Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2019

But according to a report quietly issued by a California grand jury this week, more attention needs to be paid to securing social media and email accounts used by election officials at the state and local level. Public confidence is at stake, even if the vote itself is secure.”

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Google Security

JANUARY 23, 2025

Identity Check rolling out to Pixel and Samsung One UI 7 devices Were officially launching Identity Check, first on Pixel and Samsung Galaxy devices eligible for One UI 7 1 , to provide better protection for your critical account and device settings. It will roll out to supported Android devices from other manufacturers later this year.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

But according to an in-depth analysis shared with KrebsOnSecurity by security researcher Paul Marrapese , iLnkP2P devices offer no authentication or encryption and can be easily enumerated, allowing potential attackers to establish a direct connection to these devices while bypassing any firewall restrictions.

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Digital Shadows

MARCH 17, 2025

The ransomware targets unpatched internet-facing servers, impacting systems across 70+ countries in sectors like critical infrastructure, health care, governments, education, technology, manufacturing, and small- to medium-sized businesses. This threat hunt identifies accounts at risk of this attack vector. With a CVSS score of 9.8,

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 8, 2019

It emerged that Facebook’s new account signup page urges users to supply the password to their email account so Facebook can harvest contact details and who knows what else. I long ago stopped providing personal information via any Facebook account. But what about you, Dear Reader? Sound off in the comments below.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

The targeted organizations are mostly found among government, non-government organizations (NGOs), IT services, technology, discrete manufacturing, and media sectors. From these instances the group reaches out through Teams messages and persuades targets to approve multi-factor authentication (MFA) prompts initiated by the attacker.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Passwordless Authentication without Secrets! This highlights an increasing demand for advanced authentication methods like passkeys and multi-factor authentication (MFA), which provide robust security for most use cases. Similarly, in retail and manufacturing, delays caused by authentication procedures reduce overall efficiency.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

The FBI is working with private sector partners who manufacture smart devices to advise customers about the scheme and how to avoid being victimized. The FBI recommends users to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for smart devices exposed online. ” concludes the alert. Users should update their passwords on a regular basis.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 23, 2025

Phishing accounted for nearly 25% of all breaches. Manufacturing: IP theft and ransomware are top risks; OT/ICS systems still lag in basic controls. The most effective controls combine microsegmentation with strong authentication and adaptive access and behavioral analytics. And it's not slowing down."

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Accelerating manufacturers’ time-to-market through open innovation madhav Fri, 11/24/2023 - 05:09 The manufacturing industry is in the midst of a significant digital transformation, where organizations are leveraging all different types of technologies to stay competitive and meet customer demands.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Key Findings During the reporting period (August 1, 2024January 31, 2025), the manufacturing sector faced a turbulent threat landscape: Attackers ramped up their abuse of remote external services software, used impersonating domains for targeted spearphishing attacks, and continued to target the sector with ransomware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4 Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

B2B IAM in Agricultural Machinery: Building a Seamless and Secure Future for Manufacturers madhav Tue, 09/10/2024 - 07:01 As global food demand continues to rise, agricultural machinery manufacturers face growing pressure to modernise and adopt sustainable practices.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 12, 2025

The FIDO (Fast Identity Online) standard has emerged as the gold standard in authentication technology, providing a robust framework for secure and convenient access. The newly introduced SafeNet eToken Fusion NFC PIV enables passwordless, phishing-resistant authentication across a wide range of devices.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Sysdig discovered the threat when it found in its cloud honeypot a strange bucket using a compromised account. October 31, 2024 CISA Flags Mitsubishi Vulnerabilities in Halloween Notice Type of vulnerability: Missing authentication for critical function and unsafe reflection.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 26, 2025

Until the last ten years or so, we would largely categorise robots as reactive with mostly industrial applications in areas like manufacturing or warehousing. The pace of AI maturity as it enters its eighth decade has led industry experts to name this the intelligent era and I wholeheartedly agree.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2025

Specifically, CISA and USCG assessors had the most success gaining initial access, attaining network permanence, evading defenses and moving laterally by using valid accounts, phishing schemes and default credentials all simple attack methods. Enforce multi-factor authentication across all software development environments.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Flow computers are used to calculate volume and flow rates for oil and gas that are critical to electric power manufacturing and distribution. “We chose the simplest approach, reading /etc/shadow and using hashcat cracking the root account password (which turned out to be root:root). ” concludes the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

. “We’re publishing the details of a new vulnerability (tracked under CVE-2022-30563) affecting the implementation of the Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) WS-UsernameToken authentication mechanism in some IP cameras developed by Dahua, a very popular manufacturer of IP-based surveillance solutions.”

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 21, 2024

Last week, a cybercriminal using the handle ZeroSevenGroup dumped 240GB of data on the infamous stolen data site BreachForums, that they said came from a hack on the US branch of car manufacturer Toyota. ZeroSevenGroup posted the data “We have hacked a branch in United State to one of the biggest automotive manufacturer in the world (TOYOTA).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The victims include the construction subsector of the critical manufacturing sector, the academia subsector of the government facilities sector, the information technology sector, and the transportation sector.” Review domain controllers, servers, workstations, and active directories for new or unrecognized user accounts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2024

The security researcher Hasib Vhora from SonicWall reported the vulnerability CVE-2024-38856 along with other security experts. “The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team has discovered a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Apache OFBiz being tracked as CVE-2024-38856 with a CVSS score of 9.8.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team has discovered a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Apache OFBiz being tracked as CVE-2024-38856 with a CVSS score of 9.8. The security researcher Hasib Vhora from SonicWall reported the vulnerability CVE-2024-38856 along with other security experts. wrote Vhora.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2019

The researchers discovered that the APIs for both applications failed to authenticate requests allowing attackers to take over customers’ accounts due to insecure direct object references (IDORs) issues. the attacker’s) and take over the account,” continues the experts.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

Two security researchers have found undocumented Telnet admin account accounts in 29 FTTH devices from Chinese vendor C-Data. Two security researchers have discovered undocumented Telnet admin account accounts in 29 Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) devices from Chinese vendor C-Data. ” continues the experts.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 20, 2019

Related: Most companies ignorant about rising mobile attacks While it might be tempting to dismiss the potential revenue lost by Apple, Samsung, HTC and other suppliers of authentic phones, this counterfeit wave is particularly worrisome. The faked phones flooding the market today are slicker than ever. Although usage in the U.S.,

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2020

The ATM manufacturer giants, Diebold Nixdorf and NCR, have released software updates to fix a flaw that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks. The ATM manufacturers Diebold Nixdorf and NCR have addressed a bug that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Most of the attacks have been reported in July, the organizations hit by the ransomware gang operate in professional services, construction, manufacturing, retail, and food industries. Ransomware operators also stole data from the victims and leaked it online when they refused to pay the ransom. in Australia since 2020.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

is an authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware ESXi. However, Talos IR believes that brute-force authentication via internet scanning was likely the initial access method. Once gained initial access to a network, the BlackByte ransomware group escalated privileges by compromising two Domain Admin accounts.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 21, 2021

These questions are all worth posing in light of the recent cyberattack on the world’s largest meat manufacturer, JBS , which led to the closure of five meat processing plants across the U.S. Nonetheless, this attack is a serious warning sign not only for the meat production industry but also for the wider manufacturing supply chain.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2023

Researchers discovered a new info stealer dubbed SYS01 stealer targeting critical government infrastructure and manufacturing firms. “The threat actors behind the campaign are targeting Facebook business accounts by using Google ads and fake Facebook profiles that promote things like games, adult content, and cracked software, etc.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Verizons Data Breach Investigations Report showed that 74% of security breaches involve a human element, with system administrators and developers accounting for most of these errors. In a recent survey, 93% of respondents admitted to knowingly increasing their companys cybersecurity risks.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 2, 2022

The factory specializes in manufacturing, consumer electronics, medical devices, and industrial operations. Based in Tijuana, Mexico, near the California border, the facility is an electronics manufacturing giant employing 5,000 people. For added account protection, use strong passwords and activate multi-factor authentication.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

Both tools could be used to target SOHO and other routers manufactured by major industry providers, including Cisco, Fortinet, and MikroTik. Enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) for all users, without exception [ D3-MFA ]. Ensure that you have dedicated management systems [ D3-PH ] and accounts for system administrators.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Carried out by ReRez Research , DigiCert’s poll queried senior officials at organizations in the fields of healthcare, industrial manufacturing, consumer products and transportation ranging in size from 999 to 10,000 employees. Losses include lost productivity, compliance penalties, lost reputation and stock price declines.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

But manufacturers of agricultural equipment have spent the last few years locked in an automation arms race, and the side effects of this race are starting to show. Use multi-factor authentication with strong pass phrases where possible. Avoid reusing passwords for multiple accounts. Consider installing and using a VPN.

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