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Delta Electronics, a tech giants’ contractor, hit by Conti ransomware

Security Affairs

Delta Electronics, a Taiwanese contractor for multiple tech giants such as Apple, Dell, HP and Tesla, was hit by Conti ransomware. Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company Delta Electronics was hit by the Conti ransomware that took place this week.

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Compal, the Taiwanese giant laptop manufacturer hit by ransomware

Security Affairs

The Taiwanese electronics manufacture Compal suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend, media blames the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. It also licenses brands of its clients. It is the second-largest contract laptop manufacturer in the world behind Quanta Computer.

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REvil ransomware gang recommends that Apple buy back its data stolen in Quanta hack

Security Affairs

The REvil ransomware operators are attempting to blackmail Apple after they has allegedly stolen product blueprints of the IT giant from its business partner. Quanta Computer is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware.

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What is Employee Monitoring? Full Guide to Getting It Right

eSecurity Planet

However, some techniques are more questionable, expensive, or impractical than others, and it can be difficult to figure out which is which in isolation. What is Employee Monitoring and Why Use It? The main disadvantages of employee monitoring involve the effects it has on employees.

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

Security Affairs

The City of Durham, North Carolina, was the last victim in order of time of the infamous Ryuk ransomware that infected its systems. The City of Durham, North Carolina was forced to shut down its network after its systems have been infected with the Ryuk Ransomware during the weekend.

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France: the CNIL has released its annual dawn raid Program for 2023: four national priorities and one priority coming from the EDPB!

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

As a reminder, in 2022, the CNIL priority topics were (i) direct marketing (ii) monitoring telework and (iii) the use of cloud computing (see our previous post ). The CNIL’s roadmap for its dawn raids in 2023 is thus to check that the use of “smart” cameras, complies with the legal framework.

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EVRAZ operations in North America disrupted by Ryuk ransomware

Security Affairs

Computer systems at EVRAZ, a multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining company, have been hit by Ryuk ransomware. EVRAZ is owned by the popular Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, it employs more than 1,400 people in the United States and 1,800 in Canada.

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LPE zero-day flaw in Razer Synapse allows attackers to take over Windows PCs

Security Affairs

Razer is a popular manufacturer of computer accessories, including gaming mouses and keyboards. The flaw was discovered by the security researcher jonhat that disclosed it via Twitter: Need local admin and have physical access?

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US DoJ announced to have shut down the Russian RSOCKS Botnet

Security Affairs

The RSOCKS was composed of millions of compromised computers and other electronic devices around the world, including industrial control systems, time clocks, routers, audio/video streaming devices, and smart garage door openers. The U.S.

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BlackMatter ransomware gang hit Technology giant Olympus

Security Affairs

Technology giant Olympus announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack and is currently investigating the extent of the incident. Olympus issued a statement to announce that its European, Middle East and Africa computer network was hit by a ransomware attack.

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

This means imaging the “art of the possible” for a new future using a cloud computing model to deliver transformative change. One essential step is developing the DT business case and connecting it with the critical success factors (CSFs) and the product scope. Abstract.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million records breached

IT Governance

But don’t be fooled by that number – it comes from 106 incidents, which is roughly average for the year. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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#ModernDataMasters: Henrik Liliendahl, Chairman & CTO, Product Data Lake

Reltio

I got good grades in mathematics at school but it was an evening class in secondary school that I took in what was then called EDP (Electronic Data Processing) that got me started. We didn’t even have a computer at that school so the whole class was about things drawn on the blackboard. Then one day we had a trip to a larger college that actually had computers and I was hooked! I was educated in computer engineering but my first job was on the business side.

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A job ad published by the UK’s Ministry of Defence revealed a secret hacking squad

Security Affairs

The existence of a secret SAS mobile hacker squad, named MAB5 and under the control of the Computer Network Operations (CNO) Exploitation, was revealed by a job ad published by the UK’s Ministry of Defence on an external website, reported Alan Turnbull of Secret Bases.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in December 2020 – 148 million records breached

IT Governance

The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in December 2020 – 148 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. What else would you expect from the final month of 2020 than the highest number of publicly disclosed incidents we’ve ever recorded?

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Steelcase office furniture giant hit by Ryuk ransomware attack

Security Affairs

Office furniture company Steelcase was hit by Ryuk ransomware attack that forced it to shut down its network to avoid the malware from spreading. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world.

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Supply Chain Security is the Whole Enchilada, But Who’s Willing to Pay for It?

Krebs on Security

based tech firm to secretly embed tiny computer chips into electronic devices purchased and used by almost 30 different companies. There aren’t any corroborating accounts of this scoop so far, but it is both fascinating and terrifying to look at why threats to the global technology supply chain can be so difficult to detect, verify and counter. It also dominates the $1 billion market for boards used in special-purpose computers, from MRI machines to weapons systems.

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Sopra Steria hit by the Ryuk ransomware gang

Security Affairs

French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria hit by ‘cyberattack’, Ryuk ransomware suspected. A cyber attack was detected on the Sopra Steria computer network on the evening of October 20. ” The European IT firm has 46,000 employees operating in 25 countries worldwide.

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P2P Weakness Exposes Millions of IoT Devices

Krebs on Security

A peer-to-peer (P2P) communications technology built into millions of security cameras and other consumer electronics includes several critical security flaws that expose the devices to eavesdropping, credential theft and remote compromise, new research has found. If the code stamped on your IoT device begins with one of these, it is vulnerable.

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EU: NIS2 enters into force

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Summary of key changes Extended scope – Under the previous NIS Directive, the obligations that applied to an entity depended on its qualification as an ‘operator of essential services’ (“ OES ”) or ‘digital service provider’ (“ DSP ”).

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EU to Force IoT, Wireless Device Makers to Improve Security

eSecurity Planet

The European Union is poised to place more demands on manufacturers to design greater security into their wireless and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Manufacturers will be required to adhere to the new cybersecurity safeguards when designing and producing these products.

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European Commission proposes reinforcement of EU Cybersecurity rules

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

A DSP is an information society service that is an online marketplace, an online search engine or a cloud computing service. It is also clarified that data centre services other than cloud computing services are as well covered by the Directive and provides for a definition of this concept.

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University of Florida Brings eDiscovery Teachings to a Chinese University: eDiscovery Best Practices

eDiscovery Daily

Computer” and “Nanjing Electric.”. “I I created a mock dispute in which Nanjing had manufactured motherboards and shipped those to U.S. Computer to be incorporated into a product that was then sold to consumers. The consumer product, however, allegedly had defects in it, and the U.S. computer sued Nanjing Electric for breach of contract.”. Electronic Discovery International eDiscovery

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Use cases of secure IoT deployment

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

A Fortune 500 Biotech Company recognized the need to protect its pacemaker customers, by assuring that the data transferred between patients’ devices and the back-end networks was consistently secure and would remain authenticated throughout the communication.

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Hackers Breached Virginia Bank Twice in Eight Months, Stole $2.4M

Krebs on Security

Now the financial institution is suing its insurance provider for refusing to fully cover the losses. The email allowed the intruders to install malware on the victim’s PC and to compromise a second computer at the bank that had access to the STAR Network , a system run by financial industry giant First Data that the bank uses to handle debit card transactions for customers. for both intrusions,” the bank said in its lawsuit.

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Why Workplace Automation is for Everyone

AIIM

With automation enabling massive improvements in talent acquisition, employee recruitment, and customer service, it's no surprise that more and more enterprises are jumping on the automation bandwagon. Workplace automation is starting to become the norm for modern corporations.

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Nobody Doesn’t Like Terminating Sanctions for Fabrication of Text Messages: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

Acosta granted the defendants’ motion for terminating sanctions where the plaintiff was found to have manufactured text messages to support her claims of sexual harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination. She also failed to preserve her phones and withheld the native, electronic versions of the text messages, in all likelihood to conceal her wrongdoing.” As a result, he granted the defendant’s motion for terminating sanctions and dismissed the plaintiff’s claims with prejudice.

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93 Percent of Legal Professionals Surveyed by Consilio Think AI Will Be Helpful to Legal: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

When you travel to Dallas for the Masters Conference (which is today) and forget your laptop charger, then make a trip to Best Buy to get a replacement — only to get back to the hotel and find out that the one you bought doesn’t fit your laptop (even though it listed the laptop manufacturer on the package) you wind up typing your blog post on the hotel computer in the Business Center. So, my apologies if it is a bit off. Analysis Electronic Discovery

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DHS warns of cyber attacks against small airplanes

Security Affairs

The scenario is disconcerting, hackers could manipulate the electronic systems in the small airplanes to force them displaying false flight data to the pilot, with unpredictable consequences. “ The DHS confirms that it issued the alert because CISA is aware of a public report of cyber attacks against avionics systems in small airplanes through CAN bus. Manufacturers of aircraft should review implementation of CAN bus networks to compensate for the physical attack vector.”

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US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage

Security Affairs

aka Baobeilong, aka Zhang Jianguo, aka Atreexp, both nationals of the People’s Republic of China (China), with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft was announced today. ” Experts noticed the group since around mid-2016 when it was using PlugX, ChChes, Quasar and RedLeaves malware in targeted attacks.

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Securing Elections

Schneier on Security

To the extent that an election system is not transparently and auditably accurate, it fails in that second purpose. Today, we conduct our elections on computers. Our registration lists are in computer databases. And our tabulation and reporting is done on computers. We do this for a lot of good reasons, but a side effect is that elections now have all the insecurities inherent in computers. It's vital to agree on these procedures and policies before an election.

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Different types of cyber attacks

IT Governance

Malware is designed to disrupt and gain unauthorised access to a computer system. It is a type of malicious software that encrypts a victim’s files and demands a payment to release them. This is done by flooding a system, server or network with more access requests than it can handle. Social engineering deceives and manipulates individuals into divulging sensitive information by convincing them to click malicious links or grant access to a computer, building or system.

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Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. What’s driving the security of IoT?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

There are so many reasons why manufacturers connect their products to the Internet, whether it’s industrial machines, medical devices, consumer goods or even cars. It’s also enabling manufacturers to respond faster to security vulnerabilities, market demand, and even natural disasters.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2020 – 8.8 billion records breached

IT Governance

Granted, the majority of those were the result of a leaky database belonging to the Thai phone network AIS that was quickly resolved – but it was a dire month even if you discount that. Indonesia’s Tokopedia probing after hackers breach its systems (91 million).

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Supply Chain Security 101: An Expert’s View

Krebs on Security

It seems like a pretty big threat, but also one that is really hard to counter. But even then there were people who saw where this was all going, and there were some pretty big government programs to look into it. BK: But certainly there are some areas of computer hardware and network design where you absolutely must have far greater integrity assurance? The technical ability to detect something wrong has been outpaced by the ability to do something about it.

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Hacking avionics systems through the CAN bus

Security Affairs

The results are disconcerting it is quite easy to hack a small plane. The expert focused the analysis on the Controller Area Network (CAN) bus implements by two commercially available avionics systems from aircraft manufacturers who specialize in light aircraft. The CAN is a crucial component in vehicles and aircraft that allows data and signaling information to be’ exchanged between the onboard computer systems.

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Enhance your security posture by detecting risks on authenticator devices

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Mobile device usage has become crucial to business agility and productivity for years but the number of compromised devices is growing too, as shown by the Verizon Mobile Security Index 2021 Report: 40% of respondents said that mobile devices are the company’s biggest IT security threat.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

Service providers and 5G-enabled device manufacturers both have critical roles to play in the success and sustainability of this wireless network rollout. Because CUPS enables network slicing and can distribute resources throughout the network, its compromise also presents a severe risk.

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Gaining New Workflow Efficiency at Fluid Components International

Synergis Software

When the senior management of Fluid Components International sent Karyn Dawes and her team on a quest to replace their manual document management with a computer system, their first choice was rejected for cost and complexity. Now they have more than document management, they have a complete engineering information management and workflow solution that serves multiple departments including manufacturing. Adept was it.”.

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Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT

Security Affairs

Although Mitsubishi Electric is dealing with government agencies such as the Ministry of Defense, Mr. Kan said, “I was notified that it was confirmed that there was no leak of sensitive information such as defense equipment and electric power.”