The article describes an evolving threat landscape for the financial sector, driven by financially motivated attacks including data breaches and ransomware, with an average breach cost of $5.56 million. It highlights emerging vectors like Shadow AI, deepfakes, and supply chain compromises as key trends rewriting the threat playbook. Specific technical details regarding CVSS scores, affected software versions, patches, or workarounds are not provided in the source material.
Financially motivated attacks continued to drive the bulk of cyber incidents against banks, insurers, and payment processors in 2025. Approximately 90% of breaches affecting financial institutions carried a financial motive, with data breaches accounting for roughly 64% of incidents and ransomware making up the remaining 36%. The average cost of a data breach in the sector reached $5.56 million per incident, placing finance second among all industries by breach cost. Personal data was the most … More → The post Shadow AI, deepfakes, and supply chain compromise are rewriting the financial sector threat playbook appeared first on Help Net Security .