Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

According to Microsoft, the campaign aimed at building capabilities that could disrupt critical communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia region in the case of future crises. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and stay under the radar.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Oomiya is focused on designing and manufacturing microelectronics and facility system equipment. The business of Omiya Kasei is divided into four major areas, manufacturing and designing chemical and industrial products, designing electronic materials, pharmaceutical development, and factory manufacturing.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Researchers discovered a total of 226 potential security vulnerabilities in nine Wi-Fi popular routers from known manufacturers. Since the integration of a new kernel into the firmware is costly, no manufacturer was up to date here. The experts shared their findings with the manufacturers, most of the flaws have been already fixed. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is launching an investigation into the cybersecurity of mobile phones of certain Chinese manufacturers. “Xiaomi’s devices do not censor communications to or from its users. Xiaomi fully respects and protects the legal rights of all users.” reads the reply of Xiaomi.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

Camera doorbells manufactured by the Chinese company Eken Group Ltd under the brands EKEN and Tuck are affected by major vulnerabilities. Researchers from Consumer Reports (CR) discovered severe vulnerabilities in doorbell cameras manufactured by the Chinese company Eken Group Ltd. ” reads the report published by CR.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Over the course of the few weeks after this variant was released, we noticed one IP address in particular communicating with this C2 server.” This variant uses 207[.]32.217.89 as its C2 server through port 14588. “This IP is owned by 1gservers. ” states the report published by Fortinet.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2019

A serious DoS flaw affects several industrial automation products manufactured by the Yokogawa Electric. The DoS vulnerability in several Yokogawa Electric products affects the Open Communication Driver for Vnet/IP, a real-time plant network system for process automation. ” reads the security advisory published by the company.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 18, 2022

A $2 billion fund to root out equipment from Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE operating within small and rural U.S. telecoms isn't enough to cover costs, the Federal Communications Commission informed Congress. The program's full cost is closer to $5 billion, wrote FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 19, 2022

US Seeking To Shut Out Huawei and ZTT From Domestic Networks A $2 billion fund to root out equipment from Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE operating within small and rural U.S. telecoms isn't enough to cover costs, the Federal Communications Commission informed Congress.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

“IT officials are working to get the communication systems back online.” The list of the victims of the Ryuk ransomware is very long and includes the US government contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) , US railroad company Railworks , Croatian petrol station chain INA Group , and parts manufacturer Visser Precision.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22681 , can be exploited by remote attackers to compromise programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell Automation. ” reads the advisory published by CISA. ” reads the post published by Claroty.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Huawei can secretly tap into communications through the networking equipment, states a U.S. “Independent cybersecurity experts say the intelligence services of global powers including the United States routinely exploit vulnerabilities in networking equipment — regardless of the manufacturer — for espionage purposes.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2020

The ATM manufacturer giants, Diebold Nixdorf and NCR, have released software updates to fix a flaw that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks. The ATM manufacturers Diebold Nixdorf and NCR have addressed a bug that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks. and 05.01.00

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2021

Our research shows that large and small manufacturers are identifiable, with Aastra-Mitel topping the list. Aastra-Mitel tops the manufacturer list, the United States leads the list among countries, and London tops the chart among cities. Devices made by the US manufacturer Polycom, a subsidiary of Plantronics Inc.,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2020

Visser Precision is a parts maker for many companies in several industries, including aerospace, automotive, industrial and manufacturing. Some documents provide details about the SpaceX’s manufacturing partner program. Other companies impacted by the security incident did not provide any official communication.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and to stay under the radar.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

After looking at 28 of the most popular manufacturers, our research team found 3.5 What is more, the overwhelming majority of internet-facing cameras are manufactured by Chinese companies. Most of the public-facing cameras we discovered are manufactured by the Chinese company Hikvision: the Cybernews research team found over 3.37

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Data Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

The decision gives effect to the CDA as drafted and will make it significantly harder for the government to hold manufacturers and online retailers liable for content, including software, created and sold by third parties. This decision of first impression offers an important precedent in the automotive industry and beyond.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2024

The BlackSuit ransomware has targeted various critical infrastructure sectors, including commercial facilities, healthcare, government, and manufacturing. Historically, Royal actors were observed leveraging Chisel , Secure Shell (SSH) client, PuTTY, OpenSSH, and MobaXterm for C2 communications.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2024

Introduction to TLS and Certificate Transparency Log Securing Internet communications is crucial for maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of information in transit. For instance, suppose firewall manufacturer ACME Inc. This is typically achieved through a combination of Public Key Infrastructure (using X.509

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Medtech often involves a complex chain of actions involving a number of different parties, ranging from medical device manufacturers to programmers to physicians. Communicate in a manner that clearly delineates that any final decisions on patient care must rest with the patient’s treating physician.

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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. The leaked files could have served malicious actors in various ways, including hijacking official communication channels and infiltrating the company’s systems.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Major Belgium’s telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. One of the major Belgium telecom operator Proximus announced on Friday that it will gradually replace its equipment from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 16, 2019

To address the issue, manufacturers need to move away from proprietary communication protocols and embrace secure standards, such as Bluetooth Low Energy.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The flaws impact residential and enterprise routers manufactured by DrayTek that could be exploited to take over susceptible devices. The “recvCmd” binary, which facilitates communication between the host and guest operating systems, is vulnerable to OS command injection attacks. ” reads the advisory.

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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.” ” states the alert.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

The Avaddon ransomware gang is giving Acer Finance 240 hours to communicate and cooperate with them before start leaking the stolen valuable company documents. The Company offers risk management, mutual funds, analysis, financial planning, and advisory services. ” reads the statement published by the group on its leak site.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Maximum Industries is a full-service, piece-part production, and contract manufacturing facility. The ransomware gang hacked the systems of the production firm, which also provides its services to SpaceX, and stole its data, including files of the American spacecraft manufacturer and a satellite communications corporation.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 3, 2021

Forbes has the story : Paragon’s product will also likely get spyware critics and surveillance experts alike rubbernecking: It claims to give police the power to remotely break into encrypted instant messaging communications, whether that’s WhatsApp, Signal, Facebook Messenger or Gmail, the industry sources said.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2020

Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Qualcomm and MediaTek are impacted by vulnerabilities similar to the Kr00k issue disclosed early this year. Earlier this year, experts from ESET disclosed the Kr00k , a new high-severity hardware vulnerability, that affects Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2020

is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of motorcycles, engines, heavy equipment, aerospace and defense equipment, rolling stock and ships. Within the same day, communication between the overseas office and our Japan office was fully terminated considering as a case of unauthorized access.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The TinyNuke malware is back and now was used in attacks aimed at French users working in manufacturing, technology, construction, and business services. The attackers used invoice-themed lures targeting entities in manufacturing, industry, technology, finance, and other verticals. . . ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

According to Microsoft, the campaign aimed at building capabilities that could disrupt critical communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia region in the case of future crises. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and stay under the radar.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As a result, you will prevent unauthorized access or communication interception. As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Hackers or other malicious sources can intercept poorly encrypted communications on the web. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Poor credentials.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k , in Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress expose over a billion devices to hack. Cybersecurity researchers from ESET have discovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k , that affects Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

Security firm Clever Security discovered that heart defibrillators manufactured by Medtronic are affected by two serious vulnerabilities. An attacker with adjacent short-range access to a target product can listen to communications, including the transmission of sensitive data.” ” continues the advisory.

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