Investment

🔎  Major Findings Across Sectors

• Standout performances from Trading platform Trading212 with 90% security score..
  
  
• There was a sharp drop in performance, particularly for the non-transactional sites, or financial media sites who don’t have active trading accounts on the Internet.

• In general the poorly performing sites had weak controls, and lack of rigorous cyber defences.

⚠️ Threats & Weaknesses

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• On the worst performing domains, automated bots were able to scan, map, and interact with authentication services without encountering rate limits, anomaly detection, or session validation controls. Infiltration rates reached up to 95% on some domains, confirming a near-total absence of active defensive interception.

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• In many sites no behavioural response to bot-generated input or repeated access attempts was detected. Although all sites had Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) deployed, our simulations were able to complete reconnaissance and interaction phases without challenge - highlighting the limitations of legacy, perimeter-centric defence strategies.

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• The weaker performances mostly showed exposure to account take-over attacks, which could lead to automated account and exposure to fraud. The investment site do have high net worth customers, and obtaining a full set of data, including the name, address and associated ID can lead to major fraud.

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🔓 Unlocking Results

VerifiedThreat assessments highlight which organisations:

• ✅ Have robust, resilient defences
  
  
• ⚠️ Are at risk of automation and bot-based exploitation
  
  
• 🚨 Face critical vulnerabilities if left unchecked
  
  

💡 Why This Matters

Understanding sector dynamics allows businesses to:

• Benchmark against industry peers
  
  
• Prioritise investment in external defence
  
  
• Strengthen customer trust by closing exposure gaps

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