Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The report also highlights that ransomware attacks are becoming more targeted, with attackers focusing on high-value targets with particular emphasis on the Industrial and Manufacturing sectors. The report notes that these attacks can have significant implications for democratic processes, social cohesion, and national security.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 14, 2025

The sectors targeted by ransomware groups have also remained consistent: Professional services and technical services (PSTS) and manufacturing companies are primary targets because of their economic importance, low tolerance for operational downtime, and higher willingness to pay ransoms.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The threat actor specializes in encrypting and then deleting its targets’ data, which suggests that the group’s primary objective is to cause as much damage as possible. Head Mare post on X Head Mare has targeted a variety of industries, including government, energy, transportation, manufacturing and entertainment.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Here’s a roundup of reaction from cybersecurity thought leaders: Gary Roboff, Senior Advisor, the Santa Fe Group: Roboff. How could a breach like this continue for four years? Satya Gupta, CTO and Co-founder, Virsec: Gupta.

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Hacker Combat

APRIL 1, 2021

Ransomware is malicious software used by hackers to access and encrypt computers and computer networks. As the owner of the device or computer network, the encryption locks you out until you pay the demanded ransom. However, social engineering is the most common. Backup Your Data To Protect From Ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

These malicious encryption attacks that take your data hostage are the most financially harmful attacks for companies. One such scenario involving a user with high privileges happened to a major electronics manufacturer for defense and communications markets in 2020. It’s not uncommon for most data to remain encrypted or corrupted.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

. “Between October 16 and November 12, 2019, Proofpoint researchers observed the actor sending malicious email messages to organizations in Germany, Italy, and the United States, targeting no particular vertical but with recipients that were heavily weighted towards business and IT services, manufacturing, and healthcare.”

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Social Tactics.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

However, P8 contains many built-in functions and redesigns of the communication protocol and encryption algorithm, making it a well-designed and powerful espionage platform. Most of the infections were still at financial institutions in Vietnam, with one victim active in the manufacturing industry.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Meow” took fourth place in Q3 2024, shifting its tactics from data encryption to selling stolen data on cybercriminal forums and its own data-leak site. Together, they use native English speakers to execute sophisticated social engineering operations, contributing significantly to their newfound dominance. compared to Q3 2023.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Globally, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and state and local governments continue to see a rise in the frequency of attacks. From internet providers to manufacturers, this continues to be an issue. According to the SonicWall Cyber Threat Report, the global volume of ransomware is increasing by 98%.

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Malicious actors will continue to improve their social engineering tactics, making it more difficult to recognize deception and make it increasingly easier to become a victim, predicts Milbourne. Criminals can extort their targets based on the impending threat of ransomware without ever having to encrypt or exfiltrate the data.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As with most cyberextortionists lately, the Cuba gang encrypts victims’ files and demands a ransom in exchange for a decryption key. The gang infamously uses complex tactics and techniques to penetrate victim networks, such as exploitation of software vulnerabilities and social engineering.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Nick Rago, Field CTO at Salt Security, shares his thoughts with SecureWorld News : "As social engineering attack techniques become more and more sophisticated, organizations must adopt a Zero Trust mentality with code artifacts as much as possible to stay ahead of threats that can arise when an outsider gains access to code repositories.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Key Points In October 2024, ReliaQuest responded to an intrusion affecting a manufacturing sector customer. The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Toy manufacturers are striving to keep up with these trends, releasing more and more models that can also be called “smart.” After the robot’s software was updated, the aforementioned requests, which previously had been transmitted through the insecure HTTP protocol, started using the secure encryption protocol HTTPS.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Big blows dealt to critical infrastructure Critical infrastructure ( as defined by CISA ) took a beating in 2023, with sectors such as logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, and education accounting for almost 30% of all ransomware attacks in 2023. We also saw notable rebrands (i.e

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The methods used by cybercriminals in 2023 varied with cyberattacks, physical attacks, and system errors targeting everything from critical infrastructure to manufacturing to healthcare databases. Businesses faced constant threats with phishing scams , malware , and other tactics. But the numbers alone tell only part of the story.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

When the pandemic struck, online bad actors took it as an opportunity to double-down on their attacks through ransomware, malware, and social engineering. Often, this includes data encryption and de-identification processes meant to ensure consumer privacy. . Article by Beau Peters.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2023

This updated version of BLINDINCAN shares similar characteristics with previous iterations, such as C2 communication, encryption methods and infection procedure. They include government and diplomatic bodies, aviation, energy, manufacturing, real estate, finance, telecoms, scientific research, IT and gaming sectors.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 29, 2025

Top ransomware predictions for 2025Prediction 1: AI-powered social engineering attacks will surge and fuel ransomware campaignsIn 2025, threat actors will increasingly use generative AI (GenAI) to conduct more effective social engineering attacks. A top emerging AI-driven trend is voice phishing (vishing).

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 23, 2021

This is the act of exfiltrating sensitive data from the victim network before the encryption stage of the attack[1]. A manufacturer of rubber parts in Korea. . A luxury gas fireplace manufacturer in New Zealand . A manufacturer of mechanical-electrical alternators in Italy . An insurance company in Puerto Rico. .

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Operating technology (OT), also known as the industrial internet of things (IIoT), uses smart pumps, conveyor belts, motors, and manufacturing equipment — and the operations teams that install the devices may not always inform the network security team about them. Critical resources need additional protection.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It also turned out that the motherboards infected in all known cases came from just two manufacturers. The attackers compress stolen files into encrypted and password-protected ZIP archives. The group delivers its malware using social engineering. It’s also unclear how the attackers managed to deliver the malware.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The US, manufacturing sector, and professional, scientific, and technical services (PSTS) sector are primary targets amidst an overall increase in ransomware attacks. This underscores the importance of having additional compensating controls and educating employees on the risks associated with phishing and other social engineering attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

APTs will contain a cyberattack component, but APTs also commonly include confidence schemes, social engineering , physical access to facilities , bribes, extortion, and other methods to gain system access. Manufactured BackDoor Vulnerabilities. Deploy data encryption at rest and in transit. Vulnerability Exploitation.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Sodinokibi spreaders are known for a special social engineering move—they threaten to double the required payment if the ransom is not paid within several days. How Sodinokibi Works Sodinokibi exploits a vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic ( CVE-2019-2725 ), trying to get access to user data and encrypt it.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

granting them access to live and archived video feeds across multiple organizations, including manufacturing facilities, hospitals, schools, police departments and prisons. This makes it more difficult to hack, as no one knows the password and it will be encrypted in a deeply secured vault.”. When surveillance leads to spying.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

We investigated a long-running espionage campaign, dubbed A41APT, targeting multiple industries, including the Japanese manufacturing industry and its overseas bases, which has been active since March 2019. The contents are disguised as GIF image files, but contain encrypted commands from the C2 server and command execution results.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. The manufacturer of the mobile device preloads an adware application or a component with the firmware. Trends of the year.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Ransomware, a definition Ransomware is a set of malware technologies, hacking techniques, and social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use to cause harm, breach data, and render data unusable. Ransomware attackers get into a network in many ways: Social engineering. Unpatched exploits.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. Protect your business from cyber assaults and never assume that cyber risk management occurs on its own!

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The US, manufacturing sector, and professional, scientific, and technical services (PSTS) sector are primary targets amidst an overall increase in ransomware attacks. This underscores the importance of having additional compensating controls and educating employees on the risks associated with phishing and other social engineering attacks.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The rise of AI-driven phishing and social engineering, increased targeting of critical infrastructure, and the emergence of more sophisticated fileless malware are all trends that have shaped the cybersecurity battlefield this year. However, law enforcement continued to apply pressure throughout the year.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Others use form grabbing to steal login credentials and payment information by intercepting the data submitted in web forms before it’s encrypted by the browser. In June 2024, ReliaQuest investigated a compromised user device at a manufacturing organization. Infostealers are on the rise: From Q3 to Q4 2023, we saw a 30.5%

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Others use form grabbing to steal login credentials and payment information by intercepting the data submitted in web forms before it’s encrypted by the browser. In June 2024, ReliaQuest investigated a compromised user device at a manufacturing organization. Infostealers are on the rise: From Q3 to Q4 2023, we saw a 30.5%

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 26, 2022

Establishing an IAM Blueprint for Securing Manufacturing Environments. The manufacturing sector is crucial to the economic prosperity of all countries. Products made by these manufacturing industries are essential to many other critical infrastructure sectors. IAM Blueprint for Securing Manufacturing Environments.

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