Graham Cluley

MARCH 23, 2022

AvosLocker is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang which first appeared in mid-2021. It has since become notorious for its attacks targeting critical infrastructure in the United States, including the sectors of financial services, critical manufacturing, and government facilities.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

IoT and Machine Identity Management in Financial Services. How is IoT changing the financial sector? IoT has already positively impacted the financial sector and will only continue to in the future. IoT has also transformed the financial services sector in a variety of ways: Real-time data. brooke.crothers.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 23, 2021

For example, those in the financial services industry may see more activity around information stealers; others in manufacturing may be more likely to encounter ransomware. Financial Services. Phishing resulted in the highest levels of malicious DNS traffic in the Financial Services sector.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A well-organized email spoofing campaign has been seen targeting financial services, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, and telecom.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 27, 2022

There has long been a belief in the manufacturing industry that companies in the sector were relatively safe from cyber threats, with a misconception that cyber attackers prefer to target businesses in the financial services and healthcare industry instead.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Ransomware was again the top attack type in 2021, with manufacturing replacing financial services as the top industry in a Brooks. Jon Hocut, director of information security for Brooks To read this article in full, please click here

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“InfraGard connects critical infrastructure owners, operators, and stakeholders with the FBI to provide education, networking, and information-sharing on security threats and risks,” the FBI’s InfraGard fact sheet reads.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software.

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Service businesses, such as medical practices, law firms, and financial services firms, are almost entirely SaaS based. Non-service businesses, including manufacturers and retailers, have about 70% of their software in the cloud. Over the past few years, SaaS has developed into the backbone of corporate IT.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It mainly targets companies in the banking, financial services, insurance, real estate, and manufacturing sectors. EvilProxy is an adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) PhaaS designed to steal credentials and take over accounts. More about the EvilProxy phishing campaign The attacks […] The post Cybercriminals Target Senior U.S.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Global supply chains are bearing the brunt of ransomware attacks, according to a new report that finds manufacturing was the most targeted industry during 2021. The post Manufacturing was the top industry targeted by ransomware last year appeared first on The State of Security.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 15, 2021

The Enterprise of Things has reached a critical mass and companies everywhere across every industry from healthcare to financial services and manufacturing are struggling to defend their networks against unagentable and unmanaged devices, including IoT and OT.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 11, 2023

They target multiple industries simultaneously, including manufacturing, financial services, technology, retail, healthcare, energy, and media." To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

Attacks range from critical infrastructure providers to manufacturing, financial services, and most recently an American football team. The BlackByte ransomware group has been linked to multiple US, European, and Australian cyberattacks since July 2021.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2024

ZeroSevenGroup extracted a huge quantity of information from Toyota’s environments, including network information and credentials, “We have hacked a branch in United States to one of the biggest automotive manufacturer in the world (TOYOTA). Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is the finance arm of the Toyota Motor Corporation.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

Security experts from Cybereason Nocturnus team discovered a new piece of Android malware dubbed EventBot that targets banks, financial services across Europe. Researchers from Cybereason Nocturnus team discovered a new piece of Android malware dubbed EventBot that targets banks, financial services across Europe.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2021

Razer is a popular manufacturer of computer accessories, including gaming mouses and keyboards. Razer is a very popular computer peripherals manufacturer that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, financial services, and gaming hardware, including gaming mouses and keyboards.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

“As of January 2022, the FBI has identified at least 52 entities across 10 critical infrastructure sectors affected by RagnarLocker ransomware, including entities in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and information technology sectors,” reads the FBI’s flash alert.

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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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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Attackers are becoming more organized, with ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations providing easy access to malicious tools for even novice cybercriminals. Current cybersecurity trends show that attackers are now targeting critical infrastructure, healthcare, and financial services, leading to massive disruptions.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging employs over 7,000 people worldwide and offers IT outsourcing, infrastructure including network managed services, software products and application management. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company disclosed the security breach on July 5, but it is not clear when it has discovered the attack.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2018

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 17, 2024

In industries like financial services, the ability to access fast and flexible digital transactions, especially given the global nature of commerce, can determine the success or failure of a business. This speaks to a wider issue, regarding the security supply chain.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

The manufacturing giant that works across several different lines of business, including industrial, smart infrastructure, health care, financial services, is protecting its systems by focusing on three main areas: zero trust, supply chain, and legacy systems.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2022

Recently, I was part of four conversations with security leaders across several industries – manufacturing, financial services, natural resources and healthcare – about some of the challenges they face with cyber risk management.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2021

ransomware: The victims of the Lockfile ransomware gang are in the manufacturing, financial services, engineering, legal, business services, and travel and tourism sectors. The ransom note is an HTML Application (HTA) file (e.g., LOCKFILE-README-[hostname]-[id].hta’) hta’) that is dropped in the root of the drive.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In the past two months, the FBI gained intelligence from its sources that Cuba Ransomware gang was showing a lot of interest in firms involved in public health, manufacturing, financial services, government services and Information Technology. And might increase the ransom from $60m per target to $145m.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

While this decision is an important milestone in the fight against ransomware, it has sparked debates and raised concerns among businesses and organizations, particularly those in sectors like financial services, higher education, and healthcare. Stephen Gates , Principal Security SME at Horizon3.ai,

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Customers in financial services, energy, government, healthcare and manufacturing sectors are using its testing and training modules. It is headquartered in Zurich, with a U.S office in Austin, TX. Its flagship product is in use in 60 countries, with more than 6 million employees trained.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Budworm cyber espionage group (aka APT27 , Bronze Union , Emissary Panda , Lucky Mouse , TG-3390 , and Red Phoenix) is behind a series attacks conducted over the past six months against a number of high-profile targets, including the government of a Middle Eastern country, a multinational electronics manufacturer, and a U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

.” PIONEER KITTEN hackers to date have focused their attacks against entities in North American and Israeli, while targeted sectors include technology, government, defense, healthcare, aviation, media, academic, engineering, consulting and professional services, chemical, manufacturing, financial services, insurance, and retail. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

” The victims of the Lockfile ransomware gang are in the manufacturing, financial services, engineering, legal, business services, and travel and tourism sectors. It is not clear how the attackers gain initial access to the Microsoft Exchange Servers.”

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BH Consulting

APRIL 27, 2021

A former CISO, he has held security and operational risk roles in financial services, technology, manufacturing, health service, and local government organisations. These organisations are drawn from sectors such as financial services, IT, healthcare, software, and the public sector.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

. “As of January 2022, the FBI has identified at least 52 entities across 10 critical infrastructure sectors affected by RagnarLocker ransomware, including entities in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and information technology sectors,” reads the FBI’s flash alert.

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