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Passwordless Authentication without Secrets!

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

However, industries reliant on shared devices—such as healthcare, retail, and manufacturing—face unique challenges. Similarly, in retail and manufacturing, delays caused by authentication procedures reduce overall efficiency. Stay tuned for more updates on how our partnership will drive innovation in IAM.

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OmniVision disclosed a data breach after the 2023 Cactus ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The digital imaging products manufacturer OmniVision disclosed a data breach after the 2023 ransomware attack. In 2023, the imaging sensors manufacturer was the victim of a Cactus ransomware attack. In early January, the Cactus ransomware group claimed to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden.

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Australian Cyber Security Centre warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

In addition to the encryption of data, victims have received threats that data stolen during the incidents will be published.” Most of the attacks have been reported in July, the organizations hit by the ransomware gang operate in professional services, construction, manufacturing, retail, and food industries. ransomware.

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Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard

Schneier on Security

NIST has completed a study -- it was published last year, but I just saw it recently -- calculating the costs and benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard. And I certainly agree that the benefits of a standardized encryption algorithm that we all trust and use outweigh the cost by orders of magnitude.

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QakBot Big Game Hunting continues: the operators drop ProLock ransomware for Egregor

Security Affairs

This ransomware strain emerged in September 2020, but the threat actors behind already managed to lock quite big companies, such as game developers Crytek, booksellers Barnes & Noble, and most recently a retail giant Cencosud from Chile. Egregor’s favorite sectors are Manufacturing (28.9% of victims) and Retail (14.5%).

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Ransomware at IT Services Provider Synoptek

Krebs on Security

-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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Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. What’s driving the security of IoT?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

There are so many reasons why manufacturers connect their products to the Internet, whether it’s industrial machines, medical devices, consumer goods or even cars. Additionally, many auto manufacturers now have the ability to remotely update software to fix vulnerabilities or even upgrade functionality. Co-ordination is key.

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