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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 is the second-largest contract laptop manufacturer in the world behind Quanta Computer. Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu. It also licenses brands of its clients.

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SHARED INTEL: From airbags to malware: vehicle cyber safety arises in the age of connected cars

The Last Watchdog

Funso Richard , Information Security Officer at Ensemble , highlighted the gravity of these threats. More recently, Sultan Qasim Khan, a principal security adviser with a UK-based security firm, tricked a Tesla into thinking the driver was inside by rerouting communication between the automaker’s mobile app and the car.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Manufacturers saw this as an opportunity and rushed in to grab their own piece of the IoT market. Manufacturers saw this as an opportunity and rushed in to grab their own piece of the IoT market. You don’t need to be super rich anymore to turn your entire household into a smart home.

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How to hack Wincor Cineo ATMs to bypass black-box attack protections and withdraw cash

Security Affairs

Positive Technologies researchers Vladimir Kononovich and Alexey Stennikov have discovered security flaws Wincor Cineo ATMs that could be exploited to bypass Black-Box attack protections and withdraw cash. The vulnerabilities discovered by the security duo impacts the Wincor Cineo ATMs with the RM3 and CMD-V5 dispensers.

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How to implant a malware in hidden area of SSDs with Flex Capacity feature

Security Affairs

Depending on sensitive information is stored in the invalid data area, computer users can feel more or less alarmed by this” Experts pointed out that manufacturers of SSDs usually not erase the invalid data area to save on resources, they only break the link of the mapping table to prevent ill-intentione to access it.

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How to secure QNAP NAS devices? The vendor’s instructions

Security Affairs

NAS servers are a privileged target for hackers because they normally store large amounts of data.The ransomware was targeting poorly protected or vulnerable NAS servers manufactured by QNAP, threat actors exploited known vulnerabilities or carried out brute-force attacks. The post How to secure QNAP NAS devices?

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Don’t trust links with known domains: BMW affected by redirect vulnerability

Security Affairs

When the victim clicks on a link that appears to be legitimate, they’re redirected to the attacker’s website, where malicious JavaScript is executed in the client’s browser or where they are prompted to enter sensitive information. BMW is a German manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Munich.

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