Schneier on Security

JUNE 23, 2021

Mollitiam is also currently marketing a tool that it claims enables “mass surveillance of digital profiles and identities” across social media and the dark web.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 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 group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

How to Secure Access for your Seasonal Workers. As the holiday season approaches, many retail, hospitality, logistics, and food manufacturing organizations hire seasonal workers to meet increasing demand. Access management risks of seasonal workers. The importance of effective access management. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 05:36.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Positive Technologies while analyzing Intel Management Engine (ME) discovered that Apple did not disable Intel Manufacturing Mode in its laptops. This week, researchers Maxim Goryachy and Mark Ermolov published a blog post that revealed Chipzilla’s ME contains an undocumented Manufacturing Mode. ” concludes the experts.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

ZLab researchers spotted a new malicious espionage activity targeting Italian companies operating worldwide in the manufacturing sector. This actor was first spotted by PaloAlto’s UNIT42 in 2018 during wide scale operations against technology, retail, manufacturing, and local government industries in the US, Europe and Asia.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers. Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite, is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Cybernews research team discovered public access to the web directories that exposed thousands of credentials. Leaked credentials could have been used for credential stuffing attacks, which try to log into companies’ internet-connected tools such as VPN portals, HR management platforms, or corporate emails.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

This is precisely what the consortium of software companies and device manufacturers, led Google, Amazon and Apple, set out to achieve when Matter was conceived four years ago. You need secure interoperability between the smart devices used in these buildings such as security cameras, access controls, HVAC and emergency systems.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2024

In late 2023, BlackBerry researchers spotted the threat actor FIN7 targeting a large US automotive manufacturer with a spear-phishing campaign. OpenSSH is also used for external access. FIN7 targeted employees who worked in the company’s IT department and had higher levels of administrative rights.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

Related: Microsoft advocates regulation of facial recognition tools. Yet, the tech titans recently agreed to adopt a common set of standards supporting passwordless access to websites and apps. Passwordless solutions now enable companies to turn BYOD into a strategic tool. Coming advances. FIDO stands for Fast IDentity Online.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

CyberNews researchers reported that Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. The team has identified that Ecco left 50 indices exposed to the public, with over 60GB of data accessible since June 2021. What happened?

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. “These senseless acts of targeting those who are unable to respond are the motivation for this research, analysis, tools, and blog post.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 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. . “the U.S.

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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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The activity was characterized by the use of a combination of rare tools and techniques to gain access to the target network and collect intelligence from sensitive IIS server. The previous campaigns associated with this group targeted government, education, and electronic manufacturers in East Asia and the Middle East.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Currently, human hackers often discover security holes by chance; AI could make their hacking tools faster and the success of their tactics and techniques much more systematic. Our cybersecurity tools at present are not prepared to handle AI-infused hacking, should targeted network attacks advance in this way. Wittkotter.

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Currently, human hackers often discover security holes by chance; AI could make their hacking tools faster and the success of their tactics and techniques much more systematic. Our cybersecurity tools at present are not prepared to handle AI-infused hacking, should targeted network attacks advance in this way. Wittkotter.

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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.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This additional reward aims to target affiliated and initial access brokers involved and that facilitated the attacks of the group. The FBI developed a decryption tool that could allow over 500 victims to recover their systems for free. the fashion giant Moncler , the Swissport , NCR , and Western Digital.

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Ransomware Government Manufacturing Access 112

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The CRA introduces common cybersecurity rules for manufacturers, developers and distributors of products with digital elements, covering both hardware and software. Manufacturers of products must also comply with various requirements relating to the handling of vulnerabilities which are set out in section 2 of Annex I of the CRA.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus was spotted exploiting Log4j vulnerabilities to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus is behind a new hacking campaign that exploits Log4j vulnerabilities to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans (RATs).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

All too often, this gives them a false sense of security: when in fact, threat actors can not only access and watch your camera feed but exploit the unsecured device to hack into your network. After looking at 28 of the most popular manufacturers, our research team found 3.5 The reign of a Chinese brand.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4 of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The investigators said the advanced threat actors used a mixture of known and unique malware tools in the attack – which they dubbed Operation Harvest – to compromise the victim’s IT environment, exfiltrate the data and evade detection. PlugX, Winnti and some other custom tools all point to a group that had access to the same tools.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2023

Original post at: [link] Hackers have been enjoying their fair share of the spotlight by breaching car manufacturers’ defenses. If a malicious hacker were to discover the flaw, they could exploit it to access customer data, steal the company’s source code, and look for other vulnerabilities to exploit.

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IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By leveraging our internal knowledge and technology stack to address your cloud spending issues, you gain access to a comprehensive suite of tools and expertise that will enable your organization to make data-driven decisions, optimize costs and maximize the return on your cloud investments, all while driving innovation and growth for your business.

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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.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

While we’ve known about the dangers of IoT devices for a long time, plenty of cybersecurity tools still don’t sufficiently cover them. And IoT devices often don’t have the firmware to install antivirus software or other protective tools. Penetration services are helpful for small businesses, too.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Experts warn that the Russia-linked APT29 group has been observed targeting JetBrains TeamCity servers to gain initial access to the targets’ networks. And it’s even worse: With access to the build process, attackers can inject malicious code, compromising the integrity of software releases and impacting all downstream users.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2023

A Japanese multinational accidentally leaked access to its marketing tools, enabling attackers to launch phishing campaigns against its vast pool of customers in Italy. Threat actors could abuse this information to gain access to Toyota clients’ phone numbers and email addresses and abuse them to launch phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Budworm cyber espionage group (aka APT27 , Bronze Union , Emissary Panda , Lucky Mouse , TG-3390 , and Red Phoenix) is behind a series attacks conducted over the past six months against a number of high-profile targets, including the government of a Middle Eastern country, a multinational electronics manufacturer, and a U.S.

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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.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2023

Files that should be secure and kept private were left publicly accessible. Anyone could have retrieved passwords and secret tokens for accessing user data, business management tools, or managing websites. Rarely do car manufacturers sell their cars directly. We’ve grown to trust our local car sellers.

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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.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

A damaged phone might not power on, and the data port might not work, so experts use hardware and software tools to directly access the phone’s memory chips. These include hacking tools, albeit ones that may be lawfully used as part of a criminal investigation. The study addresses methods that work with Android phones.

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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.

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