Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2025

With the increasing reliance on digital technologies for operational efficiency, this sector has become a prime target for sophisticated cyber and physical threats. Conducting regular training sessions on recognizing phishing emails, avoiding suspicious downloads, and following cybersecurity protocols can build a resilient workforce.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

Specifically, stories and news items where public and/or private organizations have leveraged their capabilities to encroach on user privacy; for example, data brokers using underhanded means to harvest user location data without user knowledge or public organizations using technology without regard for user privacy.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

This is precisely what the consortium of software companies and device manufacturers, led Google, Amazon and Apple, set out to achieve when Matter was conceived four years ago. Following a successful debut in November 2022, Matter is picking up steam, Nelson told me. This same approach really could be applied to other industries.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2025

Since its emergence in 2021, Medusa has targeted over 300 victims across various critical infrastructure sectors, including medical, education, legal, insurance, technology, and manufacturing. What is Medusa ransomware?

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As we approach 2025, the cybersecurity landscape is evolving rapidly, shaped by technological advancements, regulatory shifts, and emerging threats. By 2027, 75% of employees are expected to acquire or modify technology outside of ITs control, up from 41% in 2022. To keep up, organizations must stay ahead of these developments.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 25, 2022

September 2021 saw a huge spike of exploit detections against the manufacturing industry, with a distributed spread between California, Florida, Ohio, and Missouri. United States manufacturing threat family detections by month. United States manufacturing family threat detections pie chart.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

companies as a primary target of a new phishing scheme. Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders. The company could not be certain, however, if the V4 phishing kit was involved.

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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. So, without further ado, and in no particular order, here are the industry trends: Technology. Manufacturing. This is what we’re going to cover in part two.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 20, 2022

Download your free copy of the 2022 ThreatLabz Phishing Report, and check out our infographic. For decades, phishing has been a complex and time-consuming challenge for every security team. Avoiding the latest breed of phishing attacks requires heightened awareness from users, additional context, and a zero trust approach.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 4, 2022

According to a research carried out by NTT Security, Flagpro is in the wild from Oct’20 and was found targeting companies operating in defense technologies, media and communication sectors. BlackTech Cyber Espionage APT group linked to Chinese intelligence was found distributing Flagpro in two stages via Phishing emails.

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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. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Key Findings During the reporting period (August 1, 2024January 31, 2025), the manufacturing sector faced a turbulent threat landscape: Attackers ramped up their abuse of remote external services software, used impersonating domains for targeted spearphishing attacks, and continued to target the sector with ransomware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Russia-linked APT29 group targeted dozens of organizations and government agencies worldwide with Microsoft Teams phishing attacks. Microsoft Threat Intelligence reported that the cyberspies conducted highly targeted social engineering attacks using credential theft phishing lures sent as Microsoft Teams chat.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 28, 2023

In May 2023, a phishing campaign was launched that targeted a major U.S. energy company, as well as organizations in other industries, such as finance, insurance, manufacturing, and technology. This phishing scam is a reminder of the dangers of QR codes. Report it as a phish, delete, or ignore.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 20, 2025

enterprises embrace AI to boost productivity, accelerate decision-making, and automate workflows, to name a few benefits, cybercriminals are using the same technology to automate and scale more sophisticated attacks. visibility: Get in-depth visibility into AI application trends and interactions through interactive dashboards.AI-powered

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2025

Migration to PQC can be viewed as any large technology transition. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last year released three quantum-resistant algorithm standards that are ready to be adopted. Thats the opinion of Consumer Reports, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

A phishing campaign employing QR codes targeted a leading energy company in the US, cybersecurity firm Cofense reported. “Beginning in May 2023, Cofense has observed a large phishing campaign utilizing QR codes targeting the Microsoft credentials of users from a wide array of industries.” com (Cloudflare’s Web3 services).

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 24, 2024

With the advent of new technologies and rising cyber threats , 2025 promises significant shifts in the cybersecurity domain. AI-powered malware and phishing schemes can adapt to defenses in real time, making them harder to detect and counter. Enhanced Focus on Data Privacy Data breaches have shown no signs of slowing down.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 26, 2025

Until the last ten years or so, we would largely categorise robots as reactive with mostly industrial applications in areas like manufacturing or warehousing. world, represent perhaps the most disruptive technology to transform IT, our industries and how businesses operate. However, AI is a double-edged sword.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Manufacturing needs to adopt a Zero Trust approach to mitigate increased cyber threats. Long gone is the time when manufacturing systems and operations were siloed from the Internet and, therefore, were not a cybersecurity target. Thu, 10/20/2022 - 06:20. Survey’s key findings.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 8, 2023

Departments such as support, manufacturing, design, services, and delivery are enhanced by smart security measures, which allay distracting setbacks and increase the overall inertia. Business initiatives demand faster, more efficient outcomes and technology responds. Smarter security is the rising tide that lifts all ships.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Microsoft, the technology giant of America, has linked Clop Ransomware gang’s whereabouts to a corporate network that was previously hit by Raspberry Robin worm. But in practical, the email is a phishing mail that acts as a bait to download Cuba Ransomware, also called as RomCom Malware.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. According to the advisory, the threat actors have exploited Zerologon ( CVE-2020-1472 ) in Microsoft’s Netlogon Remote Protocol in phishing attempts.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Manufacturing company Megablok was experiencing frequent network outages that were halting business productivity and forcing employees to work from home. Additionally, organizations were forced to rapidly adopt new technologies to automate operations, improve safety procedures and allow remote access.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

From backdoors- As the Korean giant creates, validates and manufactures its computing devices all on its own, its every piece of hardware, wiring and firmware is securely drafted at its high secure R&D plants & factories in the world. The entire tech is being called as Samsung Pass that helps users log onto the device with safety.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 3, 2024

While advancements in technology offer unprecedented efficiency and insight, they also introduce new vulnerabilities. Ironically, as impressive as these systems are, the weakest link is often not with the technology itself but with the people who interact with it. The attacker's gateway? Human blunders. It starts with practice.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

Attackers believed to have ties to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) are using Microsoft Teams chats as credential theft phishing lures. The targeted organizations are mostly found among government, non-government organizations (NGOs), IT services, technology, discrete manufacturing, and media sectors.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2022

“Nowadays, companies are showing a lot of interest in offering products loaded with connected technology. Rachael Falk, the Chief Executive of Cyber Security Cooperative Research Center, issued an alert about phishing emails to companies operating in the power generation and distribution sector.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. According to the advisory, the threat actors have exploited Zerologon ( CVE-2020-1472 ) in Microsoft’s Netlogon Remote Protocol in phishing attempts.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The campaign, which we dubbed EastWind , used phishing emails with malicious shortcuts attached to deliver malware to target computers. The attack starts with phishing emails purporting to be a court order or summons from an institution in Colombia’s judicial system.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. According to the advisory, the threat actors have exploited Zerologon ( CVE-2020-1472 ) in Microsoft’s Netlogon Remote Protocol in phishing attempts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

As of February 2025, Medusa developers and affiliates have impacted over 300 victims from a variety of critical infrastructure sectors with affected industries including medical, education, legal, insurance, technology, and manufacturing.” ” reads the joint advisory.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

On November 17, the library announced it was experiencing a major technology outage caused by a cyber-attack. We’re continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting our website, online systems and services, and some onsite services too. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed the APT32 group targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors. Now the Facebook security team has revealed the real identity of APT32 , linking the group to an IT company in Vietnam named CyberOne Group. .

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Technological and societal developments and a pandemic have utterly changed the business landscape as we knew it. Social engineering and phishing attacks are the most common vector. Increased concern about attacks targeting Operational Technology (OT) systems and critical infrastructure. Thu, 12/16/2021 - 10:36.

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