CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Japan -based camera and binocular manufacturer Olympus that is also into the manufacturing of medical devices has revealed in an official statement that its servers were targeted by BlackMatter Ransomware group that could have disrupted the computers systems in network operating in Middle East, Europe and Africa.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Vestas Wind Systems, a Denmark-based company that is into the manufacturing and installation of wind turbines, has announced that its systems were disrupted by a cyber attack that occurred on Friday and their recovery is in progress. NOTE- Ransomware is a kind of malware that encrypts a database until a ransom is paid.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Manufacturing needs to adopt a Zero Trust approach to mitigate increased cyber threats. Long gone is the time when manufacturing systems and operations were siloed from the Internet and, therefore, were not a cybersecurity target. Many devastating full-scale cyber attacks started from a simple user error.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Joe Biden and his administration seems be on a forward thinking gear for quantum technology linked cyber attacks leading to data breaches. NOTE 1- According to a discussion on Reddit, a 128 bit encryption standard can take at least 3 months to break and a 256-bit key might take even longer. isn’t it? .

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Webroot

MARCH 12, 2025

Backing up your data simply means creating copies of your important files and storing them in secure, encrypted locations. Many hard drives fail in less than three years , and its been found that the newer drives have shorter lifespans than those manufactured before 2015.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

What I found most commendable about this Neubiberg, Germany-based semiconductor manufacturer is that it is fully directing its innovations squarely at reversing the negative impacts of climate change. They come with a “secure element” which embeds encryption keys and authentication certificates at the chip level. “We

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 3, 2023

So, as a part of this collaboration the Harmony Endpoint solution from Check Point will be integrated into Intel vPro’s AI and ML driven threat detection tech allowing CPUs manufactured by the silicon wafer making giant analyze pre-detect data encryption commands in the digital attack flow.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2024

Bircher contacted the equipment manufacturer and learned from an IT specialist that his milking robot had been hacked and its data encrypted. “All the robot’s data had been encrypted; the only reason milking could still occur was because some parts of the system were disconnected from the computer. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 31, 2022

Industrial Spy, a hacking group involved in ransomware attacks, targeted at Novartis last week, stealing sensitive information from the manufacturing division of the company servers. It first infiltrates the victim network, steals data and then locks it out with encryption until a ransom is paid.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Samsung released a summary of how it protects its smart phones from cyber attacks and the content is as follows-. Wi-Fi security- Samsung Secure Wi-Fi feature encrypts all the O/G and I/C traffic and disables tracking websites and applications and alerts a use if any permission is required for access.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group shut down three plants after a cyber attack, experts believe it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group shut down three facilities in France, Germany, and Tunisia in response to a cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2021

The audio equipment manufacturer Bose Corporation said it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place earlier this year, on March 7. Bose Corporation has announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place earlier this year, on March 7. Bose first detected the malware/ransomware on Bose’s U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria has been hit by a ransomware attack, while the company did not reveal the family of malware that infected its systems, local media speculate the involvement of the Ryuk ransomware. “A A cyber attack was detected on the Sopra Steria computer network on the evening of October 20.

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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. The most common security practices in place at top-tier enterprises were: •Encryption of sensitive data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In the absence of IoT security regulations, many smart product manufacturers simply release new devices that lack built-in security measures and have not undergone proper security review and testing. Cyber attacks against the company aren’t the only relevant threat, however. Take manufacturing, for instance.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

In August, a cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, websites and phone systems were impacted. Media reported that the Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, suffered a cyber attack that impacted the websites, email and phone services.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

If this is true, then it does not answer the question as to why many of the largest and best protected global corporations and Governments institutions worldwide have been victims of major Cyber-attacks despite deploying the most expensive defence solutions in the market. For more information on this breach, see Embraer Cyber Attack.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 2, 2022

ransomware to conduct the cyber-attack, the hackers threaten to expose stolen files unless the company pays a ransom. The factory specializes in manufacturing, consumer electronics, medical devices, and industrial operations. SecurityWeek has attempted to contact the electronics manufacturer but has yet to receive a response.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

The Australian brewery and dairy conglomerate Lion suffered two cyber attacks in a few days this month. When the first attack took place, the systems at Lion were infected with the REvil ransomware and attackers demanded a ransom of reportedly $1 million last week. ” reads the update published by the company.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 9, 2023

A new ransomware gang is on the prowl in the wild and has claimed its first major victim by launching a cyber attack and demanding $4m as ransom. MSI’s statement suggests that the hackers gained fraudulent access to about 1.5TB of information, including source code, BIOS tools, and some R&D details.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2022

The top news that is trending on Google is related to a cyber-attack campaign that targeted about 21 natural gas suppliers in the United States, just a few days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Another news that is trending is related to the Conti Ransomware gang’s source code leak by a Ukrainian security researcher.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

This will be led by the manufacturing, consumer, transportation and utilities sectors. Nor has anyone accepted accountability for encrypting any of the fresh flows of data, whether in transit or at rest. It’s clear IoT-enabled cyber attacks will only escalate. more than the $646 billion spent in 2018.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2022

Foxconn, an electronics manufacturer from Mexico, has released a press statement that it was hit by Lockbit ransomware in the last week of May and is recovering data through a business continuity plan. LockBit group has given the time till June 11th, 2022 to pay up the ransom.

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Google Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This can allow them to read the contents of SMS messages, including sensitive information such as two-factor authentication codes, passwords, and credit card numbers due to the lack of encryption offered by SMS. SMS Spoofing: Attackers can spoof SMS messages to launch phishing attacks to make it appear as if they are from a legitimate sender.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 3, 2023

At the time of the incident, it was unclear who was responsible for the attack, but we now know the culprit, or at least who is claiming to be. It adds the extension.play to the encrypted files and leaves a note with the word PLAY and an email address for contact, according to cybersecurity firm Avertium.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper ISC fixed high-severity flaws in DNS software suite BIND Patch management is crucial to protect Exchange servers, Microsoft warns Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more CVE-2023-23560 flaw exposes 100 (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In this article, we’ll share the top ten automotive security software companies working hard to ensure that connected vehicles are protected from rising cyber threats. . The Ten Startups Focused On Protecting Connected Cars From Cyber Attacks . Why Are Vehicles Now At Greater Risk of Cyberattacks? Digital.ai .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 26, 2022

However, the company that owns Sprite did not confirm the incident as a file-encrypting malware attack as its staff was still investigating the cyber incident. Research launched by Check Point in Feb this year reveals Stormous relies more on scavenging operations by buying data stolen by other ransomware gangs like Conti.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2022

Cyber attackers, fraudsters, and hackers target both small-scale, midsized, and large online ecom enterprises. . . According to research, frauds and cyber attacks are among the top three threats weighing on the US business environment – with a weightage of 65%. . Encryption treats. Injection frauds.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. Knowing what ransomware is and how it works is essential for protecting against and responding to such attacks. There are several methods of delivering ransomware attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Cyber attacks and breaches continue to rise with no end in sight. With this increased spending the attacks continue at an exponential rate. According to Check Point by mid-year cyber attacks have risen 42% globally. From internet providers to manufacturers, this continues to be an issue.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a manufacturer of smart security systems, we have over 3 million devices in the field. Cellular technology, provided by cybersecurity experts like Thales, keep connected devices protected from cyber-attacks. For EBS, iron-clad security is at the core of our business.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With consumers in particular prioritising convenience and functionality over security, it’s down to manufacturers to ensure security is embedded into devices from the point of creation. Authentic, secure patching ensures that manufacturers can mitigate security issues before cyber criminals can act.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. ransomware) were not a data breach" unless attackers were able to view or copy/ transmit data out of the environment. We were unable to do so due to volume, but could use sampling in the future.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2% of cyber attacks IBM handled. First, we’ll cover the technological side of cyber attacks, such as evading detection tools or digital reconnaissance techniques.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This way, data is encrypted when passing through the internet, such that other people can’t read what is being sent. Wi-Fi routers come with default settings from the manufacturers. It is very important to ensure that the data you send travels through a secure tunnel. You can achieve this by connecting to the internet through a VPN.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2023

Information stealing malware is commonly observed in the landscape of cyber attacks today. Zscaler ThreatLabz team has discovered many new types of stealer malware families across different attack campaigns. The file content is stored as an encrypted format in a dictionary. Passwords are stored in encrypted form.

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