Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Leaked credentials could have been used for credential stuffing attacks, which try to log into companies’ internet-connected tools such as VPN portals, HR management platforms, or corporate emails. The vulnerability posed a risk not only to NSC systems but also to the companies using NSC services. Are the leaked passwords crackable?

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Passwords Healthcare Manufacturing Access 136

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. A malicious actor could have abused email credentials to hijack an official communication channel and send phishing emails to customers from a trusted company’s email.

Retail 92

Retail Manufacturing Communications Passwords 92

Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2023

A Japanese multinational accidentally leaked access to its marketing tools, enabling attackers to launch phishing campaigns against its vast pool of customers in Italy. Threat actors could abuse this information to gain access to Toyota clients’ phone numbers and email addresses and abuse them to launch phishing attacks.

Manufacturing 81

Manufacturing Marketing Phishing Cloud 81

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 8, 2023

Departments such as support, manufacturing, design, services, and delivery are enhanced by smart security measures, which allay distracting setbacks and increase the overall inertia. We all want fast, powerful, capable tools that can launch our business into the future with its best foot forward.

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Risk Cybersecurity Manufacturing Security 214

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Technological tactics.

Energy and Utilities 120

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 120

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Data privacy regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be hard to navigate for businesses of any size, but GRC tools can simplify and streamline compliance with all of the requirements. Contents: Top GRC tools comparison. Top GRC tools comparison.

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Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

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

Manufacturing 89

Manufacturing Phishing Access Insurance 89

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide in multiple industries, including government, finance, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare.

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Ransomware Manufacturing Phishing Encryption 127

Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2023

Original post at: [link] Hackers have been enjoying their fair share of the spotlight by breaching car manufacturers’ defenses. Cybernews researchers discovered that BMW exposed sensitive files that were generated by a framework that BMW Italy relies on. million vehicles a year, potentially exposed its business secrets and client data.

Manufacturing 91

Manufacturing Access Phishing Passwords 91

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. .” ” reads the joint report. ” reads the joint report. ” concludes the report.

Energy and Utilities 96

Energy and Utilities Military Government Phishing 96

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. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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Ransomware IT Phishing Financial Services 179

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

ETL 2023 identified public administration as the most targeted sector (~19%), followed by targeted individuals (~11%), health (~8%), digital infrastructure (~7%) and manufacturing, finance and transport. State-nexus groups maintain a continued interest on dual-use tools (to remain undetected) and on trojanising known software packages.

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Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Cybersecurity Manufacturing 112

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Other companies affected by the leak included screen protectors and phone case manufacturers, such as Liquipel and Otterbox, which used the warranty service. These tools are designed to be used on local or private networks. Attackers could exploit customers’ numbers to send spam and conduct phishing campaigns.

IT 111

IT Phishing Manufacturing Access 111

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

Once compromised a victim’s network, threat actors deploy the post-exploitation tool Cobalt Strike to maintain persistence and perform lateral movements. Royal ransomware actors gain initial access to victim networks in multiple ways, in the majority of the attacks threat actors used phishing messages. ” reads the alert.

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Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Communications 90

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.

Manufacturing 78

Manufacturing Phishing Passwords Sales 78

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 (..)

Security 78

Security Phishing Ransomware Manufacturing 78

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

entities Financial Services, Government Facilities, Healthcare and Public Health, Critical Manufacturing, and Information Technology. .” Since December 2021 Cuba operators are continuing to target U.S.

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Ransomware Financial Services Manufacturing Phishing 83

Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2019

When we speak of a corporate environment there are a number of tools that we can find, such as Web Application Firewall (WAF), Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS), Antispam, Antivirus, Firewall, Web Filter / Application Control, DLP (Data Loss Prevent) Switches, Routers and etc. Some points that make environments vulnerable: Old tools.

Phishing 78

Phishing Cybersecurity Manufacturing Analytics 78

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The investigators said the advanced threat actors used a mixture of known and unique malware tools in the attack – which they dubbed Operation Harvest – to compromise the victim’s IT environment, exfiltrate the data and evade detection. PlugX, Winnti and some other custom tools all point to a group that had access to the same tools.

Military 144

Military Access Manufacturing Phishing 144

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.”

Ransomware 137

Ransomware Encryption Communications Manufacturing 137

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Bridgestone Americas Attackers use website contact forms to spread BazarLoader malware Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram Ubisoft suffered a cyber security incident that caused a temporary disruption Anonymous hacked Roskomnadzor agency revealing Russian disinformation Open (..)

Security 85

Security Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing 85

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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Security 90

Security Ransomware Data breaches Manufacturing 90

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2020

. “FinCEN is aware of ransomware directly targeting vaccine research, and FinCEN asks financial institutions to stay alert to ransomware targeting vaccine delivery operations as well as the supply chains required to manufacture the vaccines,” . reads the report published by the Europol.

Ransomware 95

Ransomware Sales Manufacturing Phishing 95

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 252

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.

Ransomware 86

Ransomware Encryption Communications Manufacturing 86

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 operators use a suite of custom tools with the ultimate goal of encrypting files in the infected system and holding it for a ransom of about $50,000.

Ransomware 100

Ransomware Phishing Encryption Authentication 100

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

. “According to open-source reporting, DarkSide actors have previously been observed gaining initial access through phishing and exploiting remotely accessible accounts and systems and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (Phishing [ T1566] , Exploit Public-Facing Application [ T1190 ], External Remote Services [ T1133 ]).[

Ransomware 109

Ransomware Phishing Encryption Risk 109

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors. They also leveraged the Sysinternals DebugView tool, the McAfee on-demand scanner, and Microsoft Word 2007.” ” continues the report.

Mining 94

Mining Manufacturing Phishing Government 94

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The threats that are notable for the Asian region are represented by a significant number of attacks aimed at manufacturing of chips, microprocessors and system control boards of different IT vendors, whose principal manufacturing operations are located in Asia. Web phishing, which is another popular attack vector, has grown globally.

Phishing 83

Phishing Manufacturing Marketing Blockchain 83

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Creative AI use cases Create with generative AI Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Bard and DeepAI rely on limited memory AI capabilities to predict the next word, phrase or visual element within the content it’s generating. Routine questions from staff can be quickly answered using AI. Robots handle and move physical objects.

Artificial Intelligence 86

Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 86

Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2022

Working with public and private partners around the globe, we will relentlessly pursue them while using all the tools at our disposal to disrupt their threats and prosecute those responsible.” “Cyber criminals will not escape justice regardless of where they operate.

Computer and Electronics 94

Computer and Electronics Access Manufacturing Sales 94

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. Many modern host protection tools include the necessary functionality.

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Phishing Passwords Access Manufacturing 130

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Zero trust is an important new tool to add to all that, essentially walling off your most important data. Ransomware removal tools. Kaspersky has a number of ransomware removal tools available on its site. Access to a range of ransomware tools tailored to remove specific strains of malware.

Ransomware 139

Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Insurance 139

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.

Security 183

Security Authentication Passwords Manufacturing 183

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

An important data protection concept for all organizations is zero trust : by limiting access and privileged accounts and walling off your most critical assets with tools like microsegmentation , a network incursion doesn’t have to become a headline-making data breach. Forensics tools are also helpful.

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Data breaches Big data Cybersecurity Security 92

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

The spyware leverages a sequence of iOS exploits in the wild since 2016 , since April 2020 ActionSpy is being spread via several pages distributed in the wild via phishing emails disguised as a download page of an Android video application that is popular in Tibet. The server, in turn, may send some commands to the compromised device.

Phishing 66

Phishing Encryption Manufacturing Access 66

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 81

Phishing Passwords Manufacturing Government 81