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3D Printing Takes First Steps Into Serial Manufacturing Production

Synergis Software

Automobile manufacturer Audi is using its A4 Limousine, a low-production model, as a proving ground for process innovation research. One large steel frame section of the A4 has always been difficult to manufacture, so the research team decided to try 3D printing. His company currently has three basic uses for 3D printing.

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Researchers found alleged sensitive documents of NATO and Turkey

Security Affairs

Researchers from the US-based firm Cyble recently came across a post shared by an unknown threat actor that goes online with the moniker Spectre123, where he has allegedly leaked the sensitive documents of NATO and Havelsan (Turkish Military/defence manufacturer). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Japanese defense contractors Pasco and Kobe Steel disclose security breaches

Security Affairs

Pasco is Japan’s largest geospatial provider and Kobe Steel is one of the major steel manufacturers. The Japanese firm confirmed the unauthorized access to its internal network after Japanese newspapers disclosed the security incident citing sources informed of the event. Pierluigi Paganini.

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A mysterious code prevents QNAP NAS devices to be updated

Security Affairs

Users of the Network attached storage devices manufactured have reported a mystery string of malware attacks that disabled software updates by hijacking entries in host machines’ hosts file. ” Other users reported similar problems with the MalwareRemover, but it is still unclear if the events are linked. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Kaspersky found dozens of flaws in 4 open-source VNC software

Security Affairs

VNC systems use the remote frame buffer (RFB) protocol to remotely control a device, transfer screen images, mouse movement and keypress events between devices. VNC is widely adopted in industrial environments and many manufacturers of industrial control systems (ICS) leverage on VNC to implement remote control for their products.

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DoS attack the caused disruption at US power utility exploited a known flaw

Security Affairs

a cyber event disrupted energy grid operations in California, Wyoming, and Utah. The news was first reported by E&E News, a “cyber event” interrupted grid operations in parts of the western United States in March, according to a report posted by the Department of Energy. . and 7 p.m., power grid ( Energywire , April 30).

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Top cybersecurity Predictions for 2020

Security Affairs

Here we are again for the annual prediction of the events that I believe will impact the cybersecurity landscape in the next year. Although the device vendors are implementing new security features in their systems, a lot of them from many manufacturers still do not implement security-by-design, making these systems easy to hack.