Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2021

Taiwanese manufacturer QNAP published an alert urging its customers to secure their devices after a growing number of users reported that their devices have been hit by brute-force attacks. ” The vendor suggests actions like using strong passwords, changing the default access port number, and disabling any admin account. .

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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. Attackers may have exploited leaked credentials to brute force access to the repository, since they only needed a password, which is faster than guessing both a username and password.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

Threat actors likely take advantage of customers’ bad habit of re-using email passwords for their smart device. The offenders use stolen email passwords to log into the smart devices and take over them, is some cases they hijacked the live-stream camera and device speakers. Users should update their passwords on a regular basis.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2023

Cryptocurrency ATM manufacturers General Bytes suffered a security incident that resulted in the theft of $1.5M GENERAL BYTES is the world’s largest Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency ATM manufacturer. The attackers were able to send funds from hot wallets and download user names and password hashes. and 20230120.44.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The FXA3000 and FXA2000 Series are access points that are manufactured by Japan-based firm Contec that conform to IEEE 802.11n/a/b/g wireless. This means an attacker with the root hard coded password can access all FXA2000 series and FXA3000 series devices.” and under and FLEXLAN FXA2000 Series devices from version 1.38.00

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 22, 2023

An attack like BrutePrint could present a significant threat to passkeys , an increasingly popular way to replace passwords with authentication methods like fingerprint authentication or face recognition. And the attack is cheap to carry out. “For specific smartphone models, adaptive flexible printed circuit (FPC) is required. .”

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As a tradeoff for enjoying our digital lives, we’ve learned to live with password overload and even tolerate two-factor authentication. But now, at long last, we’re on the brink of eliminating passwords altogether, once and for all. Password tradeoffs Passwords have always been a big pain. Here are a few big takeaways.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. So it’s easy to use for anybody; you don’t have to know how to do encryption. The hardware itself takes care of it for you.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

October is both Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US and European Cyber Security Month in the EU – twin campaigns on either side of the Atlantic that aim to improve awareness of the importance of cyber security both at work and at home, and provide tips on how to stay secure.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

What has yet to be seen is how successful this approach will be in increasing universal IoT security standards. Also Read: Edge Security: How to Secure the Edge of the Network. While SP 800-213 applies to federal agencies, the latter three are specific to IoT manufacturers. Guidance for Manufacturers. Data protection.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

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. IoT Security Neglected. Bambenek agreed.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 20, 2023

Protecting Against Smart Device Break-Ins This story also demonstrates the sobering reality that we can no longer solely rely on Usernames/Passwords to protect our networks. 1) Manufacturer Protocols “Matter” First, consumers should seek to purchase Smart Devices that are Matter certified. The house did not win on that day!

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IT Governance

JULY 12, 2018

In its statement , Adidas said: “According to the preliminary investigation, the limited data includes contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. Adidas is the second largest sportswear manufacturer in the world, and this data security incident demonstrates yet again that organisations of all types are at threat of attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

Roughly 50% of vulnerable devices is manufactured by Chinese company Hichip. An attacker could chain the issues to steal password theft and possibly remotely compromise the devices, he only needs to know the IP address of the P2P server used by the device. ” reported Brian Krebs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It also claims that VIP members will be taught how to “explore, watch live and even record” hacked cameras through tutorials and personalised sessions.” They would also offer access to all hijacked cameras with their customers. “The group claims to have a list of more than 50,000 hacked cameras that members can access.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Also read: How to Stop DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips for Fighting DDoS Attacks. Meris may have infected more than 250,000 devices manufactured by Mikrotik, a Latvian company that develops routers and wireless ISP systems. Also read: How to Prevent DDoS Attacks: 6 Tips to Keep Your Website Safe. How to Protect Against DDoS Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, Wi-Fi protected access (WPA) requires users to provide a password or passphrase to gain access to the network. How to Protect Your Wi-Fi Network To ensure the safety and security of your data and other important assets, it is important to take the necessary actions to protect your Wi-Fi network from unauthorized access.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

A search on the ing.equipepro@gmail.com address at 4iq.com — a service that indexes account details like usernames and passwords exposed in Web site data breaches — shows this email address was used to register an account at the computer hacking forum cracked[.]to to for a user named “ fatal.001.”

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

Launched as a one-man operation in 2007, DataLocker has grown into a leading manufacturer of encrypted external drives, thumb drives, flash drives and self-encrypting, recordable CDs and DVDs. That’s why DataLocker built encryption into the storage device and made it accessible with password authentication. Talk more soon.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Hackers seeking to get in position to take over control or otherwise disrupt utilities are seeking paths through original equipment manufacturers, third-party vendors, and telecom providers. The report goes on to describe how a group of state-sponsored hackers, referred to as Elfin or APT33 , carried out extensive “password-spraying” attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

This will be led by the manufacturing, consumer, transportation and utilities sectors. Many of the IoT sensors hoovering up sensitive personal and business data, and the routers this data flows through, for instance, have weak or non-existent passwords and lack a uniform way to patch inevitable software vulnerabilities that turn up.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

How can a hospital protect an MRI machine with an unchangeable password and still connect it to the network? How can an industrial recycler safely secure its $400,000 hard drive recertification rack with control software that only runs on Windows XP? These are not uncommon risks.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2020

IoT device manufacturers must embed basic security protocols at a granular level, and corporate captains must instill a security-first culture — to a level much deeper than is common today. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW in a big way.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Policies typically will be written documents that detail the requirements that will be enforced, such as password complexity. Minimum User Access Controls Active Directory: The smallest organizations might only worry about device access, otherwise known as the login credentials (username/password).

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. An integrated data protection system can protect your assets by monitoring them, automating access control, setting up notifications, and auditing your password management. Require strong passwords. Make sure you have a strong corporate password policy.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. With all this in mind, let’s take a look at what a scammer does, who they target, and how to spot one trying to pick your metaphorical pockets.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Since March, the attackers have been trying to conduct multistage attacks on large corporate networks of medical labs, banks, manufacturers, and software developers in Russia. The Russian-speaking threat actors are relatively new to the Big Game Hunting.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Password manager. While many consumer devices today come with standard antivirus software, a growing number of internet-enabled systems, like IoT devices , are being manufactured with light security. Anyone who lived through the turn of the century knows how big antivirus software was for personal computers. Two-way firewall.

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Imperial Violet

AUGUST 9, 2019

Most readers of this blog will be familiar with the traditional security key user experience: you register a token with a site then, when logging in, you enter a username and password as normal but are also required to press a security key in order for it to sign a challenge from the website. Which security keys count as “modern”?

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This fails in low-cost devices , whose manufacturers don't have security teams to write the patches: if you want to update your DVR or webcam for security reasons, you have to throw your old one away and buy a new one. The courts have traditionally not held software manufacturers liable for vulnerabilities.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I can't blame this on the teddy bears themselves, rather the fact that the MongoDB holding all the collected data was left publicly facing without a password. There's no consistency across manufacturers or devices either in terms of defaulting to auto-updates or even where to find updates.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

However, if you have a British Library login and your password is used elsewhere, we recommend changing it as a precautionary measure.” The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. ” reads the announcement.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Did someone just forgot to change the default password? The way I teach it is, at least how it's been described externally, is I do offense first. I start looking at how could someone actually find a brand new vulnerability and then walk students through how to build original exploits. Then there's network security.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Did someone just forgot to change the default password? The way I teach it is, at least how it's been described externally, is I do offense first. I start looking at how could someone actually find a brand new vulnerability and then walk students through how to build original exploits. Then there's network security.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Did someone just forgot to change the default password? The way I teach it is, at least how it's been described externally, is I do offense first. I start looking at how could someone actually find a brand new vulnerability and then walk students through how to build original exploits. Then there's network security.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

At the same time, Oneiilk2 can be seen on Exploit asking for help figuring out how to craft a convincing malware lure using the Korean alphabet. It’s unclear how closely connected these businesses were, although a cached copy of the Dedserver homepage at Archive.org from 2010 suggests the site’s owners claimed it as their own.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Here are some common and not so common malware threats and how to defend against them. How to Defend Against Adware. Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. How to Defend Against a Backdoor. How to Defend Against Botnets. Backdoors.

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