Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2024

In terms of sectors, ransomware attacks have significantly affected industries such as consulting, logistics, and healthcare. The industrial and consulting sectors, including pharmaceutical, mechanical, and electronic industries, were among the most targeted in the country.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Nation-state actors are intensifying their attacks against organizations in the healthcare industry, like Johnson & Johnson, that are involved in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. “North Korean hackers have targeted at least six pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., ” reported the Wall Street Journal.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2020

Security experts from QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported that China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity. The APT group targeted organizations in various industries, including the aviation, gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, and software development industries.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The APT33 group has been around since at least 2013, since mid-2016, the group targeted the aviation industry and energy companies with connections to petrochemical production. The cyber espionage activity attacks are aimed at organizations in the satellite, defense, and pharmaceutical sectors. South Korean, and Europe.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2024

In January, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and international partners released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that Russia-linked threat actors are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to evade detection in cyber operations worldwide. ” reported Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2021

Security experts from threat intelligence firm Cyble have found several documents relating to the Covid-19 vaccine allegedly stolen from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) leaked in the Darkweb. In the last months, security experts reported the surge of the illegal market for Covid-19 vaccines on the Darkweb market.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

Malicious Chrome browser extensions were used in a massive surveillance campaign aimed at users working in the financial services, oil and gas, media and entertainment, healthcare, government organizations, and pharmaceuticals. ” reads the analysis published by Awake Security. appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2020

The group hit entities in several industries, including the gaming, healthcare, high-tech, higher education, telecommunications, and travel services industries. The post China-linked APT41 group exploits Citrix, Cisco, Zoho flaws appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – APT41, China).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to the security firm, the group is financially motivated, its cyberespionage campaign hit high value targets such as government and educational institutions, religious movements, pro-democracy and human rights organisations in Hong Kong, Covid-19 research organisations, gambling and cryptocurrency companies, and the media.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The group has been observed while attempting to exploit the Windows Zerologon vulnerability in attacks aimed at Japanese organizations from multiple industry sectors in 17 regions around the globe. The post China-linked APT10 leverages ZeroLogon exploits in recent attacks appeared first on Security Affairs. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

At least two companies operating in pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors have been affected. According to industry researchers, TA505 is known to have carried out attacks on banks, medical institutions retailers and other businesses in the past. Group-IB has immediately contacted the victims upon discovery. ProxyBot and Silence.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2019

Security researchers from Chronicle, Alphabet’s cyber-security division, have spotted a Linux variant of the Winnti backdoor. Security experts from Chronicle, the Alphabet’s cyber-security division, have discovered a Linux variant of the Winnti backdoor. ” reads the analysis published by Chronicle.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

“The targets include leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States. Unfortunately, these attacks are just the tip of the iceberg, the healthcare industry is a privileged target for hackers that are also attempting to take advantage of the ongoing pandemic.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Recently Chronicle researchers while investigating the cyber attack that hit the Bayer pharmaceutical company in April spotted a Linux variant of the Winnti backdoor. The hackers were known for targeting companies in the online gaming industry, the majority of the victims is located in Southeast Asia. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Since August, FIN11 started targeting organizations in many industries, including defense, energy, finance, healthcare, legal, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, and transportation. The post FIN11 gang started deploying ransomware to monetize its operations appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

In total, the backup stored around 9500 unique accounts and their credentials, with nearly 2000 different corporate email domains belonging to companies spreading across various industries. Having a development environment accessible to the public shows poor development practices.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

The ransomware targets South Korean healthcare, industrial, and pharmaceutical companies, its name comes from the name of the author ‘Gwisin’ (ghost in Korean). ” reads the report published by security firm Ahnlab. The ransomware is distributed through targeted attacks against specific organizations. .

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Krebs on Security

MAY 6, 2020

“I can confirm that Fresenius’ IT security detected a computer virus on company computers,” Kuhn said in a written statement shared with KrebsOnSecurity. “As a precautionary measure in accordance with our security protocol drawn up for such cases, steps have been taken to prevent further spread.

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KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Insights from IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report on the Pharmaceutical Industry shows that while the overall cost has improved, there are clear areas of risk that need to be addressed.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2021

The APT group targeted organizations in various industries, including the aviation, gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, and software development industries. ” The Winnti group focus on computer game industry, in the past they targeted game developers and recently they hit Russian companies in the same industry.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In today’s geopolitical terrain, nation-state backed cyber criminals are widening their targets and starting to zero in on their adversaries’ business and industrial sectors, using more and more sophisticated weaponry to do so. And the risks are multiplying as more digital devices become connected in insufficiently secured environments.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

“Zhu and Zhang were members of a hacking group operating in China known within the cyber security community as Advanced Persistent Threat 10 (the APT10 Group).” The post US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage appeared first on Security Affairs. ” continues the DoJ’s Press release.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

CISA published a security advisory warning of a wave of attacks carried out by China-linked APT groups affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security. ” reads the security advisory. Citrix blog post: security updates for Citrix SD-WAN WANOP release 10.2.6 Government agencies.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2020

The attackers primarily ran malicious ad campaigns, often in the form of advertising pharmaceutical pills and spam with fake celebrity endorsements.” Only through user education and strong partnerships across the security industry will we measure the scale of malicious campaigns and effectively respond to them.”.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2022

Zhangjiagang’s main cargoes include steel, timber, coal, cement and chemical fertilizers, while Nanjing typically trades in goods such as metal ore, light industrial goods, petroleum and pharmaceutical products. appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

42% of incidents reported targeted hospitals, while health authorities, bodies and agencies accounted for 14%, and the pharmaceutical industry for 9%. “Insiders and poor security practices, including misconfigurations, were identified as primary causes of these leaks. ” reads the report.

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AIIM

AUGUST 26, 2021

Regardless of your industry, managing information intelligently requires the ability to find, store, and use information effectively and flexibly in order to get good results. Storing important information in a secure and compliant way. It all boils down to: Finding the right information when you need it.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

As of April 28, the site mentioned nine companies primarily from aviation, financial, education and manufacturing industries. The post Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations appeared first on Security Affairs. Below you can find both MITRE ATT&CK mapping and corresponding mitigations list.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Impact of Privacy & Security Issues in Business Communication. Perhaps, such lack of seriousness towards cybersecurity is the reason why businesses tend to suffer loss of users’ personal data, millions of dollars in resulting damages and, eventually, the loss of reputation in the industry. Final Thoughts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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OpenText Information Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

They are leaders and innovators in their industries, spanning banks, utilities, hospitals, life sciences organizations, transportation companies, retailers and more. And Documentum delivers, providing a secure, robust and fault-tolerant architecture, enhanced security protection and the option to run anywhere and scale globally. “We

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OpenText Information Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Recent legislation efforts in the US like “Protecting Our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act of 2020” and “Securing America’s Medicine Cabinet Act of 2020” are once again raising a longstanding struggle in the Life Sciences industry: the trend towards localization.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 27, 2023

As enterprises look to solve their most complex challenges, IBM Cloud® HPC is designed to bring an integrated solution across critical components of compute, network, storage and security, and it aims to help enterprises address regulatory and efficiency demands to clients. The semiconductor space is no exception.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

Ongoing basic research in advanced cryptography concepts is pivotal to putting the brakes on widening cyber risks and ultimately arriving at a level of privacy and security that makes sense. Biomedical engineer Dr. Joe Alexander, the former medical director at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, grabbed a distinguished scientist post, as well.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2019

Its customer base is comprised of eight of the top 15 banks, four of the top six healthcare insurance and managed care providers, nine of the top 15 property and casualty insurance providers, five of the top 13 pharmaceutical companies, and 11 of the largest 15 federal agencies. As complexity has intensified, so have compliance challenges.

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Collibra

MAY 25, 2022

By adopting FAIR Data Principles, life sciences firms (pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical device manufacturers) can accelerate data sharing, improve data literacy (understanding of data) and increase overall transparency and auditability when working with data. Reusable – metadata should include rich business and technical context.

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Synergis Software

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Engineering Data & Document Management Systems (EDMS) are foundational to modern industrial operations. They are software solutions for the turnkey management of all engineering asset information as used in industries such as energy, utilities, chemicals, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and mining.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 25, 2022

Once slow to adopt new technologies, healthcare-related industries have been rapidly embracing digitalization to enable patient-centric care that is more effective for patients and safer for patients, healthcare professionals and researchers. The healthcare and life science industries embrace of digitalization has been all-encompassing.

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