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MY TAKE: Why DDoS weapons will proliferate with the expansion of IoT and the coming of 5G

The Last Watchdog

A couple of high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks will surely go down in history as watershed events – each for different reasons. This attacker easily located IoT devices that used the manufacturers’ default security setting. Related: IoT botnets now available for economical DDoS blasts.

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FDA Issues Final Guidance on Cybersecurity in Medical Devices

Hunton Privacy

The Guidance provides recommendations to device manufacturers for content β€œto include in FDA medical device premarket submissions for effective cybersecurity management.” The Guidance updates a draft guidance that was originally published in June 2013.

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APT40 cyberespionage group supporting growth of China’s naval sector

Security Affairs

The APT40 group has been active since at least 2013 and appears to be focused on supporting naval modernization efforts of the Government of Beijing. “[In 2017] APT40 was observed masquerading as a UUV manufacturer, and targeting universities engaged in naval research. ” reads the analysis published by FireEye.

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FDA Issues Safety Communication and Guidance on Cybersecurity for Medical Devices

Hunton Privacy

On June 13, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (β€œFDA”) published a safety communication and guidance regarding the vulnerability of medical devices to cyberattacks. Developing data recovery and incident response plans in the event of a compromise of medical device security.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in July 2018 – 139,731,894 million records leaked

IT Governance

SIAS says data of 70,000 members stolen in 2013. Carvajal, MD Provides Notice to Individuals of Data Security Event. How a Robotics Vendor Exposed Confidential Data for Major Manufacturing Companies. Patients’ health records stolen from gas station. Clark University notifies students of phishing incident. LabCorp hacked?

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Winnti APT group uses skip-2.0 malware to control Microsoft SQL Servers

Security Affairs

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. PortReus e was used by the Winnti cyberespionage group to target a high-profile Asian mobile software and hardware manufacturer. are related to authentication and event logging.”

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P3iD to Demo TWAIN Direct Capture Platform

Info Source

It’s the driverless scanning initiative launched by the TWAIN Working Group (TWG) in 2013 designed to bring document scanning into the 21st century when it comes to connectivity [see DIR 12/20/13]. P3iD will initially target hardware manufacturers and enterprise users with its platform. β€œIf