Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Simple or reused passwords are still a problem. While the cybersecurity industry has presented options for every netizen, the recommendation to use original and complex passwords continues to be disregarded. Instead, people come up with passwords that are comfortable. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Poor credentials.

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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. They threat actors also use Mimikatz and Nirsoft tools to steal credentials and harvest passwords.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

This morning, BleepingComputer received a message from a source that was pretending to be the FBI that included a password and a link to a password-protected ZIP archive. The group has also shut down its servers and deleted profiles on hacking forums, they also shut down their leak site.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

However, if you have a British Library login and your password is used elsewhere, we recommend changing it as a precautionary measure.” The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

According to the flash alert published by the FBI, the Mamba ransomware was employed in attacks against local governments, public transportation agencies, legal services, technology services, industrial, commercial, manufacturing, and construction businesses. Implement the shortest acceptable timeframe for password changes.

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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. Avoid reusing passwords for multiple accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The victims include the construction subsector of the critical manufacturing sector, the academia subsector of the government facilities sector, the information technology sector, and the transportation sector.” ” reads the flash alert.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Our selection was based on: Device location (to cover the entire globe) Device manufacturer Protocols used to access the printers. From legal firms to banks to government departments, office printers are used by organizations of all types and sizes to print sensitive, confidential, and classified data. Change the default password.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2022

” The MiCODUS MV720 GPS Tracker is a popular vehicle GPS tracker manufactured in China, which is used by consumers for theft protection and location management, and by organizations for vehicle fleet management. There is no mandatory rule to change the password nor is there any claiming process.

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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.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

. “As of January 2022, the FBI has identified at least 52 entities across 10 critical infrastructure sectors affected by RagnarLocker ransomware, including entities in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and information technology sectors,” reads the FBI’s flash alert.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2019

A cyber-espionage group, tracked as APT40, apparently linked to the Chinese government is focused on targeting countries important to the country’s Belt and Road Initiative. Jumper , and Leviathan ), apparently linked to the Chinese government, is focused on targeting countries important to the country’s Belt and Road Initiative (i.e.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. Change any default usernames and passwords.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Patch your TeamCity instance to avoid server hack Is Gelsemium APT behind a targeted attack in Southeast Asian Government?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2019

Data was collected by the UK Metropolitan police, small local businesses and governments globally. Currently, the BioStar 2 is used by more than 6,000 organizations, including businesses, governments, financial organizations and the UK Metropolitan Police. Phoenix Medical – Medical products manufacturer. United Kingdom.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Most of the infections were observed in organizations in the US and Europe, the most targeted industries were in the government, military, and manufacturing sectors. . Password Grabber Module – a large module that downloads Mimikatz and tries to harvest passwords. ” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 12, 2025

Breaking the Barriers to a Password-Free Life in Enterprise: Meet SafeNet eToken Fusion NFC PIV security key madhav Thu, 03/13/2025 - 06:46 As large organizations increasingly shift towards passwordless solutions, the benefits are clear: enhanced user experience, improved security, and significant cost savings. Trade Agreements Act (TAA).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2020

The company manufactures a variety of heavy equipment (bulldozers, dump trucks, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, rope shovels, walking draglines, motor graders and scrapers), such as that used for earthmoving, transport and mining. . ” reads the post published by Cyble.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

Chinese hackers employed open-source tools for reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning, according to the government experts, they have utilized open-source router specific software frameworks, RouterSploit and RouterScan [ T1595.002 ], to identify vulnerable devices to target. ” reads the advisory published by the US agencies.

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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

MAY 25, 2023

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The Gunnebo Group is a Swedish multinational company that provides physical security to a variety of customers globally, including banks, government agencies, airports, casinos, jewelry stores, tax agencies and even nuclear power plants. ” It remains unclear whether the stolen RDP credentials were a factor in this incident.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

The attachments used as lure appear to be sent by health and government agencies, they promise to provide information on the Coronavirus pandemic and the way to avoid the contagion. Attackers are targeting organizations in the healthcare industry via malspam campaigns using malicious attachments.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Since March, the attackers have been trying to conduct multistage attacks on large corporate networks of medical labs, banks, manufacturers, and software developers in Russia. In other instances, the gang exploited the COVID-19 theme and anti-government rallies in Belarus in their phishing emails.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

As more information about IoT device vulnerabilities is published, the pressure on industry and government authorities to enhance security standards might be reaching a tipping point. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2019

California has a civil grand jury system designed to serve as an independent oversight of local government functions, and each county impanels jurors to perform this service annually. “I hope that doesn’t happen, but politicians are regular people who use the same tools we use.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2023

The researchers analysed 13 infusion pumps that despite being no longer manufactured are still working in numerous medical organizations worldwide. ” reads the analysis published by Rapid7. The researchers pointed out that they haven’t found online documented data purge processes for device decommissioning.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2019

Attackers hit organizations in several industries including Technology, Retail, Manufacturing, State/Local Government, Hospitality, Medical, and other Professional business. “In March 2019, Unit 42 began looking into an attack campaign that appeared to be primarily focused on organizations within a Middle Eastern country.”

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Buried in the Shamoon code was an image of a burning American flag, intended as an admonishment to the Saudi government for supporting American foreign policy in the Middle East. And hackers linked to the Russian government were reportedly behind the Triton hack of 2017 , as well, as disclosed by security vendor FireEye.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 20, 2021

Perhaps there’s a new face in the office that they don’t recognise, or a new password they need to remember, or a database of sensitive information that they need to upload onto the Cloud. The majority of employees within an organisation are hired to execute specific jobs, such as marketing, managing projects, and manufacturing goods.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

ArsTechnica is reporting on the poor cybersecurity at the plant: The Florida water treatment facility whose computer system experienced a potentially hazardous computer breach last week used an unsupported version of Windows with no firewall and shared the same TeamViewer password among its employees, government officials have reported.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The CRA introduces common cybersecurity rules for manufacturers, developers and distributors of products with digital elements, covering both hardware and software. Manufacturers of products must also comply with various requirements relating to the handling of vulnerabilities which are set out in section 2 of Annex I of the CRA.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

billion IoT devices in use as of 2017, half are consumer gadgets, like smart TVs, speakers, watches, baby cams and home thermostats; much of the rest is made up of things like smart electric meters and security cameras in corporate and government use. This will be led by the manufacturing, consumer, transportation and utilities sectors.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

Amtrak resets user passwords after Guest Rewards data breach (unknown). Florence, AL, government hit by cyber attack (unknown). China launches cyber attacks on government websites and banks following India massacre (unknown). Australian government bombarded by cyber attacks (unknown). hack (350,000). Ransomware.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Due to ever-evolving technological advances, manufacturers are connecting consumer goods­ -- from toys to lightbulbs to major appliances­ -- to the internet at breakneck speeds. There's just one specific in the law that's not subject to the attorney general's interpretation: Default passwords are not allowed. This law is not a panacea.

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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 Costa Rican government declared a national emergency , after attackers crippled govenrment systems and demanded $20 million to restore them go normal.

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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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