Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2023

The researchers observed Flax Typhoon gaining and maintaining long-term access to Taiwanese organizations’ networks with minimal use of malware. The group relies on tools built into the operating system, along with some legitimate software. The group primarily relies on living-off-the-land techniques and hands-on-keyboard activity.

Manufacturing 80

Manufacturing Education Access Government 80

Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

The Brazilian retail arm of car manufacturing giant Volvo leaked sensitive files, putting its clientele in the vast South American country in peril. Exposed sensitive files On February 17, 2023, the Cybernews research team discovered public access to sensitive files hosted on dimasvolvo.com.br The issue causing the leak has been fixed.

Retail 91

Retail Manufacturing Communications Passwords 91

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It is not known how long the database was publicly available, nor whether anyone else accessed it. Source New Manufacturing USA Yes 20,415 TECA Srl Source New Transport Italy Yes 16.7 Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Date breached: 384,658,212 records.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

authoring agencies have recently observed indications of Volt Typhoon actors maintaining access and footholds within some victim IT environments for at least five years,” reads the alert. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and to stay under the radar. In fact, the U.S.

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Communications Military Manufacturing 98

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

Once compromised a victim’s network, threat actors deploy the post-exploitation tool Cobalt Strike to maintain persistence and perform lateral movements. Royal ransomware actors gain initial access to victim networks in multiple ways, in the majority of the attacks threat actors used phishing messages. ” reads the alert.

Ransomware 89

Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Communications 89

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools. “Royal’s initial access utilized the basic service domain service account, connecting to a server. ” reads the report.

Ransomware 104

Ransomware Encryption Systems administration Cybersecurity 104

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Data privacy regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be hard to navigate for businesses of any size, but GRC tools can simplify and streamline compliance with all of the requirements. Contents: Top GRC tools comparison. Top GRC tools comparison.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The list was published with the intent of raising awareness of common hardware weaknesses through CWE and educating designers and programmers on how to address them as part of the product development lifecycle. . The list includes a total of 12 vulnerabilities entries that had a score from 1.03 to 1.42 (the highest possible score was 2.0).

Manufacturing 140

Manufacturing Education Access Security 140

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Law enforcement also had access to data stolen from the victims of the ransomware operation, a circumstance that highlights the fact that even when a ransom is paid, the ransomware gang often fails to delete the stolen information. reads the press release published by DoJ.

Energy and Utilities 91

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Manufacturing 91

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. . The US government operation blocked access to the routers by Russian cyberspies.

Energy and Utilities 97

Energy and Utilities Military Government Phishing 97

Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2023

The group managed to maintain access without being detected for as long as possible. In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. and Guam without being detected.

Communications 74

Communications Manufacturing Access Archiving 74

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Further victims of last year’s Perry Johnson & Associates data breach identified Last year, the medical transcription company PJ&A (Perry Johnson & Associates) suffered a data breach in which an unauthorised third party was able to access its computer network. TB JP Original Corp Source New Manufacturing USA Yes 1.2

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The group managed to maintain access without being detected for as long as possible. In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. and Guam without being detected.

Communications 112

Communications Manufacturing Education Government 112

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Tools such as Midjourney and ChatGPT are gaining attention for their capabilities in generating realistic images, video and sophisticated, human-like text, extending the limits of AI’s creative potential. Harnessing the value of generative AI Generative AI is a potent tool, but how do organizations harness this power?

Artificial Intelligence 125

Artificial Intelligence Marketing Sales Communications 125

Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

While metaverse is no longer a buzzword, amid the sudden popularity of ChatGPT and similar AI tools, those virtual worlds are still here, presenting exciting opportunities for companies, users, and, unfortunately, threat actors. We can’t say for sure how much of the aforementioned data could be accessed using the ComfyApp credentials alone.

IoT 97

IoT Manufacturing Authentication Ransomware 97

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Law enforcement also had access to data stolen from the victims of the ransomware operation, a circumstance that highlights the fact that even when a ransom is paid, the ransomware gang often fails to delete the stolen information. According to a joint report published by US authorities and international peers, the total of U.S.

Energy and Utilities 100

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Agriculture 100

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.

IoT 144

IoT Cybersecurity Manufacturing Government 144

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

30, 2023 NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes Flaws Can Lead to Credential Theft Type of Attack: Path sanitization bypass and injection vulnerabilities discovered in the NGINX Ingress controller can allow for credential theft, arbitrary command execution, and critical data access. CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level

Ransomware 91

Ransomware Authentication Cybersecurity Education 91

Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

Wednesday morning, the City’s security monitoring tools notified our Security Operations Center (SOC) that a likely ransomware attack had been launched within our environment,” reads the statement released by the City. reads the alert.

Ransomware 91

Ransomware IT Encryption Education 91

Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Hancitor became another commodity malware which partnered with ransomware gangs to help them gain initial access to target networks – the increasing trend outlined by Group-IB researchers in the recent Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021 report. In addition, the group leveraged some custom tools for network reconnaissance.

Ransomware 115

Ransomware Education Manufacturing Healthcare 115

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. The ransomware can be deployed as a .dll exe file or contained within a PowerShell loader.

Ransomware 85

Ransomware Encryption Communications Manufacturing 85

Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

This allowed ESET researchers to identify devices previously used in a data center/ cloud computing business (specifically, a router provisioning a university’s virtualized assets), a nationwide US law firm, manufacturing and tech companies, a creative firm, and a major Silicon Valleybased software developer, among others.”

Authentication 90

Authentication Marketing Cloud Manufacturing 90

The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. We discussed why encrypted flash drives have become established as a must-have portable business tool in the digital age.

Encryption 203

Encryption Military Passwords Authentication 203

Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2020

The group hit entities in several industries, including the gaming, healthcare, high-tech, higher education, telecommunications, and travel services industries. Unlike other China-based actors, the group used custom malware in cyber espionage operations, experts observed 46 different malware families and tools in APT41 campaigns.

Healthcare 118

Healthcare Education Manufacturing Government 118

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 8, 2021

ManageEngine is a division of Zoho Corporation and offers a full suite of IT management tools. The ManageEngine IT security portfolio spans everything from privileged access management (PAM) to network configuration to password management. The EventLog Analyzer product is a log management tool at its core. EventLog Analyzer.

Cloud 52

Cloud Financial Services Compliance Manufacturing 52

Rocket Software

MARCH 11, 2022

For businesses that rely on mainframes, secure access to the data stored there is simply a business requirement. Terminal emulation and host access to these critical resources is key to enabling a range of business processes from serving customers more efficiently to ensuring regulatory compliance. Increase mobility and access.

Retail 52

Retail Manufacturing Compliance Access 52

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

8 ] CVE-2019-11510 : Pulse Secure VPN Servers – CISA has conducted multiple incident response engagements at Federal Government and commercial entities where the threat actors exploited CVE-2019-11510—an arbitrary file reading vulnerability affecting Pulse Secure VPN appliances—to gain access to victim networks.

Government 72

Government Energy and Utilities Healthcare Access 72

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2021

Zuboff exhaustively documents how Google and Facebook created services that assigned value to each individual’s online behaviors, then, without really asking permission, swooped in to monetize this deep access to personal data almost exclusively to grow their advertising revenue. McConomy: Facebook, Instagram, etc.,

Privacy 196

Privacy Personal data Manufacturing Data Privacy 196

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. Closely related to data security and an integral part of taking a proactive stance toward it is data privacy , or how data is stored, accessed and secured against improper access, theft or other loss. Define sensitive data.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

However, if AGI development uses similar building blocks as narrow AI, some existing tools and technologies will likely be crucial for adoption. The majority (72%) of enterprises that use APIs for model access use models hosted on their cloud service providers. The skills gap in gen AI development is a significant hurdle.

Artificial Intelligence 96

Artificial Intelligence Marketing e-Delivery Manufacturing 96

Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2021

According to Resecurity, at the early stage of activity the group leveraged Sonar, a secure data transfer tool deployed in Tor network providing API ( [link] ). According to expert statistics, the greatest number of victims in 2020 by industry were in manufacturing, professional and legal services, and construction.

Sales 78

Sales Ransomware Government GDPR 78

Rocket Software

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

We are proud to support almost all of the Fortune 50 companies with our products and services, companies that play critical roles in industries from education to manufacturing. In turn, the network we’ve built enables greater breadth of access to our offerings.

Digital transformation 82

Digital transformation Manufacturing Education Access 82

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Researchers discovered a vulnerability in the code of the Rhysida ransomware that allowed them to develop a decryption tool. The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors.

Ransomware 116

Ransomware Encryption Paper Manufacturing 116

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 30, 2018

Innovation is crucial, and it is critical that organizations use tools that not only monitor and discover threats, but also protect cyber infrastructure. We need to encourage manufacturers and suppliers to create “trusted” products that are secure and come from secure supply chains.

Cybersecurity 67

Cybersecurity e-Discovery Cloud Digital transformation 67

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Data privacy regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be hard to navigate for businesses of any size, but GRC tools can simplify and streamline compliance with all of the requirements. Contents: Top GRC tools comparison. Top GRC tools comparison.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.” reads the joint advisory.

Ransomware 123

Ransomware Manufacturing Education Libraries 123

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.”

Ransomware 120

Ransomware Manufacturing Education Libraries 120