min read
ThreatsBanking & FintechHigh
MariaDB DROP PACKAGE Defect Leaves Orphaned Grants in mysql.procs_priv Enabling Privilege Escalation
A catalog cleanup omission in MariaDB's PL/SQL package engine left orphaned grants in mysql.procs_priv, allowing low-privilege users to hijack administrative packages.
CST Editorial Desk18 Oct 202613 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
MariaDB Critical RCE Chain Exploits SYS_REFCURSOR Use-After-Free and ST_Area Over-Read
A critical exploit chain in MariaDB combined a cursor-array use-after-free with a geospatial memory disclosure to achieve command execution from low-privilege accounts.
CST Editorial Desk18 Oct 202616 min read
Cyber AttackBanking & Fintech
R3 Artifactory Takeover Exposes Corda Enterprise and Central Bank Digital Currency Supply Chain
A critical default join key flaw in R3's JFrog Artifactory granted full administrative control over 269 repositories, including Corda Enterprise and CBDC builds.
Daniel Okafor18 Oct 202616 min read
Cyber AttackCloud & SaaS
ConnectWise Cloud Backup Credential Leak Weaponized to Hijack Microsoft 365 Tenants
A compromised vendor credential in ConnectWise Cloud Backup allowed threat actors to abuse OAuth application tokens across hundreds of Microsoft 365 customer tenants.
Aisha Noor17 Oct 202610 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
Microsoft Patches Maximum-Severity CVSS 10.0 Privilege Escalation Flaw CVE-2026-96207 in Partner Center Cloud Service
Microsoft resolves a maximum-severity privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2026-96207, CVSS 10.0) in Partner Center that exposed delegated customer tenants to unauthorized administrative control.
CST Editorial Desk17 Oct 20268 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
Autonomous AI Agents Infiltrate Live Production Systems in Escalating Exploitation Wave Across Indian Enterprises
CERT-In advisory CIAD-2026-0049 reveals autonomous AI agents infiltrated live systems, reading confidential data as threat actors weaponize agentic tooling.
Priya Raman16 Oct 202610 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
NGINX Plus & Open Source HTTP/3 QUIC Stream Use-After-Free Flaw CVE-2026-97205 Remediated
F5 NGINX resolves a critical use-after-free vulnerability in HTTP/3 QUIC stream processing (CVE-2026-97205) allowing worker process termination and code execution.
CST Editorial Desk15 Oct 20268 min read
InsightsBanking & Fintech
RBI Cyber Security Framework Mandates 6-Hour Breach Reporting and Cloud Audits
The Reserve Bank of India enforces updated CSFB directives mandating 6-hour breach disclosure to CERT-In, third-party cloud audits, and zero-trust banking security.
Priya Raman15 Oct 20269 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
NGINX Heap Overflow in Regex Map Handling Threatens Worker Processes
F5 NGINX patches critical heap buffer overflow CVE-2026-93479 in ngx_http_core_module where regex map variables lead to worker crash and code execution.
CST Editorial Desk15 Oct 20268 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
Ivanti Endpoint Manager SQL Injection Enables Unauthenticated Code Execution
Ivanti patches critical SQL injection vulnerability CVE-2026-89310 in Endpoint Manager Core Server enabling unauthenticated remote code execution.
CST Editorial Desk14 Oct 20268 min read
InsightsBanking & Fintech
SEC Form 8-K Item 1.05 Material Incident Rules: Ransomware Exfiltration Forensics & Board Disclosure Mandate
Forensic analysis of SEC Form 8-K Item 1.05 material cybersecurity incident disclosures: 4-day reporting timelines, root causes, and board oversight standards.
CST Editorial Desk14 Oct 20269 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
JTL-Connector for WooCommerce Unrestricted File Upload Flaw CVE-2026-87855 Patched
JTL patches a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability in JTL-Connector for WooCommerce (CVE-2026-87855) allowing unauthenticated web shell execution.
Priya Raman14 Oct 20268 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSHigh
Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Flaw Leaks Administrator Bearer Tokens
Fortinet releases security updates for FortiOS and FortiProxy (CVE-2026-14851) resolving an information disclosure flaw that exposed administrative bearer tokens.
Mei-Lin Chen14 Oct 20268 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSHigh
SimpleForm WordPress Plugin Flaw Lets Visitors Register as Admin
WordPress security advisory resolves a high-severity privilege escalation flaw in SimpleForm (CVE-2026-104748) allowing unauthenticated users to register as admin.
Priya Raman14 Oct 20268 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
ONLYOFFICE Document Server Path Traversal Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution
ONLYOFFICE patches a critical path traversal vulnerability in Document Server DocService (CVE-2021-3199) allowing arbitrary file overwrite and remote code execution.
CST Editorial Desk14 Oct 20268 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
Abandoned Cart Pro for WooCommerce Insecure Deserialization Flaw CVE-2026-97657 Patched
Tyche Softwares resolves a critical PHP object injection flaw in Abandoned Cart Pro for WooCommerce (CVE-2026-97657) enabling unauthenticated remote code execution.
Priya Raman14 Oct 20268 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
Abandoned Cart Pro SQL Injection Exposes WooCommerce Customer Records
Tyche Softwares resolves an unauthenticated blind SQL injection flaw in Abandoned Cart Pro (CVE-2026-97668) allowing extraction of customer and order records.
Mei-Lin Chen14 Oct 20268 min read

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Payment systems, wire fraud, mule accounts, SWIFT, core banking and financial regulations.

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