Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

The National Safety Council (NSC) is a non-profit organization in the United States providing workplace and driving safety training. The National Safety Council has leaked nearly 10,000 emails and passwords of their members, exposing 2000 companies, including governmental organizations and big corporations.

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Passwords Healthcare Manufacturing Access 136

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 5, 2024

As an integrated solution across critical components of computing, network, storage and security, the platform aims to assist enterprises in addressing regulatory and efficiency demands. Prolonged development cycles might harm automotive manufacturers’ sales and customer loyalty.

Artificial Intelligence 71

Artificial Intelligence Computer and Electronics Financial Services Manufacturing 71

Information Management Resources

JANUARY 29, 2019

Manufacturers face serious cyber security concerns, but they continue to struggle with finding skilled professionals and might be underspending on security training.

Manufacturing 37

Manufacturing Cybersecurity Security 37

KnowBe4

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Menlo Security warns that a social engineering campaign is using the EvilProxy phishing kit to target senior executives across a range of industries, including banking and financial services, insurance, property management and real estate, and manufacturing.

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Phishing Financial Services Insurance Manufacturing 104

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 15, 2021

Key Developments in IoT Security. The rush to market for consumers to enjoy the modern conveniences offered by these devices shocked the security community. Security experts were concerned that these devices were built with no security in mind. Has the security of these devices gotten better, or remained the same?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2023

Researchers discovered a new info stealer dubbed SYS01 stealer targeting critical government infrastructure and manufacturing firms. And SYS01 stealer at heart relies on a social engineering campaign, so it’s important to train users about the tricks adversaries use so they know how to spot them.”

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Government Manufacturing Authentication Cybersecurity 93

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 30, 2022

We explore recent trends in smartphone manufacturers that include extra/powerful speakers in place of small ear speakers, and demonstrate the feasibility of using motion sensors to capture such tiny speech vibrations. We train and test the extracted data using classical machine learning algorithms and convolutional neural networks.

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Manufacturing Privacy IT Paper 138

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2021

The FBI and Australian Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warn of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide. “The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware an ongoing ransomware campaign utilising the Avaddon Ransomware malware. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claimed to have hacked Bridgestone Americas, one of the largest manufacturers of tires. LockBit ransomware gang claimed to have compromised the network of Bridgestone Americas, one of the largest manufacturers of tires, and stolen data from the company. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Ransomware Manufacturing Systems administration Information Security 94

The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

Excising passwords as the security linchpin to digital services is long, long overdue. Security + efficiency. Password abuse at scale arose shortly after the decision got made in the 1990s to make shared secrets the basis for securing digital connections. Threat actors now routinely bypass these second-layer security gates.

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Authentication Passwords Digital transformation Cloud 342

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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Phishing Financial Services Manufacturing Personal data 105

KnowBe4

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Popular American global manufacturer of cleaning products Clorox stated that recent sales and profit loss to a cyber attack.

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Manufacturing Sales Security awareness Security 110

IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

Four out of five organisations can’t find qualified staff to fill cyber security positions, according to CyberEdge’s 2018 Cyberthreat Defense Report. The education sector (87.1%) is the most affected, followed by telecommunications and technology (85.1%), manufacturing (81.5%) and finance (81.4%). Application security tester (22.1%).

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Security Education Manufacturing Information Security 67

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. The public data set on the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) website shows that data security isn’t necessarily better for financial organisations. What do the statistics say? million (about £4.70

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Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 104

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The other most vulnerable sectors were business services (23), construction (22), manufacturing (19) and transport (18). Small businesses are vulnerable to cyber attacks because they lack the resources to address cyber security. This demonstrates how important it is to take a proactive approach to cyber security.

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Ransomware Manufacturing Data breaches Risk 136

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The quality of outputs depends heavily on training data, adjusting the model’s parameters and prompt engineering, so responsible data sourcing and bias mitigation are crucial. Imagine training a generative AI model on a dataset of only romance novels. Existing content can be reimagined and edited using AI tools.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

IBM Security X-Force researchers discovered similarities between a component used in the Raspberry Robin malware and a Dridex malware loader, which was part of the malicious operations of the cybercrime gang Evil Corp. IBM shared the following tips to prevent Raspberry Robin infections: Implement security awareness training.

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Security awareness Manufacturing Ransomware Cybersecurity 104

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices. Prioritize Data Protection The downfall of many security strategies is that they become too general and too thinly spread. But it requires different levels of security.

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Data breaches Big data Cybersecurity Security 94

IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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Security Data breaches Ransomware Military 132

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. Focus on cyber security awareness and training.

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Ransomware Passwords Encryption Financial Services 97

Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

Researchers from security firm Trellix discovered some critical vulnerabilities in HID Mercury Access Controllers that can be exploited by attackers to remotely unlock doors. The flaws impact products manufactured by LenelS2, a provider of advanced physical security solutions (i.e. ” reads the advisory. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Access Authentication Manufacturing Cybersecurity 86

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Small farms, large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants are particularly exposed to ransomware attacks. Implement a recovery plan to maintain and retain multiple copies of sensitive or proprietary data and servers in a physically separate, segmented, secure location (i.e., Implement network segmentation.

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Agriculture Ransomware Passwords Security awareness 96

Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

Other top 4 targeted industries include Manufacturing, Insurance, Technology, and Financial Services seeing 15%, 9%, 7%, and 6% of the campaign traffic respectively.” “Email lures came in the form of updating account security surrounding 2FA, MFA, and general account security. ” continues the report.

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Phishing Energy and Utilities Insurance Manufacturing 86

Collibra

JUNE 21, 2023

For starters, just imagine the repeated cost of training an LLM on a data set that contains poor quality, inconsistent, inaccurate or incomplete data. The truth is data is the backbone of AI, and if the data is bad, the AI models trained on it will produce human-sounding language that looks good but is fundamentally flawed.

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Government IT Risk Privacy 95

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 19, 2023

These types of anomaly detection systems require a data analyst to label data points as either normal or abnormal to be used as training data. A machine learning model trained with labeled data will be able to detect outliers based on the examples it is given.

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Unstructured data Artificial Intelligence Sales Manufacturing 72

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But right now, pure AI can be programmed for many tasks that require thought and intelligence , as long as that intelligence can be gathered digitally and used to train an AI system. Generative AI can produce high-quality text, images and other content based on the data used for training. We’re all amazed by what AI can do.

Artificial Intelligence 88

Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 88

Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Alongside the Executive Order, the Biden administration announced a plan to invest in the domestic manufacturing of port cranes to reduce reliance on foreign-built infrastructure potentially used by nation-state and financially motivated attackers to disrupt U.S. organizations. Coast Guard. Coast Guard. Under amended section 33 CFR 6.16-1,

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Cybersecurity Risk Manufacturing Security 63

The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

Is business becoming dulled to the cyber security threat As cyber fears decrease, the technological risk landscape has fragmented, with executives nearly as concerned about the perceived threat posed by disruptive new technologies, such as AI, as the risk of cybercrime.

Risk 189

Risk Insurance Energy and Utilities Marketing 189

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Security measures have been taken to limit the risk of propagation.” Sopra Steria is a member of France’s Cyber Campus , a French initiative to spread cybersecurity awareness, training, and product sales. The post Sopra Steria hit by the Ryuk ransomware gang appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Ransomware Computer and Electronics Mining Manufacturing 104

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 3, 2024

With today’s new generative AI products, trust, security and regulatory issues remain top concerns for government healthcare officials and C-suite leaders representing biopharmaceutical companies, health systems, medical device manufacturers and other organizations.

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Metadata Healthcare Government Manufacturing 80

Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

(“HTC”) alleging that the mobile device manufacturer “failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software it developed for its smartphones and tablet computers, introducing security flaws that placed sensitive information about millions of consumers at risk.”

Manufacturing 40

Manufacturing Risk Privacy Access 40

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 19, 2023

Yet, it is burdened by long R&D cycles and labor-intensive clinical, manufacturing and compliancy regimens. Commercial: Marketing content creation, patient experience, rep onboarding & training sales enablement and knowledge hub. Robustness : AI systems should be able to withstand attacks to the training data.

Marketing 65

Marketing Manufacturing Analytics Compliance 65

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The past week has been a busy one for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, with 34 vulnerable Windows drivers and four Microsoft Exchange flaws heading a long list of security concerns. The Problem: Three flaws discovered by the Kubernetes security community carry CVSS severity scores of 7.6 CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level

Ransomware 106

Ransomware Authentication Cybersecurity Education 106

Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A BYOD model can cause employees to inadvertently introduce vulnerabilities to their employer’s network, including by: Limiting patching and/or updates to devices, leading to outdated security systems; Failing to implement appropriate safeguards (e.g., The policy should set out security-related controls and restrictions.

Privacy 125

Privacy Cybersecurity Risk Digital transformation 125

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 26, 2023

NIS2 replaces the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (“ NIS Directive ”) and introduces a number of changes, including bringing more sectors and services under the scope of the NIS rules and introducing an updated (and more stringent) regime of security obligations and incident notice requirements.

Computer and Electronics 52

Computer and Electronics Cybersecurity Risk Manufacturing 52

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) presented the Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Masterplan to increase the resilience of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) sectors. The Masterplan encourages OT equipment manufacturers and service providers to implement the best cybersecurity practices by design.

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Cybersecurity Manufacturing Security IT 81

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

For life sciences and pharmaceutical companies, this includes data on the development and testing of new therapies and details of how therapies are manufactured. One such case occurred when Sinovel, a leading wind-turbine manufacturer, headhunted an employee of AMSC, an energy technology company that owned proprietary wind turbine technology.

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Healthcare Insurance Manufacturing Risk 83