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. Other research by Cybernews has revealed that BMW , a German luxury vehicle manufacturer producing around 2.5 The issue causing the leak has been fixed.

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Retail Phishing Passwords Manufacturing 89

Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

A series of vulnerabilities in multiple smart devices manufactured by Nexx can be exploited to remotely open garage doors, and take control of alarms and plugs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2023

Microsoft has not observed The group has been active since mid-2021, it focuses on government agencies and education, critical manufacturing, and information technology organizations in Taiwan. The group relies on tools built into the operating system, along with some legitimate software.

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Access Manufacturing Security Government 78

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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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Micro-Star International AKA MSI designs, manufactures, and sells motherboards and graphics cards for customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Ransomware gang Money Message announced to have hacked the Taiwanese multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International). MSI is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

The malicious code was used in attacks targeting multiple sectors including the gaming industry, technology industry, and luxury car manufacturers. The bot targets private gaming servers, cloud hosting providers, and certain government and educational sites. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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IoT Security Mining Government 87

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

The operation targeted many organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. law enforcement). According to the French ANSSI cybersecurity agency, LockBit 3.0 Red, LockBit 3.0/Black,

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Ransomware Cybersecurity Security Information Security 84

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.

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Data breaches Energy and Utilities Security Sales 362

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group uses a double-extortion model, with most of the victims in the manufacturing and IT industries. The ransomware was originally written in Go language and was employed in attacks aimed at healthcare and education sectors in countries like Thailand and Indonesia. AGENDA.THIAFBB.”

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Ransomware Encryption Passwords Education 120

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

manufacturers on behalf of Russian end-users, including defense contractors and other Russian government agencies. electronics manufacturers and distributors between approximately October 2012 and January 2022. Most of these items would have been unavailable to Russian end-users if ordered directly for shipment to Russia.”

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Computer and Electronics Military Security Government 80

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

It manufactures self-service kiosks, point-of-sale terminals, automated teller machines, check processing systems, and barcode scanners. NCR Corporation , previously known as National Cash Register, is an American software, consulting and technology company providing several professional services and electronic products.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

Having access, they could exfiltrate a treasure trove of sensitive data, given that Siemens manufactures and maintains a lot of technologies and machines used by critical infrastructure.” “We sincerely hope that threat actors didn’t discover the leak before Siemens managed to fix it,” said Cybernews researchers.

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Ransomware IoT Authentication Security 97

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Kaspersky reported attacks against entities in multiple industries, including education, chemical manufacturing, governmental research centers and policy institutes, IT service providers, utility providers and telecommunications. “The DTrack backdoor continues to be used actively by the Lazarus group.

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Encryption Security Manufacturing Education 118

Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2023

Micro-Star International AKA MSI designs, manufactures, and sells motherboards and graphics cards for customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. This week the ransomware gang Money Message announced to have hacked the Taiwanese multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

The operation targeted many organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. law enforcement).

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Ransomware Government Agriculture Security 82

Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

In December 2019, German media reported that hackers suspected to be members of the Vietnam-linked APT Ocean Lotus ( APT32 ) group breached the networks of the car manufacturers BMW and Hyundai. The intrusion aimed at stealing automotive trade secrets.

Data breaches 89

Data breaches Cybersecurity Security Privacy 89

Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. In May, multiple cybersecurity experts spotted a new ransomware family called BlackSuit, including Palo Alto Unit42 experts.

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Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity File names 92

Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. reads the alert.

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Ransomware Encryption IT Cybersecurity 90

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 31, 2021

In September 2018, the software manufacturer put Pearson on notice of the vulnerability, but the SEC’s order alleges that Pearson did not patch the vulnerability until after it learned of the attack in March 2019 even though a patch was available in September 2018. On August 16, 2021, the U.S.

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Data breaches Passwords Data Privacy Cybersecurity 111

The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

With a minimum of 50 respondents per country per industry sector, respondents represented businesses operating in: •Healthcare & Life Sciences •Manufacturing, Retail, Wholesale and Food & Beverage •Commercial Property, Real Estate and Construction •Hospitality, Entertainment and Leisure (including Gaming) •Financial Institutions and Professional (..)

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Risk Insurance Energy and Utilities Ransomware 177

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 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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Military IT Security Government 82

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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Cybersecurity Security Passwords Archiving 73

Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

The IT giant has seized the domains used by the threat actors employed in its attacks aimed at organizations in tech, transportation, government, and education sectors located in the U.S., Since February, the attacks targeted organizations in critical manufacturing, IT, and Israel’s defense industry. Middle East, and India.

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Phishing Security Cybersecurity Manufacturing 105

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The list was published with the intent of raising awareness of common hardware weaknesses through CWE and educating designers and programmers on how to address them as part of the product development lifecycle. . The list includes a total of 12 vulnerabilities entries that had a score from 1.03 to 1.42 (the highest possible score was 2.0).

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Security Cybersecurity Access Manufacturing 139

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2023

The TrickGate packer was primarily used in attacks aimed at the manufacturing sector, and other attacks aimed at the education, healthcare, government, and finance industries. The shellcode is the core of the packer, because it decrypts the payload and stealthily injects it into a new process.

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Phishing Archiving Manufacturing Security 84

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world. Steelcase has 13,000 employees and $3.7 billion in 2020.

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Ransomware Computer and Electronics Cybersecurity Manufacturing 95

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. ” reads the alert.

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Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Phishing 87

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2023

This isn’t any different than what happened to American manufacturing, but the effects there were devastating, as secure middle-class prospects for many disappeared. Our educational system does not know how to change quickly, but when these changes come, they will happen quickly. But the implications are even broader than that.

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Security Cybersecurity Passwords Education 94

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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Authentication Security Passwords Cloud 89

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.” .” states the analysis published by FireEye.

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Phishing Military Manufacturing Retail 95

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The common denominator across all countries is that these criminal activities are mostly targeting the sectors of healthcare, finance, energy, education and government. Criminals are mostly aiming to exploit human vulnerability and a lack of cybersecurity education. Israel witnessed a 50% increase compared to the previous year.

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Security Ransomware Phishing Cybersecurity 126

Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

As of April 28, the site mentioned nine companies primarily from aviation, financial, education and manufacturing industries. As of April 28, the website offers to download data for free from 9 mainly US companies from the aviation, financial, education, manufacturing, and logistics companies which refused to pay the ransom.

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Ransomware Encryption Education Manufacturing 110

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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Libraries Cleanup Security Access 76

Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

The software is used by organizations in almost every industry, including automotive, food & beverage, hospitality, Managed Information Technology Service Provider (MSP), and manufacturing. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered that the supply chain attack was used to deliver a backdoor tracked by the Russian firm as Gopuram.

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Cybersecurity Security Manufacturing Education 77

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 26, 2023

in Manufacturing, and customer relationship management and customer service automation in Financial Services. A financial services customer reported “uptime and performance increased 25–30% with Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated versus a self-managed and self-supported Kubernetes application platform.”

Cloud 79

Cloud Financial Services Energy and Utilities Digital transformation 79

Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

Manufacturers assure us that they need the information to “improve products and customer satisfaction.” Why do IoT product manufacturers need so much data? Educate yourself about the security of the information chain, and don’t be fobbed off with a cookie-cutter privacy statement that means absolutely nothing.

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IoT Cybersecurity Data breaches Passwords 124

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Across the UK, the education sector was the most frequently targeted, with 24 incidents. The other most vulnerable sectors were business services (23), construction (22), manufacturing (19) and transport (18).

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Ransomware Data breaches Security Encryption 129