eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2%

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Password manager. While many consumer devices today come with standard antivirus software, a growing number of internet-enabled systems, like IoT devices , are being manufactured with light security. Detection Using Machine Learning and Data Mining. Those protections include: AI- and behavioral-based threat detection.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 14, 2018

Luckily, zebras don’t use mobile devices, or manufacturers would be hard at work on stripe recognition technology. About six months ago, I got an email from a good friend of mine, who I’ll call Alex (not his real name). Did you know that every zebra has its own unique stripe pattern?

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

I can't blame this on the teddy bears themselves, rather the fact that the MongoDB holding all the collected data was left publicly facing without a password. Yeah, me either, because most of mine are probably like yours: the simplest electrical devices in the house.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD. that the crooks were only able to mine a paltry $24 – which Coinhive refused to pay out anyway. Users were encouraged to change their passwords. Patches were rushed out , but many.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

You can do what's called a replay attack by capturing the codes and replaying them, or you can use a previously successful rollover sequence to calculate the key fob code of the next car from the same manufacturer. Vamosi: The exact number of these ECUs varies depending on the price of the car or the needs of the manufacturer.

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Manufacturing Computer and Electronics Communications Access 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Gary McGraw is a good friend of mine and I've talked to him about software security for almost two decades now. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? Like you mentioned, you'd think that the manufacturers would really want to get on top of that. It's worth everyone understanding its role.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Gary McGraw is a good friend of mine and I've talked to him about software security for almost two decades now. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? Like you mentioned, you'd think that the manufacturers would really want to get on top of that. It's worth everyone understanding its role.

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Security IoT Manufacturing IT 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Gary McGraw is a good friend of mine and I've talked to him about software security for almost two decades now. Did someone just forgot to change the default password? Like you mentioned, you'd think that the manufacturers would really want to get on top of that. It's worth everyone understanding its role.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Again, I should say, most abuse is far more mundane that it's just like stock where most abuse is far more mundane, even if it seems technical it's often not particularly technical, but the IoT abuse does happen and it's something that we should be aware of, and I think IoT manufacturers should be aware of. There are legitimate apps for that.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

And I remember asking questions, who were the manufacturers? There's been a few different ones that have been on eBay for different manufacturers and I bought a few of them. So this is sometimes used to figure out passwords and credit card details as they're going through any point of sale. Turns out they weren't.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics IT Security 52

Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2019

Then there was CloudPets leaking kids voices because the "smart" teddy bears that recorded them (yep, that's right) then stored those recordings in a publicly facing database with no password. Wearco produces "mining consumables". mSpy leaked data. Cellnet is a publicly listed company with a heap of different brands.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Unfortunately, many are not secure because they are protected by nothing more than manufacturer default passwords readily available online. Related to the botnet craze, we will see an increase in computing power theft used to mine cryptocurrency. The integrity of the US elections will be questioned–and for good reason.

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