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Identity Security: How to Reduce Cyber Risk in Manufacturing

Data Breach Today

Manufacturing enterprises have more identities than ever to manage - human and non - and face more attacks upon these identities. Manual lifecycle management can't keep pace. Trane Technologies' Aaron Havenar talks about automated identity security measures that don't compromise operational efficiency.

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Compal, the Taiwanese giant laptop manufacturer hit by ransomware

Security Affairs

The Taiwanese electronics manufacture Compal suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend, media blames the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. It is the second-largest contract laptop manufacturer in the world behind Quanta Computer. Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu. It also licenses brands of its clients.

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Experts show how to bypass Windows Hello feature to login on Windows 10 PCs

Security Affairs

Security researchers demonstrated how to bypass the Windows Hello facial recognition that is used in Windows 10 as a login mechanism. The experts demonstrated how to bypass the security feature in a video PoC: Bypassing Windows Hello Without Masks or Plastic Surgery. link] “ Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Manufacturers saw this as an opportunity and rushed in to grab their own piece of the IoT market. Manufacturers saw this as an opportunity and rushed in to grab their own piece of the IoT market. You don’t need to be super rich anymore to turn your entire household into a smart home.

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How to hack Wincor Cineo ATMs to bypass black-box attack protections and withdraw cash

Security Affairs

“According to Vladimir Kononovich, some manufacturers rely on security through obscurity, with proprietary protocols that are poorly studied and the goal of making it difficult for attackers to procure equipment to find vulnerabilities in such devices. Wincor is currently owned by ATM manufacturer giant Diebold Nixdorf.

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How to implant a malware in hidden area of SSDs with Flex Capacity feature

Security Affairs

Depending on sensitive information is stored in the invalid data area, computer users can feel more or less alarmed by this” Experts pointed out that manufacturers of SSDs usually not erase the invalid data area to save on resources, they only break the link of the mapping table to prevent ill-intentione to access it.

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Software firm Blue Yonder providing services to US and UK stores, including Starbucks, hit by ransomware attack

Security Affairs

“Starbucks’ store leadership have advised their employees on how to work around the outage manually, and the company will make sure everyone gets paid for all hours worked, according to Starbucks spokesperson Jaci Anderson.” ” reported CNN.