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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B2B Manufacturing Marketing Data collection 62

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

While it's unlikely that China would bother spying on commuters using subway cars, it would be much less surprising if a tech company offered free Internet on subways in exchange for surveillance and data collection. Our enemies do it.

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Surveillance Wireless Government Internet 258

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

How cars became the worst product category for privacy Session Covers the extensive data collection (and subsequent sharing with car manufacturers and their affiliates) enabled by modern vehicles; they can collect way beyond location data.

Surveillance 97

Surveillance Malware Data breaches Scams 97

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The experts observed the use of NineRAT at around September 2023 against a European manufacturing entity. Talos believes that NineRAT was built around May 2022, but was first spotted on March 2023 as part of Operation Blacksmith. In March, the threat actors hit a South American agricultural organization.

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Malware Data collection Manufacturing Healthcare 129

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The automakers argued that their practice was necessary to provide certain features and services, such as hands-free calling and texting, and that customers had consented to the data collection by agreeing to the terms of service when they purchased their vehicles. For the auto manufacturers involved, this is a significant victory.

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Data collection Technology Surveillance Data privacy 110

Threatpost

MARCH 20, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is creating a lucrative market for facial recognition manufacturers. But privacy issues need to be top of mind, tech experts warn.

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Manufacturing Marketing Data collection Surveillance 113

Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2024

At Malwarebytes, we reported how a team of researchers at Mozilla who reviewed the privacy and data collection policies of various product categories for several years now, named “Privacy Not Included,” found cars to be the worst product category they ever reviewed for privacy.

Insurance 114

Insurance Data collection Data breaches Manufacturing 114

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 20, 2024

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued General Motors (GM) for the unlawful collection and sale of over 1.5 million Texans’ private driving data to insurance companies without their knowledge or consent. The driving data collected and sold by GM included trip details like speed, seatbelt status, and driven distance.

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Insurance Accountability Data collection Surveillance 107

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2018

And, in doing so, the IC has developed an effective set of data handling and cybersecurity best practices. Businesses at large would do well to model their data collection and security processes after what the IC refers to as the “intelligence cycle.” Related video: Using the NIST framework as a starting point.

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Financial Services Data collection Manufacturing Cyber Attacks 149

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Here we had a situation where an attacker could easily control moving parts within a car from a remote location.

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IoT Firmware Risk Manufacturing 361

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

Sounding horns, disabling start up, reporting a vehicle as stolen, even accessing built in cameras are all possible for rogue entities should they manage to break into a manufacturer’s network. What access, data, and control was made available to researchers. Are these issues still a problem?

Manufacturing 87

Manufacturing Data collection Social Engineering Engineering 87

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

An internal audit of surveillance equipment in Australian government and agency offices revealed the presence of more than 900 built systems manufactured by Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua. The decision of the Australian government is aligned with similar decisions taken by the US and UK governments.

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Surveillance Government Manufacturing Risk 98

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2021

“The second reason for this healthy public debate is that thought leaders in technology are in the best position to implement tools for respecting consumer privacy, such as providing full disclosure about data collection and requiring consent for collection of sensitive personal data. McConomy: Facebook, Instagram, etc.,

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Data privacy Manufacturing Education Technology 196

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Experts from Honeywell analyzed data collected with the Secure Media Exchange (SMX) , a product it has launched in 2017 and that was designed to protect industrial facilities from USB-borne threats.

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Malware IoT Advertising Data collection 111

Malwarebytes

MAY 13, 2024

Modern cars are the latest consumer “device” to undergo an internet-crazed overhaul, as manufacturers increasingly stuff their automobiles with the types of features you’d expect from a smartphone, not a mode of transportation. No, we’re not talking about stalkerware. Or hidden Apple AirTags. We’re talking about cars.

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Manufacturing Mobile Wireless Internet 116

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A China-linked APT group tracked as Antlion is using a custom backdoor called xPack in attacks aimed at financial organizations and manufacturing companies, Symantec researchers reported. ” xPack allowed threat actors to run WMI commands remotely and mount shares over SMB to transfer data from C2 servers to them.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Malware Data collection Encryption 98

Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Users Gizmodo An owner of a data broker business brags and showcases his company's ability to deliver "personalized messaging at scale." Of course, personalized in this context means leveraging extensive amounts of data collected on people.

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Surveillance Data breaches Spyware Malware 59

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

Data collected by the malware include manufacturer and model, OS version, country of residence of the user, the default language of the system, user agent identifier, name of mobile operator, type of internet connection, screen options, time zone, and information about the tainted application containing the Trojan.

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Advertising Mobile Malware Data collection 111

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 29, 2021

Consumer Reports(CR) Digital Lab Initiative has tested such devices and has offered its consumers a report on how well are the companies manufacturing such devices are dealing with their user privacy. But is urging the OEM to bring transparency on how it protects the data collected from its users of its connected devices.

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Data privacy Data collection Passwords Manufacturing 85

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Data collected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint shows that nearly 3,000 devices in almost 1,000 organizations have seen at least one RaspberryRobin payload-related alert in the last 30 days. DEV-0950 group used Clop ransomware to encrypt the network of organizations previously infected with the Raspberry Robin worm.

Ransomware 108

Ransomware Malware Data collection Encryption 108

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2021

This means that there were no faults in the system of the manufacturer. It’s powered by AI which analyses the data collected by the biometric scanner and verifies if the source is coming from a live or fake representation. Where does liveness detection fit in this scenario?

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Marketing Technology Data collection Authentication 114

Malwarebytes

JUNE 6, 2023

Microsoft is counting the cost of privacy violations, with $20m in fines related to illegal data collection from children’s Xbox accounts. The Xbox manufacturer has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commision (FTC), a result which promises to have other console developers looking closely at their privacy policies.

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Advertising Accountability Data collection Manufacturing 94

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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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For example, the recent ransomware that leverages IT/OT convergence including the manufacturing and energy industries has prompted CISA to issue guidance regarding ransomware impacting OT environments ( read the guidance and how Tenable can help). • Configuration control that tracks all changes to code, OS & firmware regardless.

Energy and Utilities 101

Energy and Utilities Threat Detection Manufacturing Technology 101

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Critical infrastructure providers and manufacturing companies are increasingly pursuing IT and OT convergence, as the data collection and analysis benefits can dramatically improve production efficiency, maintenance, and scaling," said Marcus Fowler, CEO of Darktrace Federal. VJ Viswanathan will co-present with Col.

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Cyber Attacks Energy and Utilities Risk Technology 120

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The personal data collected by the criminal botnets is the source of baseline intelligence that ideologues and propagandists continue to use to target and refine their disinformation campaigns, which they typically disperse by social media.

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Ransomware Government Firewall Cyber Insurance 153

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

TS: Yes, you can put something into everything, but all of a sudden you have this massive big data collection problem on the back end where you as the attacker have created a different kind of analysis problem. Of course, some nations have more capability than others to sift through huge amounts of data they’re collecting.

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Computers and Electronics Internet Internet Technology 228

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Industrial control systems (ICS) are the backbone of critical infrastructure, powering essential operations in the energy, manufacturing, water treatment, and transportation sectors. These systems are integral to the smooth operation of industries such as manufacturing, power generation, oil and gas, water management, and more.

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Firmware Encryption Manufacturing Risk 111

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The threats that are notable for the Asian region are represented by a significant number of attacks aimed at manufacturing of chips, microprocessors and system control boards of different IT vendors, whose principal manufacturing operations are located in Asia.

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Cybercrime Hacking Banking Phishing 108

SecureWorld News

APRIL 3, 2023

The data collected from various sources is then analyzed using various tools. Main features of SDL There are five key features that SDL should have: The key component of SDL is the automation of data collection and parsing. Viewing this data manually is unrealistic. Automation of adding context for security logs.

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Unstructured Data Data collection Information Security Backups 97

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are many ways that data collection, and data availability, make less sense as the years pass by. The individual sections of the 17 digit number detail all manner of information about the car, ranging from manufacturer to attributes. What say you, car manufacturers?

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Wireless Risk Data collection 98

Malwarebytes

MARCH 3, 2021

Detailed credentials for more than 21 million mobile VPN app users were swiped and advertised for sale online last week, offered by a cyber thief who allegedly stole user data collected by the VPN apps themselves.

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VPN Passwords Internet Internet 145

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 14, 2021

For IoT connected medical devices, for example, it is essential that healthcare providers ensure the manufacturer they choose has designed digital security into the device from the ground up and at all points in the ecosystem to prevent vulnerabilities at the weakest point jeopardising the security of the whole device.

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Healthcare IoT Technology Data collection 91

SecureList

MARCH 13, 2025

powershell ntdsutil.exe "'ac i ntds'" 'ifm' "'create full temp'" q q Additionally, manual PowerShell commands were observed for dumping data from these locations. Data Collection and Exfiltration Another new tool in Head Mare’s arsenal was a script running wusa.exe. 360nvidia[.]com; com; 45.156.27[.]115

Energy and Utilities 75

Energy and Utilities Software Accountability Phishing 75

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

These devices interweave with each other, creating an essential fabric in our data collection methods, manufacturing operations, and much more. But what about securing this technology and the data flow coming from an army of Internet of Things environments? Securing your IoT environment.

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IoT Encryption Internet Internet 92

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Implicit consent issues: The mere presence of an AI assistant-enabled device may imply consent to data collection, which can be problematic for users who are not fully aware of the extent of data gathering and processing. Supply chain attacks: Since the hardware button is a physical component, its supply chain could be targeted.

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Artificial Intelligence Surveillance Technology Risk 90

Centraleyes

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Your enterprise compliance tools should address the specific regulatory needs of your industry—whether it’s financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, or technology. HighBond by Diligent HighBond consolidates audit, compliance, risk, and security management into a single platform, with real-time data collection and reporting.

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