Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Major Belgium’s telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. One of the major Belgium telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei.

Manufacturing 116

Manufacturing Risk Communications Security 116

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2019

A serious DoS flaw affects several industrial automation products manufactured by the Yokogawa Electric. The DoS vulnerability in several Yokogawa Electric products affects the Open Communication Driver for Vnet/IP, a real-time plant network system for process automation. ” reads the security advisory published by the company.

Agriculture 89

Agriculture Manufacturing Communications Paper 89

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

“IT officials are working to get the communication systems back online.” The list of the victims of the Ryuk ransomware is very long and includes the US government contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) , US railroad company Railworks , Croatian petrol station chain INA Group , and parts manufacturer Visser Precision.

Ransomware 118

Ransomware IT Computer and Electronics Mining 118

Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2020

The ATM manufacturer giants, Diebold Nixdorf and NCR, have released software updates to fix a flaw that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks. The ATM manufacturers Diebold Nixdorf and NCR have addressed a bug that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks. and 05.01.00

Manufacturing 76

Manufacturing Communications Encryption Authentication 76

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The guideline is organized into three main sections, Communication, Policy, and Security.txt. The process for communicating a vulnerability must be clear and well defined, it could be useful to set up a specific path for disclosing the issues (email address or secure web form).

Communications 104

Communications Risk Manufacturing Government 104

Krebs on Security

APRIL 19, 2019

Title 18, Section 2512 , which involves the manufacture, distribution, possession and advertising of devices for intercepting online communications. 2015, Hutchins helped create and sell Kronos and a related piece of malware called UPAS Kit. The government says between July 2012 and Sept.

Manufacturing 180

Manufacturing Government Communications Ransomware 180

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.

Encryption 76

Encryption Manufacturing Paper Communications 76

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

The US government is testing high-altitude balloons manufactured by Sierra Nevada to conduct surveillance over American soil. ” In July Sierra Nevada obtained a Special Temporary Authorization by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the use of several radio frequencies over the area for communications from the balloons.

Military 76

Military Manufacturing Communications Government 76

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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Communications 87

Communications Manufacturing Cybersecurity Phishing 87

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As a result, you will prevent unauthorized access or communication interception. As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Hackers or other malicious sources can intercept poorly encrypted communications on the web. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Poor credentials.

IoT 133

IoT Cybersecurity Manufacturing Passwords 133

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It’s normal that … we want a European solution” because of the importance of “the security of our communication,” Macron told reporters. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reported the Associated Press agency. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Huawei).

IT 130

IT Military Manufacturing Risk 130

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

Security firm Clever Security discovered that heart defibrillators manufactured by Medtronic are affected by two serious vulnerabilities. An attacker with adjacent short-range access to a target product can listen to communications, including the transmission of sensitive data.” ” continues the advisory. Pierluigi Paganini.

Communications 90

Communications Encryption Access Manufacturing 90

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2018

If you consider vein based authentication totally secure, you have to know that a group of researchers demonstrated the opposite at the Chaos Communication Congress hacking conference. The manufacturers improve their systems, the hackers come and break it and then it goes back on.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Authentication 87

Authentication Communications Manufacturing Security 87

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The experts used the Magic Blue smart bulbs that implement communication through Bluetooth 4.0. The devices are manufactured by the Chinese company called Zengge and could be controlled using both Android and iOS apps. The experts focused their study on devices using the Low Energy Attribute Protocol ( ATT ) to communicate.

Communications 108

Communications Manufacturing Security IT 108

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Recently Belgian telecoms operators Orange Belgium and Proximus announced that it will gradually replace the equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. In September, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) estimated the cost of a full replacement of all Huawei and ZTE hardware on American wireless networks at $1.837bn.

IT 121

IT Military Manufacturing Risk 121

Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

Upon the installation, the malicious app registers itself as a foreground service and extracts an encrypted payload that gathers information about the victim’s device (android_id, manufacturer, model, firmware version, etc.) Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the report.

Manufacturing 124

Manufacturing Libraries Access Encryption 124

Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2020

. “The remaining half belong to executives at third-party partners, including European and American companies associated with chemical manufacturing, aviation and transport, medical and pharmaceutical manufacturing, finance, oil and gas, and communications.” Pierluigi Paganini.

Phishing 80

Phishing Healthcare Manufacturing Government 80

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Ransomware 136

Ransomware IT Retail Manufacturing 136

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Experts pointed out that the bot mainly uses the IRC protocol to communicate with the command and control (C&C) servers. “Once the communication lines are established, Momentum can use various commands to attack using the compromised devices.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Communications 63

Communications Manufacturing Security IT 63

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Researchers at Applied Risk discovered serious flaws in some PLC gateways manufactured by industrial tech company ABB. The ABB gateway solutions allow ABB PLCs to communicate with other control systems. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. GATE-E1 and GATE-E2 from ABB. Pierluigi Paganini.

Authentication 83

Authentication Manufacturing Risk Communications 83

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The malware also downloads the Command-and-control (C2) URLs, C2 communication is encrypted using Base64, RC4, and Curve25519. . With each new version, the malware adds new features like dynamic library loading, encryption, and adjustments to different locales and manufacturers.” ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

Financial Services 108

Financial Services Libraries Encryption Authentication 108

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 30, 2018

These provisions allow the Department of Defense (DOD) to access communications from any UAV in limited circumstances. Commercial manufacturers or commercial users of UAVs in the United States should consider how this law will impact future design or operation of UAVs. Law Clerk–not admitted to practice law. [1] Circuit case, Taylor v.

Privacy 40

Privacy Manufacturing Communications Security 40

Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2018

The Australian government considers risky the involvement of Huawei for the rolling out of next-generation 5G communication networks. The US was the first country that warned of the security risks associated with the usage of the products manufactured by the Chinese telecommunications giant. Pierluigi Paganini.

Security 70

Security Military Manufacturing Retail 70

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

” PIONEER KITTEN operations leverage on SSH tunneling, through open-source tools such as Ngrok, they also used the custom tool SSHMinion to communication with malware deployed in the target networks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Access 91

Access Financial Services Retail Insurance 91

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2018

According to New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau, Huawei equipment for 5G infrastructure poses a “significant network security risk,” for this reason, it asked mobile company Spark to avoid using the equipment of the Chinese company. ” Which is the Spark’s opinion on the ban?

Security 73

Security Government Communications Manufacturing 73

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.

Communications 88

Communications Manufacturing Encryption Security 88

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2020

The reason for this is that the vulnerability originated in reference software, which has seemingly been copied by different cable modems manufacturers when creating their cable modem firmware. A ‘DNS Rebinding’ attack allows any website to create a DNS name that they are authorized to communicate with, and then make it resolve to localhost.

Manufacturing 67

Manufacturing Paper Risk Communications 67

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2019

Researchers from Trend Micro have analyzed the communication protocols used by cranes and other industrial machines and discovered several flaws. Security experts from Trend Micro have discovered several vulnerabilities in the communication protocols used by cranes, hoists, drills and other industrial machines. Pierluigi Paganini.

Communications 61

Communications Mining Risk Manufacturing 61

Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2020

To mitigate the issue manufacturers should disable the UPnP SUBSCRIBE capability in default configurations, and ensure that explicit user consent is required to enable SUBSCRIBE with any appropriate network restrictions. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Manufacturing 97

Manufacturing Communications Access Security 97

Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2019

Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors. To make hard the analysis of the malware, backdoor DLLs are heavily obfuscated and C2 communication encrypted. Pierluigi Paganini.

Libraries 77

Libraries Encryption Communications Manufacturing 77

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2019

“Some operations at plants where metal is fashioned into finished products for use in cars, planes and other manufactured goods, have been temporarily stopped, said spokesman Halvor Molland.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reported Bloomberg. Pierluigi Paganini.

Manufacturing 65

Manufacturing Ransomware Communications Cybersecurity 65

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. ” continues the DoJ’s Press release. The Chinese hackers are accused of targeting and compromising Managed Service Providers to steal sensitive business information from their customers.

Computer and Electronics 79

Computer and Electronics Healthcare Manufacturing Government 79

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

ComBox is a communications and monitoring device for installers and operators of Conext solar systems. Schneider revealed that the USB drives were infected with a malware during manufacturing at a third-party supplier’s facility. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Energy and Utilities 53

Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Communications Security 53

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

BUSSide is a software framework developed for ESP8266 , running on a NodeMCU board which allows a python client on your laptop to communicate (mostly through bit-banging) with different hardware components through different protocols (i.e. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

IoT 129

IoT Manufacturing Communications Security 129

Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2019

Researchers at German cybersecurity firm Cure53 found evidence that the app was developed by a unit of FiberHome, a Chinese telecom manufacturer that is partly owned by the government. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the NYT. Pierluigi Paganini.

Manufacturing 64

Manufacturing Government Communications Cybersecurity 64

Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

.” Experts explained that combining the BIAS attack with other attacks, such as the KNOB (Key Negotiation of Bluetooth) attack , the attacker van brute-force the encryption key and use it to decrypt communications. The SIG recommends Bluetooth users to install the latest updates from the device and operating system manufacturers.

Authentication 102

Authentication Encryption Paper Manufacturing 102

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

These unexpected reboots resulted in brief communications outages (i.e., The attack caused brief communications outages between the control center and the sites, and the field devices at the sites. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the document. Pierluigi Paganini.

Energy and Utilities 84

Energy and Utilities Communications Manufacturing Risk 84