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Solar Panels at Risk of Cyber Attacks, warn Experts

CyberSecurity Insiders

According to experts from Digital Watchdog RDI, solar panels are now vulnerable to cyber attacks, with hackers targeting the vulnerabilities in the inverters that store energy for powering smartphones, laptops, and small electrical gadgets. Between 2015 and 2021, approximately 16.3

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MY TAKE: Why consumers are destined to play a big role in securing the Internet of Things

The Last Watchdog

This will be led by the manufacturing, consumer, transportation and utilities sectors. Mirai and Reaper are examples of a new generation of IoT botnets comprised of millions of infected home routers and surveillance cams. more than the $646 billion spent in 2018. Security-by-design lacking. Likewise, the U.S.

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The Growing Presence (and Security Risks) of IoT

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

That pace is unlikely to slow down over the coming years; Pagely noted that organizations are still turning to IoT devices as a way to automate and optimize their business processes as well as save on energy costs. Invest in the right technology. billion in number and generate 79.4 zettabytes (ZB) of data by 2025.

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Industrial Switches from different Vendors Impaired by Similar Exposures

Hacker Combat

Industrial switches are made using universal firmware developed by Korenix Technology, a leading provider for industrial networking solutions based in Taiwan. Surveillance. Energy and power. As a result, nearly all industrial switches in the market today are currently suffering from similar exposures, regardless of your vendor.

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IT threat evolution Q3 2021

SecureList

We have seen targeted attacks exploiting the vulnerability to target companies in research and development, the energy sector and other major industries, banking, the medical technology sector, as well as telecoms and IT. That library was then loaded by the legitimate MsMpEng.exe by utilizing the DLL side-loading technique.

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Advanced threat predictions for 2024

SecureList

APT targeting turns toward satellite technologies, producers and operators The only known case of an attack utilizing satellite technologies that happened in recent years was the KA-SAT network hack of 2022. The next WannaCry Fortunately for us, a new cyber epidemic did not happen. Verdict: prediction not fulfilled ❌ 4.

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Navy Insider Threat Bust: Encryption, Social Engineering, and Crypto

SecureWorld News

Could your organization have an insider threat attempting to utilize these same methods and technologies? At the time of his arrest on October 9, 2021, he held two active Top Secret security clearances: one through the Department of Defense and another through the United States Department of Energy (DOE). military relies on.