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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Retail Manufacturing Communications Passwords 96

Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

“ Curious Gorge, a group TAG attributes to China’s PLA SSF, has remained active against government, military, logistics and manufacturing organizations in Ukraine, Russia and Central Asia. The malware is able to steal cookies and saved passwords from Chrome, Edge and Firefox browsers.

Manufacturing 118

Manufacturing Phishing Passwords Military 118

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. According to the advisory, the threat actors have been observed exploiting Zerologon ( CVE-2020-1472 ) in Microsoft’s Netlogon Remote Protocol in phishing attempts.

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Ransomware Manufacturing Education Passwords 121

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2023

Anyone could have retrieved passwords and secret tokens for accessing user data, business management tools, or managing websites. Rarely do car manufacturers sell their cars directly. Databases and credentials exposed Suzuki Motor Corporation is the tenth largest car manufacturer worldwide, with a net worth of $17.6

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Manufacturing Phishing Access Insurance 94

Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2023

Original post at: [link] Hackers have been enjoying their fair share of the spotlight by breaching car manufacturers’ defenses. out of 10 on the the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), since attackers can obtain sensitive information such as externally usable passwords by exploiting the flaw. It scored 7.5

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Manufacturing Access Phishing Passwords 96

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Security researchers at Fortinet uncovered a malspam campaign aimed distributing the LokiBot malware at a US manufacturing company. FortiGuard SE Team experts uncovered a malspam campaign aimed distributing the LokiBot malware at a US manufacturing company. manufacturing company. ” read the analysis of the experts.

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Manufacturing Phishing Passwords Sales 79

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. Avoid reusing passwords for multiple accounts.

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Ransomware Passwords Encryption Financial Services 104

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Small farms, large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants are particularly exposed to ransomware attacks. The FBI provided the following mitigations to protect against ransomware attacks: Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. ransomware and phishing scams).

Agriculture 104

Agriculture Ransomware Passwords Security awareness 104

Krebs on Security

APRIL 8, 2019

Researchers at Cisco Talos discovered the groups using the same sophisticated methods I employed last year — running a search on Facebook.com for terms unambiguously tied to fraud, such as “spam” and “phishing.” “While some groups were removed immediately, other groups only had specific posts removed.”

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Passwords Privacy Manufacturing Phishing 203

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Simple or reused passwords are still a problem. While the cybersecurity industry has presented options for every netizen, the recommendation to use original and complex passwords continues to be disregarded. Instead, people come up with passwords that are comfortable. Malware, phishing, and web. Poor credentials.

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IoT Cybersecurity Manufacturing Passwords 135

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2023

Over 3,000 Android Malware spotted using unsupported/unknown compression methods to avoid detection WinRAR flaw enables remote code execution of arbitrary code #OpFukushima: Anonymous group protests against the plan to dump Fukushima RADIOACTIVE wastewater into Pacific Massive phishing campaign targets users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server (..)

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Security Phishing Ransomware Manufacturing 85

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. .” Change any default usernames and passwords. ” reads the joint report.

Energy and Utilities 104

Energy and Utilities Military Government Phishing 104

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The victims include the construction subsector of the critical manufacturing sector, the academia subsector of the government facilities sector, the information technology sector, and the transportation sector.” . “Unknown cyber criminals using Ranzy Locker ransomware had compromised more than 30 US businesses as of July 2021.

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Ransomware Manufacturing Access Phishing 134

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2021

. “The FBI has identified, as of early November 2021 that Cuba ransomware actors have compromised at least 49 entities in five critical infrastructure sectors, including but not limited to the financial, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and information technology sectors.”

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Ransomware Encryption Communications Manufacturing 141

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. Phishing complaints were reported over 300,000 times in 2021 to IC3, the only Internet crime to crack 100,000+ complaints. Technological tactics.

Energy and Utilities 118

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 118

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

million newborns and pregnancy care patients Xenomorph malware is back after months of hiatus and expands the list of targets Smishing Triad Stretches Its Tentacles into the United Arab Emirates Crooks stole $200 million worth of assets from Mixin Network A phishing campaign targets Ukrainian military entities with drone manual lures Alert!

Artificial Intelligence 108

Artificial Intelligence Security Ransomware Data breaches 108

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Experts from the CyberX’s threat intelligence team Section 52 uncovered an ongoing cyberespionage campaign, tracked as Gangnam Industrial Style, that targeted industrial, engineering, and manufacturing organizations, most of them in South Korea (60%). ” reads the report published by the CyberX experts.

Manufacturing 67

Manufacturing Phishing Paper Passwords 67

Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2019

The report notes that concerns about the security of these channels is hardly theoretical: In 2010, intruders hijacked ACRE’s election results Web page, and in 2016, cyber thieves successfully breached several county employee email accounts in a spear-phishing attack.

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Security Authentication Passwords Manufacturing 187

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

Building automation, automotive manufacturing, energy and oil & gas, suffered major increases in the ICS engineering sector. European ICS engineering organizations were mainly targeted by phishing campaigns attempting to deliver spyware and cryptominers. Introduce password strength requirements. In H2 2020, 39.3%

Phishing 134

Phishing Passwords Access Manufacturing 134

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. EU Amendment Applies to Many Devices.

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IoT Security Manufacturing Marketing 100

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. Zeppelin actors request ransom payments in Bitcoin, they range from several thousand dollars to over a million dollars.

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Ransomware Encryption Communications Manufacturing 92

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

Amtrak resets user passwords after Guest Rewards data breach (unknown). University of Utah Health notifies patients of phishing attack (unknown). Phishing scam targets German coronavirus task force (100+). com impersonated in year-long phishing attack (unknown). Florence, AL, government hit by cyber attack (unknown).

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Retail Personal data 140

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Attackers have already hijacked over 100,000 home routers, the malicious code allows to modify DNS settings to hijack the traffic and redirect users to phishing websites. The Js DNSChanger program is usually injected into phishing websites, so it works together with the Phishing Web System.

Phishing 82

Phishing Authentication Passwords IoT 82

IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Ransomware. million) Phil i ppines COVID-19 track and trace app leaks citizens’ data (unknown) Contractor mistakenly removed data from Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital (442) Cloud Clusters Inc.

Data breaches 137

Data breaches Ransomware e-Discovery Personal data 137

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. As the initial vector of their attacks, OldGremlin use spear phishing emails, to which the group adopted creative approach. Up-to-date phishing.

Ransomware 107

Ransomware Phishing Encryption Authentication 107

Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

Other victims included one of France’s largest hospital systems; a French automobile manufacturer; a major French bank; companies that work with or manage networks for French postal and transportation systems; a domestic firm that operates a number of airports in France; a state-owned railway company; and multiple nuclear research facilities.

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Passwords Manufacturing Security Data breaches 256

Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2019

“[In 2017] APT40 was observed masquerading as a UUV manufacturer, and targeting universities engaged in naval research. The APT levera ges a variety of techniques for initial compromise, including web server exploitation, phishing campaigns delivering publicly available and custom backdoors, and strategic web compromises.

Phishing 85

Phishing Passwords Manufacturing Government 85

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

filed notice of a security breach (726) Motto Mortgage comes under cyber attack (unknown) Highmark discloses security breach after employee falls victim to phishing (300,000) Stroke Scan reports security breach (50,000) Meriplex Communications announces security breach affecting Malaga Bank customers (unknown) DotHouse Health Inc.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware e-Delivery Government 130

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Data breaches.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

As the holiday season approaches, many retail, hospitality, logistics, and food manufacturing organizations hire seasonal workers to meet increasing demand. IT administration overheads rise due to inefficient identity management procedures, and productivity drops due to password fatigue and continuous password resets.

Access 71

Access Retail Security Authentication 71

IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2023

It’s confident that more sensitive data, such as payment card numbers, Social Security numbers and passwords, have not been affected. The telecoms giant said that the breached records include people’s names, wireless account numbers, phone numbers and email addresses.

Data breaches 119

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 119

IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

million National Lottery account holders to change their passwords after what it described as a low-level cyber attack compromised 150 accounts. And why ask people to change their passwords instead of forcing them to? Use a unique, complex password for each, ideally generated by a password manager.

Passwords 74

Passwords Government Information Security Manufacturing 74

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

In the midst of all this, organisations across Europe have reported delays as a result of alleged state-sponsored attacks – including Toyota’s Japanese plants and a kettle manufacturer in the Isle of Man. As usual, incidents affecting UK-based organisations are listed in bold. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information.

Data breaches 134

Data breaches Ransomware Government Blockchain 134

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. Threats can come in the form of destructive malware, phishing or ransomware. An integrated data protection system can protect your assets by monitoring them, automating access control, setting up notifications, and auditing your password management.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

Everteam

JULY 11, 2019

These viruses are manufactured with great care to target computers, systems and networks. These smart tactics prevent any Cyber threat or attack and keep your data and system safe, in addition to other security features such as User Permission, authentication and encrypted passwords. Everteam Security .

Security 75

Security Encryption Archiving Phishing 75

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Anti- phishing , anti-fraud and anti-spam features. Email phishing filter. 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. Multi-layer ransomware protection. Encryption.

Ransomware 97

Ransomware Marketing Mining Cybersecurity 97

IT Governance

JUNE 26, 2018

This one seems obvious – yet the AA got into all sorts of problems last year when thousands of its members received an email telling them that their passwords had been changed. The AA responded by tweeting : “We’re aware an email has been sent to members re password change Please don’t ring the number in the email.

Data breaches 63

Data breaches Passwords GDPR Personal data 63