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. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

Recent campaigns show t hreat actors behind the Dridex and Locky malware families , the TA505 group, have updated tactics and expanded its target list. Trend Micro revealed that the TA505 group that is behind the Dridex and Locky malware families continue to make small changes to its operations. XLS or VBA.DOC macros.”

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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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The company owns and operates eleven properties and an outdoor lifestyle equipment/apparel retail division with stores in cities throughout Michigan. An industry leader in multiple U.S. Most of the victims belong to the manufacturing industry, followed by IT and media and telecommunications sectors.

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Ransomware Retail Manufacturing Encryption 88

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

Analyzing the general distribution of the compromised domains, grouped by category, it is possible to verify that the most affected were as follows: professional/companies (20.2%), personal (13.5%), retail (12.7%) and industry (11.9%). This enhancement appeared in the middle of September 2019.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2019

Cybercrime gang tracked as TA505 has been active since 2014 and focusing on Retail and Banking industries. The group that is known for the distribution of the Dridex Trojan and the Locky ransomware , has released other pieces of malware including the tRat backdoor and the AndroMut downloader. . ” continues the report.

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IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

Such machine learning has been adopted in industries such as motoring, healthcare and retail. The 2018 Cisco Annual Cybersecurity Report expects organisations to increase their use of encryption. AI in the Cyber Security Industry . It will no doubt progress to many more, so what might this mean for cyber security?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2019

I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss that question with Catherine Allen, chairman and CEO of the Santa Fe Group, and Mike Jordan, senior director of Santa Fe’s Shared Assessments program. Addressing third-parties Allen founded The Santa Fe Group in 1995 and established it as a leading consultancy, specializing on emerging technologies.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2019

The threat group is also known for its recent attack campaign against Bank and Retail business sectors, but the latest evidence indicates a potential expansion of its criminal operation to other industries too. su”, using an SSL encrypted communication, and stores them in “C:UsersPublic” path: “ rtegre.exe ” and “ wprgxyeqd79.exe

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Are your AI plans supported by an encryption strategy? The firm’s AI team says the software contains encryption. However, in this scenario where are the encryption keys? It’s important to understand that encryption will affect data in other related applications and processes as well. Are they encrypting it?

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

Experts at Yoroi -Cybaze Z-Lab observed a spike in attacks against the banking sector and spotted a new email stealer used by the TA505 hacker group. The interesting thing about the communication with the C2 is the fact that there is no encryption: the data harvested are sent to the C2 in JSON format. Introduction. Technical Analysis.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Moreover, the paper lists a number of security practices that all users should employ as a precaution, including: Keeping their operating system updated; Using antivirus solutions; Using a strong password as their master password to mitigate brute-force attacks on compromised database files; Using full-disk encryption; and.

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Passwords Data breaches Retail Government 76

IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A group of Ukrainian hackers took the Moscow Stock Exchange offline on Monday, while the hacking collective Anonymous, which has declared “cyber war” against Russia , said it had taken down RT News, the Russian state-controlled television network. Other attacks had more broadly political motives.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

But as cyber-crime groups and adversarial nations invest money, time and effort in cracking these defenses, traditional protections are no longer adequate. The solution is data encryption, which uses mathematical algorithms to scramble data, replacing plaintext with ciphertext. Such a layered approach is still wise.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. Penchukov was arrested after leaving Ukraine to meet up with his wife in Switzerland.

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Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 226

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

35 TB of data exfiltrated from Henry Schein, plus ALPHV/BlackCat re-encrypted the newly restored files As we first reported last month , the US healthcare solutions provider Henry Schein announced on 15 October that it had suffered a cyber attack that caused disruption to its manufacturing and distribution businesses.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 106

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

It’s a tough time to be a retailer. Just recently, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), owner of retailers Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5th and Lord & Taylor, acknowledged that an undisclosed number of customers’ payment card data had been stolen, and HBC shares fell more than 6 percent in response to the news.

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IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Millions of Pure Incubation Ventures records listed on hacking forum 183,754,481 records apparently belonging to the venture capital and private equity group Pure Incubation Ventures have been listed for sale on a hacking forum. The claim is yet to be verified.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

On August 13, 2018, a coalition of consumer advocacy groups responded by arguing “the sky is not falling, as industry suggests” and claimed the business community’s proposed changes would “fundamentally water down” the CCPA’s privacy protections. Those amendments were the subject of a contentious battle between interested stakeholders.

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Privacy Sales Compliance Cybersecurity 58

IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Professional services USA Yes 56,457 Highlands Oncology Group Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (Update) Healthcare USA Yes 55,297 Charm Sciences, Inc. Drug Mart Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Healthcare USA Yes 36,749 Elliott Group Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 31.5

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Source (New) Retail Italy Yes 436,932 Toner-dumping.de TB Paysign, Inc.

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Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

That said, it was devices like 3D printers, data collection terminals and geolocation trackers in such segments as manufacturing and retail that generated 59 percent of the transactions from IoT devices. ThreatLabz found that 76 percent of all transactions occurred over plain-text channels; 24 percent were over secure encrypted pathways.

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IoT Risk Manufacturing Authentication 145

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

We will group these technical controls into: User Access Controls Asset Discovery Controls Traffic Monitoring Controls Resilience, Maintenance & Testing Controls These tools rely heavily on the effective determination of administrative controls that define and determine the policies that will be implemented through the technical controls.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

On August 13, 2018, a coalition of consumer advocacy groups responded by arguing “the sky is not falling, as industry suggests” and claimed the business community’s proposed changes would “fundamentally water down” the CCPA’s privacy protections. Those amendments were the subject of a contentious battle between interested stakeholders.

Privacy 58

Privacy Sales Education Compliance 58

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The STDB Guideline contains eight security principles, grouped under Governance, Design and Data Restoration, that financial institutions in Hong Kong should consider implementing to enhance their controls to ensure business continuity. CipherTrust Manager is the central management point for the platform.

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Digital transformation Encryption Big data Cloud 114

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

For some people, a car might be internet of things for other people, that's an industrial application of the Internet of Things, or some people, a power plant might have IoT devices for others they might consider that industrial IoT, or operational technology. Most of us don't have access to industrial systems on this item.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

For some people, a car might be internet of things for other people, that's an industrial application of the Internet of Things, or some people, a power plant might have IoT devices for others they might consider that industrial IoT, or operational technology. Most of us don't have access to industrial systems on this item.

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IoT Communications Security IT 52

Reltio

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Reltio serves several retail, travel and hospitality, and financial services customers that experience significant seasonal spikes in their usage. We also provide prebuilt vertical data models such as Life Sciences Customer 360 with the Medicinal Product, Product Group, Promotional Product, Substance, and Organization data models.

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MDM Analytics Digital transformation Cloud 98

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 5, 2017

First, John Grimm, our Senior Director of Security Strategy writes, “As we look at the IoT, especially at OT-type environments and manufacturing plants, where there are industrial-type systems that are all connected, we’re starting to see how the operational world and the traditional IT world will come together.

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IoT Cybersecurity Manufacturing Cloud 89

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 7, 2019

Demand for new cybersecurity solutions is also growing exponentially , and the business and employment opportunities in this industry are enormous. DataTribe itself was co-founded in 2015 by a California venture capitalist, a former CIA officer and an ex-Navy SEAL. Editor’s note: LW has provided consulting services to DataTribe.).

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

The company has fixed the issue, blaming it on a vulnerability in the app’s groups feature. Source (New) Retail USA Yes Unknown Autodesk Source (New) Software USA Yes Unknown DATAIR Employee Benefit Systems, Inc. iSharing is used by more than 35 million users. Data breached: >35 million people’s data.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94

CGI

JUNE 6, 2018

So, how are these regulations different, and how do they impact the industry? The first challenge the industry is facing with respect to each is timing. Additionally, the PSD2 applies only to the financial sector while the GDPR applies across all industries. Are they set on a collision course? What are the implications?

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GDPR Marketing Personal data Retail 40

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. The stand-off between various pro-government hacker groups saw new players come onto the scene, while some previously known groups resumed their operations.

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Ransomware Phishing Sales Manufacturing 133

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

This picture comes from an analysis of specific statistics and by reading between the lines in reports from 1Password, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Flashpoint, Google Threat Analysis Group/Mandiant, NetScout, Pentera, and Sophos. 20,551 gambling industry attacks. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers.

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