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'Smart' Factories Could Face Unique Attacks: Report

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Connected Devices Could Allow Attackers to Target Industrial Systems, Trend Micro Reports The increasing use of internet-connected devices in manufacturing facilities is opening up new ways for hackers to target so-called "smart" factories with unconventional attack methods, according to an analysis by security firm Trend Micro and the Polytechnic (..)

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TIDRONE APT targets drone manufacturers in Taiwan

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Trend Micro spotted an allegedly China-linked threat actor, tracked TIDRONE, targeting drone manufacturers in Taiwan. The attacks were detected in Taiwan and mostly targeted military-related industries, specifically the manufacturer of drones. “we investigated TIDRONE , a threat actor linked to Chinese-speaking groups.

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Analysis: The Security of 5G Devices, Networks

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Security Experts Outline Their Concerns So far, much of the discussion about 5G security has focused on avoiding the use of technology from Chinese manufacturers, including Huawei and ZTE.

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IoT devices at major Manufacturers infected with crypto-miner

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Hackers have infected with a piece of malware some IoT devices running Windows 7 designed by three of the world’s largest manufacturers. The experts reported that several IoT devices at some major manufacturers have been infected with a cryptocurrency miner in October 2019. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Windows 7, hacking).

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Chinese APT Group Winnti Is Stealing Intellectual Property

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Forensic Analysis Used to Detect the Group's Involvement, Cybereason Says A new malicious campaign that siphons off intellectual property and sensitive data - including documents, blueprints, diagrams, formulas and manufacturing-related proprietary data - has been identified by researchers at Cybereason as being the work of Chinese APT Winnti, based (..)

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FDA Reveals Steps to Bolster Medical Device Cybersecurity

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Playbook' Prepared; Data Sharing Efforts Planned In its ongoing quest to improve the state of medical device cybersecurity, the FDA has announced a number of key moves - including the release of a security "playbook," plans to leverage information sharing and analysis organizations and an effort to update its 2014 premarket guidance for manufacturers. (..)

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Analysis: Self-Driving Tractors at Risk of Being Hacked

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This edition of the ISMG Security Report offers an analysis of how tractors manufactured by John Deere are at risk of being hacked. Also featured: a description of the infrastructure bill passed by the Senate that would boost cybersecurity funding and an update on the reboot of the AlphaBay darknet market.

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