The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data. You can pop it on a thumb drive, set the password, and overnight it.

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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.

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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.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

For any IoT device vendors currently contracted by the government, this is what we know so far from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Required reading for IoT manufacturers: foundational guidelines about IoT vulnerabilities ( 8259 ) and a core baseline of necessary cybersecurity components ( 8259A ). Data protection.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 31, 2021

In September 2018, the software manufacturer put Pearson on notice of the vulnerability, but the SEC’s order alleges that Pearson did not patch the vulnerability until after it learned of the attack in March 2019 even though a patch was available in September 2018. On August 16, 2021, the U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One report showed ransomware attacks increased by 80 percent in 2022, with manufacturing being one of the most targeted industries. The Glenn County Office of Education in California suffered an attack limiting access to its own network. It’s best to stay away from paying out any funds in cryptocurrency or otherwise.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

In 2015, penetration tester Oliver Münchow was asked by a Swiss bank to come up with a better way to test and educate bank employees so that passwords never left the network perimeter. Customers in financial services, energy, government, healthcare and manufacturing sectors are using its testing and training modules.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

According to a listing on a popular hacking forum, the database includes customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more. Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc. The claim is yet to be verified.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

EvilProxy phishing campaign targets Microsoft 365 accounts via indeed.com A phishing campaign identified by Menlo Security has been targeting senior executives in various industries – most notably banking and financial services, property management and real estate, and manufacturing – since July.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

million) India’s public education app exposed millions of students’ data (1.6 Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. Million Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2023

There is still the issue of passwords and identity, but that’s an area that is seeing great progress now and will only get better. This isn’t any different than what happened to American manufacturing, but the effects there were devastating, as secure middle-class prospects for many disappeared.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Industrial control systems (ICS) are the backbone of critical infrastructure, powering essential operations in the energy, manufacturing, water treatment, and transportation sectors. These systems are integral to the smooth operation of industries such as manufacturing, power generation, oil and gas, water management, and more.

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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

Learn about the real risks of weak passwords, why password management is key to building a strong security culture, and our best advice on how to protect your users and your organization. I've spent a lot of time here educating you on attack specifics, industry trends, and the impacts felt by attacks.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

The leaked information allegedly includes customers’ names, dates of birth, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. Source (New) Manufacturing Saudi Arabia Yes 86.16 Data breached: 10,870,524 lines. 96 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 8, 2021

The ManageEngine IT security portfolio spans everything from privileged access management (PAM) to network configuration to password management. There are also many specific use cases for education, healthcare, manufacturing, government and financial services. It provides controls for managing security from all angles.

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CGI

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Was it the device manufacturer who had provided products with easy to guess default passwords, the consumers who bought these devices and didn’t think (or simply weren’t aware enough of the risks) to change those passwords or was it the network infrastructure provider that appeared not to have implemented measures to respond to such a DDoS attack?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Among those affected was SAP SE. The researchers discovered credentials that provided access to 95,592,696 artifacts, as well as download permissions and some deploy operations.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. It means physically securing servers and user devices, managing and controlling access, application security and patching, maintaining thoroughly tested, usable data backups and educating employees. Require strong passwords.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. You need user education; you need to make sure that you recognize phishing and all that sort of stuff.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. You need user education; you need to make sure that you recognize phishing and all that sort of stuff.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

The Decipher Security podcast by Duo Security analyzes the news, explores the impact of the latest risks, and provides informative and educational material for readers intent on understanding how security affects our world. You need user education; you need to make sure that you recognize phishing and all that sort of stuff.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

Manufacturers assure us that they need the information to “improve products and customer satisfaction.” Opportunistic employees in sensitive positions can abuse network privileges to obtain sensitive information, use weak passwords, or accidentally respond to phishing. Why do IoT product manufacturers need so much data?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

This allowed ESET researchers to identify devices previously used in a data center/ cloud computing business (specifically, a router provisioning a university’s virtualized assets), a nationwide US law firm, manufacturing and tech companies, a creative firm, and a major Silicon Valleybased software developer, among others.”

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. Organizations can help prevent their computers from becoming part of a botnet by installing anti-malware software, using firewalls , keeping software up-to-date, and forcing users to use strong passwords. Backdoors.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2020

Online education site EduCBA discloses data breach after hack (unknown). Discord client hit by Trojan that grabs passwords and user tokens (unknown). Arbonne MLM data breach exposes users’ passwords (3,527). ATM manufacturer Diebold Nixdorf hit by ransomware attack (unknown). Spanish dating app MobiFriends hacked (3.7

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IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

It emerged this week, according to the New York City Department of Education, that data from a further 381,000 students was also compromised in this incident. Source (New) IT services USA Yes 1,382 Worthen Industries Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Manufacturing USA Yes 1,277 R.J. Data breached: 1,201,000 people’s data. Young, Inc.

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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.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

And I remember asking questions, who were the manufacturers? There's been a few different ones that have been on eBay for different manufacturers and I bought a few of them. So this is sometimes used to figure out passwords and credit card details as they're going through any point of sale. Turns out they weren't.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

Van Norman: industrial control systems are the systems that every industry is going to use from your manufacturing to your chemical, your food and beverage, your power plants. That's where you know, your water plants come in, that's where your chemicals, your oil and gas, your big manufacturing facilities. Van Norman: Right right.

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IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. Nearly 20 million Cutout.Pro users’ data breached Cutout.Pro, an AI photo and video editing platform, has suffered a data breach. The threat actor, KryptonZambie, listed a 5.93

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

GB database includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 42 GB Auto-Motion Shade Inc. Drug Mart Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Healthcare USA Yes 36,749 Elliott Group Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 31.5 Data breached: >7,000,000 records. Vauxhall Motors database with 5.5

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Again, I should say, most abuse is far more mundane that it's just like stock where most abuse is far more mundane, even if it seems technical it's often not particularly technical, but the IoT abuse does happen and it's something that we should be aware of, and I think IoT manufacturers should be aware of. There are legitimate apps for that.

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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. Data breaches.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

NOBELIUM, a group of Russia-based hackers, gained access to multiple enterprises through software code, stolen passwords, compromised on-premises servers, and minted SAML (Security Assertions Markup Language) tokens. Persistent attacks pose a particular threat to critical infrastructure and manufacturing.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

From code execution and clickjacking to password theft and rogue forms, cybercriminals have more than enough email-based tricks that mean trouble for your InfoSec team. One-Time Passwords (OTPs), passwords, or credit card numbers). In this on-demand webinar, Roger A.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The education sector accounted for 20 of the 102 publicly disclosed incidents listed this month – with the majority being ransomware. September saw students around the globe returning to classes, only to be met with an avalanche of cyber attacks. Indeed, ransomware was the most common threat across all sectors. In other news….

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