Schneier on Security

MARCH 16, 2022

Basically, the SafeZone library doesn’t sufficiently randomize the two prime numbers it used to generate RSA keys. Some of the keys are from printers from two manufacturers, Canon and Fujifilm (originally branded as Fuji Xerox). They’re too close to each other, which makes them vulnerable to recovery.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Recently, the Rhysida ransomware gang added the British Library and China Energy Engineering Corporation to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

IN FRA:HALT is a set of vulnerabilities affecting a popular TCP/IP library commonly OT devices manufactured by more than 200 vendors. Shodan Queries show around 6,400 OT devices connected online in March. Experts “found more than 6,400 instances of devices running NicheStack (using the simple query “InterNiche”).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Microsoft released two out-of-band security updates to address remote code execution (RCE) bugs in the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code. The CVE-2020-17022 is a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in the way that Microsoft Windows Codecs Library handles objects in memory. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2022

The malware was first spotted in September 2021, the experts observed Raspberry Robin targeting organizations in the technology and manufacturing industries. Now Microsoft confirmed that the threat was discovered on the networks of multiple customers, including organizations in the technology and manufacturing sectors.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Researchers discovered that devices from Dell, HP, and Lenovo are still using outdated versions of the OpenSSL cryptographic library. Binarly researchers discovered that devices from Dell, HP, and Lenovo are still using outdated versions of the OpenSSL cryptographic library. ” continues the report. that dates back to 2009.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2024

The group also claimed the hack of the British Library and China Energy Engineering Corporation. The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. Bayhealth Hospital in Dover, Delaware breached by Rhysida Ransomware.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 21, 2022

The application, node-ipc, adds remote interprocess communication and neural networking capabilities to other open source code libraries. As a dependency, node-ipc is automatically downloaded and incorporated into other libraries, including ones like Vue.js CLI, which has more than 1 million weekly downloads. […].

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2022

The malware was first spotted in September 2021, the experts observed Raspberry Robin targeting organizations in the technology and manufacturing industries. Last week, Microsoft confirmed that the threat was discovered on the networks of multiple customers , including organizations in the technology and manufacturing sectors.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The malware was first spotted in September 2021, the experts observed it targeting organizations in the technology and manufacturing industries. Raspberry Robin continues to evolve, it was spotted using two new one-day exploits for vulnerabilities either Discord to host samples. ” reads the report published by Checkpoint.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 21, 2019

In 2017, some Android phones came with a backdoor pre-installed : Criminals in 2017 managed to get an advanced backdoor preinstalled on Android devices before they left the factories of manufacturers, Google researchers confirmed on Thursday. The attackers used the backdoor to surreptitiously download and install modules.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 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 company also warned the vulnerability was exploited in attacks in the wild. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Rhysida ransomware uses CSPRNG, which is based on the ChaCha20 algorithm provided by the LibTomCrypt library. The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. ” reads the paper. ” concludes the paper.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Remote Code Execution Threatens GNOME Linux Systems Through File Downloads Type of attack: A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability ( CVE-2023-43641 ) was found in the libcue library, a component integrated into the Tracker Miners file metadata indexer used in Linux distributions that run GNOME, such as Fedora and Ubuntu.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The attacks detailed by Cybereason targeted technology and manufacturing companies primarily located in East Asia, Western Europe, and North America. Like the sample analyzed by Cyberreason, the Spyder Loader sample analyzed by Symantec uses the CryptoPP C++ library. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2022

The malware was first spotted in September 2021, the experts observed Raspberry Robin targeting organizations in the technology and manufacturing industries. Initial access is typically through infected removable drives, often USB devices. Then msiexec.exe launches a legitimate Windows utility, fodhelper.exe, which in turn run rundll32.exe

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Collibra

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

King Ptolemy I Soter set about creating the largest collection of data (then) known to man, an institution known as the Library of Alexandria. . Libraries had been around for centuries, but this one would be different—filled with written records in numerous languages about the world’s knowledge. Around 300 B.C.E.,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Experts discovered infected machines in a European television channel network, a Russian manufacturer of healthcare equipment, and multiple universities in East Asia. “The new implementation uses a public SCP library written in Golang in GitHub. It is, however, notable that the writers of the SCP library are located in China.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Budworm cyber espionage group (aka APT27 , Bronze Union , Emissary Panda , Lucky Mouse , TG-3390 , and Red Phoenix) is behind a series attacks conducted over the past six months against a number of high-profile targets, including the government of a Middle Eastern country, a multinational electronics manufacturer, and a U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2023

The software is used by organizations in olmost every industry, including automotive, food & beverage, hospitality, Managed Information Technology Service Provider (MSP), and manufacturing. “Unfortunately this happened because of an upstream library we use became infected.” “Unfortunately the rumors are true.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

These flaws could particularly affect smart devices in manufacturing and supply chain environments. A remote unauthenticated threat actor could execute code using paths to a malicious library when it’s connected to any of the Mitsubishi products listed above. They’ve stolen over 10,000 cloud credentials thus far, Sysdig reports.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

Most recent versions of EventBot also include a ChaCha20 library that can improve performance, but it is not currently being used, a circumstance that suggests authors are actively working to optimize EventBot. The malware also downloads the Command-and-control (C2) URLs, C2 communication is encrypted using Base64, RC4, and Curve25519. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang hacked the hotel chain Motel One FBI warns of dual ransomware attacks Progress Software fixed two critical severity flaws in WS_FTP Server Child abuse site taken down, organized child exploitation crime suspected – exclusive A still unpatched zero-day RCE impacts more than 3.5M

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The malware was first spotted in September 2021, the experts observed it targeting organizations in the technology and manufacturing industries. .” reads the report published by Trend Micro. Initial access is typically through infected removable drives, often USB devices. exe to execute a malicious command. exe, and rundll32.exe.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

Upon the installation, the malicious app registers itself as a foreground service and extracts an encrypted payload that gathers information about the victim’s device (android_id, manufacturer, model, firmware version, etc.) and Russia. The researchers also provided information on how to remove xHelper from an infected device.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

GoDaddy discloses a security breach, threat actors have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers in a long-runing attack. Web hosting company GoDaddy announced that attackers have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers. ” concludes the company. ” concludes the company.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 17, 2021

“Log4j is so prevalent – utilized by millions of third-party enterprise applications, cloud services and manufacturers, including Apple, Twitter and Tesla – that security teams may have difficulties pinpointing where the library is actually being used,” observed cybersecurity firm Duo Security. . What is Log4J?

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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. However, the experts reported that current maintenance tools do support purging of data such as drug libraries, logs, and network configuration.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Often, the partner seeks out the relationship with a manufacture or vendor to help themselves fulfill a particular need. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) are the most well-known type of hardware channel sales. Say you manufacture high-grade optical lenses. You want to gain direct access to new sales regions.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The malware was first spotted in September 2021, the experts observed Raspberry Robin targeting organizations in the technology and manufacturing industries. DEV-0206 is an access broker tracked by Microsoft, which uses malvertising campaigns to compromise networks worldwide. ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2022

The malware was first spotted in September 2021, the experts observed Raspberry Robin targeting organizations in the technology and manufacturing industries. . “Raspberry Robin is Red Canary’s name for a cluster of activity we first observed in September 2021 involving a worm that is often installed via USB drive.”

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Manufacturing Libraries Cybersecurity Communications 98

Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2022

The experts noticed that all the devices were copycats of famous brand-name models, their names are consonant with the names of some of the models produced by popular manufacturers. is a system library that has been modified in a way that when it is used by any application, a trojan tracked Android.BackDoor.3105 Android 4.4.2

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format. This should make it easier for you to quickly find the information you want. We’ve also included more details on the top 3 biggest breaches of the week.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 29, 2024

At Conagra, a leading food manufacturer, prioritizing employee growth and career mobility became paramount, especially amidst the recent pandemic. Finding the right recipe for career growth can challenge global clients.

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Synergis Software

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Now they have more than document management, they have a complete engineering information management and workflow solution that serves multiple departments including manufacturing. With offices and manufacturing facilities in California, The Netherlands, and China, engineering processes and production workflow were becoming too complicated.

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Computer and Electronics Manufacturing Libraries Paper 60

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 20, 2023

” When observing its potential impact within industry, McKinsey Global Institute estimates that in just the manufacturing sector, emerging technologies that use AI will by 2025 add as much as USD 3.7 Visual modeling: Combine visual data science with open source libraries and notebook-based interfaces on a unified data and AI studio.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2019

Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors. The two loaders discovered by Cylance and used by the APT group use side-loaded DLLs and an AES128 implementation from Crypto++ library for payload decryption.

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