Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) today (Wednesday) published a discussion paper examining the accelerated settlement for the Hong Kong cash equities market, aiming to lead market-wide discussion and build consensus with industry participants on how and when to move to a shorter settlement cycle for Hong Kong.
HKEX's cash market has been operating under a T+2 settlement cycle since 1992, while other cash markets globally have also been gradually shortening to a T+2 cycle over the past two decades. More recently, many markets have moved or are considering moving to a T+1 or faster settlement cycle. By the end of 2027, up to 88 per cent1 of cash equities globally by trade value will be...
Hackers are continuing to seek out opportunities to exploit the infamous CVE-2025-48927 vulnerability involved in TeleMessage, according to a new report from threat intelligence company GreyNoise. GreyNoise’s tag, which monitors attempts to take advantage of the vulnerability, has detected 11 IP addresses that have attempted the exploit since April. Other IP addresses may be performing reconnaissance work: A total of 2,009 IPs have searched for Spring Boot Actuator endpoints in the past 90 days, and 1,582 IPs have specifically targeted the /health endpoints, which commonly detect Spring Boot Actuator deployments.The flaw allows hackers to extract data from vulnerable systems. The issue “stems from the platform’s continued use of a legacy confirmation in Spring Boot...