Manufacturing Password Management Social Engineering 
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. We identified “Scattered Spider” to be behind the incident. What Happened?
Malwarebytes
JUNE 22, 2022
The researchers found the campaign targeting organizations in the US military, security software developers and providers, healthcare and pharmaceutical, and supply-chain organizations in manufacturing and shipping. How to avoid being phished. Do not open unverified email attachments.
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CyberSecurity Insiders
AUGUST 24, 2022
And security researchers from ESET have discovered that the malware was uploaded to the VirusTotal operated system in Brazil and was targeted by a social engineering attack. North Korea’s Lazarus Group has reportedly designed new ransomware that is being targeted at M1 processors popularly running on Macs and Intel systems.
Security Boulevard
MARCH 31, 2022
Passwords: An Easy Target. Let’s not mince words: passwords are difficult for most organizations to manage. Despite the ready availability of password management software, deployment and strategic management of passwords is difficult as your employment numbers skyrocket. Regular employee training.
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. We identified “Scattered Spider” to be behind the incident. What Happened?
Troy Hunt
MAY 5, 2025
Here's how it worked: I was socially engineered into visiting a phishing page that pretended to belong to Mailchimp who I use to send newsletters for this blog. I'd like my passkeys to be more transferable, so I'm going to store them in my dedicated password manager, 1Password.
eSecurity Planet
MARCH 22, 2023
Improved Passwords: Organizations seeking improved security will typically increase password strength requirements to add complexity or more frequent password rotation. Password managers aid users in meeting more stringent requirements, and can enable centralized control as well.
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