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Cyber-Criminal espionage Operation insists on Italian Manufacturing

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ZLab researchers spotted a new malicious espionage activity targeting Italian companies operating worldwide in the manufacturing sector. This actor was first spotted by PaloAlto’s UNIT42 in 2018 during wide scale operations against technology, retail, manufacturing, and local government industries in the US, Europe and Asia.

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Mazda Connect flaws allow to hack some Mazda vehicles

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” The research targeted a CMU unit manufactured by Visteon, with software initially developed by Johnson Controls Inc. The study focused on the latest software version (74.00.324A), but experts believe that earlier versions (at least 70.x) x) may also be vulnerable.

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Bug Bounties: Bringing Hackers and Manufacturers Together

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Researcher Lennert Wouters on Benefits of Device Hacking Contests, Collaboration Lennert Wouters, a researcher at KU Leuven University in Belgium, has spent the past eight years studying embedded security, analyzing the vulnerabilities of everyday devices and commercial products.

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NIST Tests Forensic Methods for Getting Data From Damaged Mobile Phones

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“Our goal was to test the validity of these methods,” said Rick Ayers, the NIST digital forensics expert who led the study. “Do The results of the NIST study will also help labs choose the right tools for the job. The study addresses methods that work with Android phones. Do they reliably produce accurate results?”.

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Ransomware group Dark Angels claims the theft of 1TB of data from chipmaker Nexperia 

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Nexperia is a semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The Dark Angels (Dunghill) ransomware group claims responsibility for hacking chipmaker Nexperia and stealing 1 TB of the company’s data. It is a subsidiary of the partially state-owned Chinese company Wingtech Technology.

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A backdoor in millions of Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics RFID cards allows cloning

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A flaw in millions of RFID cards manufactured by Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics allows these contactless cards to be cloned instantly. Researchers from security firm Quarkslab discovered a backdoor in millions of RFID cards manufactured by the Chinese chip manufacturer Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics.

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More Than 1,000 IoT Security Guidelines: Which One to Use?

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Study Suggests Actionable Recommendations Would Improve IoT Security With more than 1,000 IoT security guidelines, recommendations and best practices, which ones should an organization follow?

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