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. Volvo’s retailer exposed its database’s authentication information, including MySQL and Redis database hosts, open ports and credentials. The issue causing the leak has been fixed.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. The agency is strengthening its identity management and authentication protocols, and enhancing the monitoring activities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

It also discovered Siemens leaking four sets of WordPress users, and three sets of backend and authentication endpoint URLs on different endpoints of the affected systems. Backend and authentication endpoint URLs, used to verify users before giving them access, could lead to attackers testing them for vulnerabilities and exploiting them.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2024

Exploitation requires successful authentication by a user with the necessary privileges. The web shell’s primary purpose is to intercept and harvest credentials which would enable access into downstream customers’ networks as an authenticated user. ” reads the advisory published by Versa Networks. . victims and one non-U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. The group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The only way to tackle this challenge is to educate the users about these threats and their potential implications. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Manufacturers saw this as an opportunity and rushed in to grab their own piece of the IoT market. All programs and services must filter content before deeming it as suitable.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2023

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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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. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

As an increasing number of connected devices are deployed within IoT ecosystems, enterprises need to identify and authenticate them. Typically, when they are manufactured, IoT devices receive their initial identity in the form of a “digital birth certificate.” Controlling Production Runs. This leads us to the second step.

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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.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“InfraGard connects critical infrastructure owners, operators, and stakeholders with the FBI to provide education, networking, and information-sharing on security threats and risks,” the FBI’s InfraGard fact sheet reads. .” “If it was only the phone I will be in [a] bad situation,” USDoD said.

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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. ” reads the joint report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2023

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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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. It has a battery, so it’s platform independent and you don’t have to rely on the computer’s operating system to turn it on or authenticate it.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2024

The second campaign, called “Eqoop,” can bypass multifactor authentication and is targeting entities in the logistics, finance, petroleum, manufacturing, higher education, and research sectors. This threat is hosted globally and predominantly targets government entities in North America.

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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.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

EvilProxy phishing campaign targets Microsoft 365 accounts via indeed.com A phishing campaign identified by Menlo Security has been targeting senior executives in various industries – most notably banking and financial services, property management and real estate, and manufacturing – since July.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

level vulnerability involves a lack of validation, which allows attackers to steal Kubernetes API credentials from the ingress controller, compromise the authentication process by modifying settings, and gain access to internal files including service account tokens. CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Training materials and programs should be developed and delivered regularly, to educate employees on topics such as encryption, malware, data retention, and authentication. 2] Jailbreaking is the process of modifying a device to remove restrictions imposed by the manufacturer or operator. 4] SC 2000, c 5. [5]

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Industrial control systems (ICS) are the backbone of critical infrastructure, powering essential operations in the energy, manufacturing, water treatment, and transportation sectors. These systems are integral to the smooth operation of industries such as manufacturing, power generation, oil and gas, water management, and more.

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

million accounts compromised in Le Slip Français data breach The French underwear manufacturer Le Slip Français has suffered a data breach. Mobile Guardian, which is used to help parents manage their children’s device usage, was hacked on 19 April, according to the Singaporean Ministry of Education. Data breached: 5,300,000 records.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2024

Fraudulent Authentication These types of attacks are relevant to ‘long term identities’ where a private key (recovered from a public key) can be used to authenticate to a system for a variety of purposes that include: to create credentials that allow authentication into systems with the aim of causing damage or extracting information.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

In this instance, Kid Security failed to configure authentication for its Kafka Broker cluster, exposing at least 456,000 private social media messages, audio recordings, IP addresses, device locations, usage statistics and more for over a year. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.1 Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.1

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John Battelle's Searchblog

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

To win talent, companies must compete on purpose, authenticity, and organizational structure. If millennials are choosing employers based on purpose and authenticity, it follows that they decide how they spend their money in similar fashion. A job is table stakes. It’s where great companies are born and grow.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Education, government, energy and manufacturing are others. Similarly, the education sector has also become a soft target for ransomware. Multifactor authentication (MFA) can protect critical applications and devices, as can zero trust security principles. There are, however, some industries at higher risk than others.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Multi-factor authentication : Protects stolen credentials against use by requiring more than a simple username and password combination for access to resources. Passwordless authentication : Eliminates passwords in favor of other types of authentication such as passkeys, SSO, biometrics, or email access.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

The report goes on to note: In addition to the massive Equifax breach that exposed personal information of 143 million individuals, other noted breaches last year included the education platform Edmodo (77 million records hacked); Verizon (14 million subscribers possibly hacked); and America’s JobLink (nearly 5 million records compromised).

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. It means physically securing servers and user devices, managing and controlling access, application security and patching, maintaining thoroughly tested, usable data backups and educating employees. Use dedicated data security software.

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Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

DRM is used by publishers, manufacturers and IP owners for digital content and device monitoring” (Techopedia 2021). Blockchain, Provenance, and Authentic Information. In this use case, the provenance of the product from source to destination is essential to help ensure the safety, security, and authenticity of the product.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

Manufacturers assure us that they need the information to “improve products and customer satisfaction.” Use 2FA or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on your router to provide an additional layer of security. Why do IoT product manufacturers need so much data? The first is the very well-known lack of device security.

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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.”

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 29, 2018

So, there’s the question of liability, i.e., whether the software developer or manufacturer are held to a standard of strict liability, and what kind of ethical considerations are involved. With driverless cars and taxis, you’re going to see injuries in some cases. It’s a very interesting development.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

My healthcare is always going to be one again, it's a vertical healthcare and education, both where you have large amounts of very sensitive information, but not necessarily the budgets to secure it effectively. You know, you've read the cybersecurity strategy that's just come out where security is being pushed onto the manufacturer.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. This exposed data includes everything from emails and documents typed to passwords entered for authentication purposes. By obtaining sensitive authentication access, attackers can break into the vendor network or user account.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Automotive With applications of AI, automotive manufacturers are able to more effectively predict and adjust production to respond to changes in supply and demand. Education In education and training , AI can tailor educational materials to each individual student’s needs.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 7, 2023

Orion combines these capabilities with other blockchain properties, offering tamper evidence, provenance, data lineage, authenticity and non-repudiation, all while utilizing a standard data model and transactional APIs. Ensuring the authenticity of data is crucial in preventing potential disputes over authorship in multi-party interactions.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

We know that you know, manufacturing is an area that we've seen a lot of targets over the last quarter. Again, because if you bring down manufacturing operations, there's a high impact to the business and necessity to recover quickly. VAMOSI: So right there, this seems like some kind of authentication bypass. How should it work?

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