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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

They accessed 41.5 million customers’ data having gained access via a vulnerability in Hathaway’s Laravel web application framework. million individuals affected HealthEC LLC, a health technology company, has announced that it suffered a data breach in July 2023, in which systems were accessed and files were copied.

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Improving supply chain resiliency in the industrial sector

IBM Big Data Hub

80% of manufacturers report MRO asset management in their facilities needs improvement 60% of construction companies admit their industry is behind when it comes to adopting digital technology 5 ways the industrial sector can improve its supply chain resiliency 1. This equipment is critical to expanding capacity for chip production.

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The City of Durham shut down its network after Ryuk Ransomware attack

Security Affairs

To mitigate the threat and prevent it from spreading inside the city network the City of Durham has disabled all access into the DCI Network for the Durham Police Department with the result that 911 call center was shut down. 911 calls, though, are being answered.”

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Mozi infections will slightly decrease but it will stay alive for some time to come

Security Affairs

Earlier in August, Microsoft researchers reported that the Mozi botnet was improved by implementing news capabilities to target network gateways manufactured by Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE. “The discovery of Mozi_ftp, Mozi_ssh gives us clear evidence that the Mozi botnet is also trying to profit from mining.

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How ‘digital transformation’ gave birth to a new breed of criminal: ‘machine-identity thieves’

The Last Watchdog

However, these fraudsters don’t really care about snatching up your credentials or mine. By now, your personal information and mine has been hacked multiple times and is readily on sale in the Dark Web. The disgruntled employee reportedly hijacked a co-worker’s credentials as a starting point to gain access to sensitive systems.

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Anonymous and its affiliates continue to cause damage to Russia

Security Affairs

The group also hacked the Russian tool manufacturer NPKTAIR, which works with designing TVs and broadcasting radios in Russia, and flyrf[.]ru, NPKTAIR, a Russian tool manufacturer, has been breached. Yesterday, another group known as Kelvinsecurity announced to have hit a #nuclear reactor and gained access to security cameras.

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Prometei botnet is targeting ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange flaws

Security Affairs

The crypto-mining has a modular structure and employes multiple techniques to infect systems and evade detection. Prometei has been observed to be active in systems across a variety of industries, including: Finance, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, Utilities, Travel, and Construction.” ” concludes the report.

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