Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

A security expert discovered that the Cosmetic firm Estée L auder exposed 440 million records online in a database that was left unsecured. The security expert Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unsecured database belonging to the Cosmetic firm Estée L auder that contained 440,336,852 records. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

“For example, UNC2529 used a unique username, masquerading as an account executive for a small California-based electronics manufacturing company, which Mandiant identified through a simple Internet search.” In some attacks, the threat actors used weaponized Excel documents as a downloader. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Manufacturing Phishing Military Retail 93

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and international partners released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that Russia-linked threat actors are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters (EdgeRouters) to evade detection in cyber operations worldwide. .”

Energy and Utilities 90

Energy and Utilities Military Government Phishing 90

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 20, 2023

” When observing its potential impact within industry, McKinsey Global Institute estimates that in just the manufacturing sector, emerging technologies that use AI will by 2025 add as much as USD 3.7 Data extraction: Platform capabilities help sort through complex details and quickly pull the necessary information from large documents.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Network security protects and monitors the links and the communications within the network using a combination of hardware, software, and enforced policies. Networks and network security comes in a wide range of complexity to fit the wide range of needs. For a more general overview consider reading: What is Network Security?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

This ransomware strain emerged in September 2020, but the threat actors behind already managed to lock quite big companies, such as game developers Crytek, booksellers Barnes & Noble, and most recently a retail giant Cencosud from Chile. Egregor’s favorite sectors are Manufacturing (28.9% of victims) and Retail (14.5%).

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Ransomware Retail Encryption Manufacturing 109

OpenText Information Management

APRIL 15, 2024

Help-desk employees can now find very specific, summarized answers from a deep repository of private, secured, semi-structured information in minutes instead of days. Automotive and manufacturing companies can use OpenText Aviator to reimagine their business intelligence and process automation.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. June’s figures bring the annual running total of security incidents to 729 and the total number of breached records to 3,947,030,094.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. The public data set on the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) website shows that data security isn’t necessarily better for financial organisations. What do the statistics say? million (about £4.70

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IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Edinburgh mental health clinic in probe after client information accessed in scam (unknown) Iranian Hackers Hit H&M Israel (unknown) South Africa’s VirginActive goes offline after cyber attack (unknown) B.C. Spargo & Associates Inc.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Smart grids, which include components like sensors and smart meters, produce a wealth of telemetry data that can be used for multiple purposes, including: Identifying anomalies such as manufacturing defects or process deviations. Inventory optimization (in retail). Supply chain optimization (in manufacturing).

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Info Source

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For example, organisations in the Legal and Retail sector may see impressive ROIs. Administrative processes, like the documentation and communication with payers, are expected to take a secondary priority in the next few years. Demand in the sector recovered in 2022 after a difficult time during the pandemic.

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Marketing Customer Experience Energy and Utilities Digital transformation 40

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 21, 2023

There are several key features CBDC has to implement and Thales can help with a few: Security, Offline CBDC and digital ID wallets. When digital cash sits on a secure device, the loss, theft or mistreatment of that device means that real cash is lost. Bridges need to be built for resilience and for security reasons.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2019

Attackers hit organizations in several industries including Technology, Retail, Manufacturing, State/Local Government, Hospitality, Medical, and other Professional business. Researcher an analyzed a bait document built to load a malicious macro-enabled document from a remote server via Template Injection.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Attackers can compromise credentials because of extensive user password problems throughout most organizations; however, a number of security solutions provide credentials protection for both basic and advanced needs. Infrastructure Protection Defense against DDoS and DNS attacks starts with effective network security architecture.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

We recorded 103 cyber security incidents in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. The majority of those came from a credential-stuffing attack targeting Spotify and a data leak at the messaging app GO SMS Pro, which you can learn more about below. Here is our complete list of November’s cyber attacks and data breaches.

Data breaches 137

Data breaches Ransomware e-Discovery Personal data 137

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This unified view gives administrators and development teams centralized control over their infrastructure and apps, making it possible to optimize cost, security, availability and resource utilization. A private cloud offers greater control over security and resource customization than a public cloud. What is a hybrid cloud?

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Info Source

APRIL 25, 2018

flexxus helps businesses enhance their ERP and CRM systems with an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions that feature dashboards, reporting tools, centralized security, and powerful customization tools. I wanted a document management solution that I could resell to anyone,” says Paul Sweeney, director of flexxus Business Solutions. “ELO

ECM 40

ECM Retail Manufacturing Marketing 40

Data Protection Report

MAY 10, 2018

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released for public comment an administrative complaint and proposed consent agreement with mobile phone manufacturer BLU Products Inc. In response, BLU posted a security notice on its website, stating that ADUPS had updated its software to halt those data collection practices. The Complaint.

Privacy 40

Privacy Manufacturing Compliance Retail 40

Hunton Privacy

APRIL 1, 2011

The program must include convenient methods for consumers to return electronic waste to the manufacturer and instructions on how consumers can destroy data on the devices before recycling or disposing of them.

Privacy 40

Privacy Risk Manufacturing Retail 40

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 15, 2023

Healthcare, retail, financial services, manufacturing—whatever the industry, business leaders want to know how using data can give them a competitive advantage and help address the post-COVID challenges they face each day.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. IT governance and security.

Compliance 64

Compliance Risk Government Retail 64

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. IT governance and security.

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Compliance Risk Government Retail 56

Info Source

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

According to AIIM, 74 percent of organisations surveyed feel “unstructured information (documents and content) is the Achilles’ heel of their RPA implementation.”. New Kofax RPA does this by delivering: Cognitive Document Automation (CDA). Automate Tasks and Documents in Minutes with Intelligent Robots video.

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Artificial Intelligence B2B Digital transformation Marketing 40

Hunton Privacy

MAY 26, 2010

Congressman Markey had urged the FTC to investigate this issue after a CBS News exposé showed that almost every digital copier produced since 2002 stores on its hard drive images of documents that are “scanned, copied or emailed by the machine” – including documents with sensitive personal information.

Privacy 40

Privacy Risk Manufacturing Retail 40

CGI

JULY 20, 2018

In fact, NASDAQ developed an exchange for private securities called Linq in 2015. Another use case is the insurance claims process where a blockchain could document property insured and pay claims more quickly. For example, blockchain could revolutionize stock exchanges as shares could change hands within minutes instead of days.

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Blockchain Financial Services Insurance Manufacturing 45

CGI

JULY 28, 2018

In fact, NASDAQ developed an exchange for private securities called Linq in 2015. Another use case is the insurance claims process where a blockchain could document property insured and pay claims more quickly. For example, blockchain could revolutionize stock exchanges as shares could change hands within minutes instead of days.

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Blockchain Financial Services Insurance Manufacturing 40

CGI

MAY 15, 2018

In fact, NASDAQ developed an exchange for private securities called Linq in 2015. Another use case is the insurance claims process where a blockchain could document property insured and pay claims more quickly. For example, blockchain could revolutionize stock exchanges as shares could change hands within minutes instead of days.

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Blockchain Financial Services Insurance Manufacturing 40

KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

This is an excellent article that exposes the vulnerabilities when communications systems are not secure by design. With 30+ years of experience as an IT security consultant, instructor, and award-winning author, Roger has dedicated his life to making sure you're prepared to defend against quickly-evolving cybersecurity threats.

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Information Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Retailers are most at risk globally, with 62% of respondents willing to walk away after a data breach, followed by banks (59%) and social media sites (58%), according to a survey of 10,500 consumers by digital security firm Gemalto.” ” [link]. ” [link]. . ” [link].

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Rogue security software. Architect a premium network security model like SASE that encompasses SD-WAN , CASB , secure web gateways , ZTNA , FWaaS , and microsegmentation. Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. How then does one start securing it? Welcome to the hacker by original podcast from for all secure, it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. How then does one start securing it? Welcome to the hacker by original podcast from for all secure, it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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IoT Communications Security IT 52

Reltio

MAY 30, 2019

There will never be enough documentation or literature to always tell you what the allowable values should be for a particular field. If you are going to create a single version of the truth it needs to be a single version of SECURED truth. Use the combination of technology and human experience to solve these problems.

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Analytics Digital transformation Blockchain Big data 58