Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2022

“The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warns according to §7BSIlaw before using virus protection software from the Russian manufacturer Kaspersky. BSI remarks that the trust in the reliability and self-protection of a manufacturer as well as his authentic ability to act is crucial for the safe use of any defense software.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I had an eye-opening conversation about all of this with Steve Hanna , distinguished engineer at Infineon Technologies , a global semiconductor manufacturer based in Neubiberg, Germany. Threat actors all-too-readily compromise, disrupt and maliciously manipulate the comparatively simple IoT systems we havein operation today.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2023

Original post at: [link] Hackers have been enjoying their fair share of the spotlight by breaching car manufacturers’ defenses. In 2017, a vulnerability was discovered in the aforementioned framework. Cybernews researchers discovered that BMW exposed sensitive files that were generated by a framework that BMW Italy relies on.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 19, 2019

Marcus Hutchins, a 24-year-old blogger and malware researcher arrested in 2017 for allegedly authoring and selling malware designed to steal online banking credentials, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy and to making, selling or advertising illegal wiretapping devices.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Estonian sues Gemalto for 152 million euros following the security flaws in the citizen ID cards issued by the company that caused their recall in 2017. Estonian authorities sue the security firm Gemalto for 152 million euros following the security flaws in the citizen ID cards issued by the company that caused their recall in 2017.

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Manufacturing Government Security Risk 95

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The TinyNuke malware is back and now was used in attacks aimed at French users working in manufacturing, technology, construction, and business services. The attackers used invoice-themed lures targeting entities in manufacturing, industry, technology, finance, and other verticals. .

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 25, 2020

van Oorschot: Abstract: Best practices for Internet of Things (IoT) security have recently attracted considerable attention worldwide from industry and governments, while academic research has highlighted the failure of many IoT product manufacturers to follow accepted practices. " by Christopher Bellman and Paul C.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

For any IoT device vendors currently contracted by the government, this is what we know so far from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Required reading for IoT manufacturers: foundational guidelines about IoT vulnerabilities ( 8259 ) and a core baseline of necessary cybersecurity components ( 8259A ). Data protection.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Human Security identified a supply chain of a Chinese manufacturer that was compromised to backdoor the firmware of several products delivered to resellers, physical retail stores and e-commerce warehouses. Products containing the malicious backdoor have been found on public school networks throughout the United States.

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e-Discovery Retail Manufacturing Security 145

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In 2017, thousands of IP cameras have been hijacked by the Persirai IoT botnet that targeted more than 1,000 IP camera models. In June 2017, security experts at security firm F-Secure discovered tens of vulnerabilities in tens of thousands of Internet-connected cameras from China-based manufacturer Foscam.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 20, 2021

The majority of employees within an organisation are hired to execute specific jobs, such as marketing, managing projects, and manufacturing goods. A version of this blog was originally published on 6 February 2017. The cost of compliance is too high.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

The WordPress sets only exposed user names and avatar pictures, but all four Siemens WordPress-based subdomains were vulnerable to a flaw that WordPress itself fixed in 2017, leaving researchers wondering whether there are more severe vulnerabilities on these sites. There are a lot of opportunities for threat actors here.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

In December 2019, German media reported that hackers suspected to be members of the Vietnam-linked APT Ocean Lotus ( APT32 ) group breached the networks of the car manufacturers BMW and Hyundai. The intrusion aimed at stealing automotive trade secrets.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2022

“According to the indictment, between May and September 2017, the defendant and co-conspirators hacked the systems of a foreign refinery and installed malware, which cyber security researchers have referred to as “Triton” or “Trisis,” on a safety system produced by Schneider Electric, a multinational corporation. .”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2019

Manufacturing. The manufacturing industry was not always known to embrace connected technology, but that’s changing. For example, manufacturing companies can expect a cyberattack itself to cost about $1.7 Analysts also say that the manufacturing industry is extremely attractive to hackers.

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Cybersecurity Retail Manufacturing Data breaches 85

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

” “At present, pre-installed partners cover the entire mobile phone industry chain, including mobile phone chip manufacturers, mobile phone design companies, mobile phone brand manufacturers, mobile phone agents, mobile terminal stores and major e-commerce platforms,” reads a descriptive blurb about the company.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Pasco is Japan’s largest geospatial provider and Kobe Steel is one of the major steel manufacturers. Kobe identified unauthorized access to its network in August 2016 and in June 2017, Pasco had detected the intrusion in May 2018.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2019

“[In 2017] APT40 was observed masquerading as a UUV manufacturer, and targeting universities engaged in naval research. The cyberspies also targeted research centres and universities involved in naval research with the intent to access advanced technology to push the growth of the Chinese naval industry.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2018

Early in August, a malware has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSMC is the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of chips for tech giants, including Apple and Qualcomm Inc. This tool was soon stolen by a hacking group named “ Shadow Brokers ” which leaked it to the world in April 2017.

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Ransomware IT Manufacturing Security 51

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

APT15 has been active since at least 2010, it conducted cyber espionage campaigns against targets worldwide in several industries, including the defense, high tech, energy, government, aerospace, and manufacturing. Experts discovered that since December 2016, the APT15 group has been using the previously undocumented backdoor dubbed Okrum.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The group, also known as Cicada, Stone Panda , and Cloud Hopper , has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k , in Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress expose over a billion devices to hack. Cybersecurity researchers from ESET have discovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k , that affects Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The use of MSP is increasing the attack surface for attackers, the DHS’ alert TA18-276B , is related to activity that was uncovered by DHS’ National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in April 2017. ” reads the alert issued by DHS. APT actors have targeted victims in several U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Per a 2017 CNN source , nearly 100,000 agents from as many as 80 nations operate within the United States with the intention of targeting businesses to gain access to key U.S. In the same vein, businesses at large can use the intelligence cycle as a model to detect and deter any attacks coming from foreign intelligence services.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act First was first introduced in 2017, and later in 2019, a new version was introduced. Frankly, manufacturers today just don’t have the appropriate market incentives to properly secure the devices they make and sell – that’s why this legislation is so important,” explained Sens.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 14, 2023

2017 Zyxel Vulnerability Under Active Attack Fortinet issued an alert about thousands of daily attacks looking to perform a command injection attack on end-of-life Zyxel routers. The vulnerability is nearly six years old, and Zyxel previously issued a security advisory about the Gafgyt malware in 2019 that exploited CVE-2017-18368.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

There are so many reasons why manufacturers connect their products to the Internet, whether it’s industrial machines, medical devices, consumer goods or even cars. Additionally, many auto manufacturers now have the ability to remotely update software to fix vulnerabilities or even upgrade functionality. Co-ordination is key.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

In the manufacturing and high-tech world, suppliers are increasingly starting to offer more aftermarket services which include maintenance, spare parts, and other value-added services. Stephan has 30 years of experience in the industrial and manufacturing sectors with companies like Owens Corning, Saint-Gobain, Freudenberg, and Thales.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

The first campaign likely began in early 2014 and continued until mid-2017, while the second started in late 2018 and was still active in late 2019. The malicious code specifically targets QNAP NAS devices manufactured by Taiwanese company QNAP, it already infected over 62,000 QNAP NAS devices.

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Passwords Manufacturing Encryption Authentication 101

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

” “At present, pre-installed partners cover the entire mobile phone industry chain, including mobile phone chip manufacturers, mobile phone design companies, mobile phone brand manufacturers, mobile phone agents, mobile terminal stores and major e-commerce platforms,” reads a descriptive blurb about the company.

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Cloud Manufacturing Marketing Data breaches 169

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 29, 2020

On 7 January 2020, the EU Medical Device Coordination Group published new guidance to help manufacturers fulfil all relevant cybersecurity requirements in Annex I to the new Medical Device Regulations (Regulations 2017/745 on medical devices and 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices) (the Guidelines).

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

There should be clear standards per the device’s components that a manufacturer will be able to follow and a way to validate that the manufacturer designed to those standards,” wrote VDOO Senior Product Marketing Manager Ruth Artzi in an email to Threatpost.

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IoT Security Manufacturing Privacy 57

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2022

The investigation into the botnet revealed that its operators compromised several large public and private entities, including a university, a hotel, a television studio, and an electronics manufacturer, along with home businesses and individuals. ” continues DoJ.

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IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

Although this figure is alarmingly high, CyberEdge notes that the skills gap decreased by ten percentage points compared to its 2017 report. The education sector (87.1%) is the most affected, followed by telecommunications and technology (85.1%), manufacturing (81.5%) and finance (81.4%).

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 26, 2018

So far in 2018, the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) has found more than 100 skimming devices in area fuel pumps, and that figure already eclipses the total number of skimmers found in the area in 2017. The skimmers are hidden inside of the pumps, and there are often few if any outward signs that a pump has been compromised. Image: SAPD.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

The threat actors are spreading the malware through watering hole attacks targeting Tibet, Turkey, and Taiwan, The malware was first spotted in April 2020, but experts believe the ActionSpy spyware has been active at least since 2017. The traffic between C&C and ActionSpy is encrypted by RSA and transferred via HTTP.

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Phishing Encryption Manufacturing Access 69

Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 10, 2018

On January 9, 2018, the FTC issued a paper recapping the key takeaways from the FTC’s and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s June 2017 workshop on privacy and security issues involving connected cars. The workshop featured representatives from consumer groups, industry, government and academia.

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