Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

During the reporting period, key findings include: DDoS and ransomware rank the highest among the prime threats, with social engineering, data related threats, information manipulation, supply chain, and malware following.

Social Engineering 133

Social Engineering Artificial Intelligence Engineering Ransomware 133

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 18, 2021

Analysis found that hackers can start eavesdropping on real time camera feeds through the said flaw detected on the Kalay software platform that is used by many OEMs, who are into the manufacturing of IP cameras, Baby cams, Pet monitoring cameras, digital video recorders and much more. ThroughTek has issued a fix of 3.1.10

IoT 142

IoT Cyber Attacks Social Engineering Manufacturing 142

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?

Social Engineering 122

Social Engineering Engineering Accountability Backups 122

Security Boulevard

JUNE 17, 2022

In this new instance of the campaign, the threat actor has targeted users in US-based organizations in specific verticals including software security, US military, security solution providers, healthcare / pharmaceutical, and the manufacturing supply chain. Key points. Email analysis. Figure 1 shows an example of the email sent to the victim.

Phishing 128

Phishing Social Engineering Manufacturing Healthcare 128

Javvad Malik

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

To build lightning protection systems at the time of manufacturing costs less than 1% of the total capital expenses while improving the cost-effectiveness and reliability of a wind turbine substantially. Unpatched software, poor credentials or lack of MFA, misconfigured software, or social engineering.

Insurance 140

Insurance Social Engineering Manufacturing Cybercrime 140

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

How cars became the worst product category for privacy Session Covers the extensive data collection (and subsequent sharing with car manufacturers and their affiliates) enabled by modern vehicles; they can collect way beyond location data. Successful exploitation requires social engineering users into manipulating a specially crafted file.

Surveillance 97

Surveillance Malware Data breaches Scams 97

Malwarebytes

APRIL 7, 2024

Not surprisingly, small businesses in the professional services sector feel significantly more concerned about cybersecurity threats than those in manufacturing or services, but the poll explains that they also feel more prepared to handle them. Services businesses are right to be concerned.

Small Business 107

Small Business Cybersecurity Manufacturing Social Engineering 107

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Deepfakes, mis and disinformation threaten to disrupt the social tissue of modern democracies by damaging the trust people place on institutions, each other and science. Social engineering and phishing attacks are the most common vector. The situation is no different in other continents. Ransomware cases increase.

Social Engineering 126

Social Engineering Ransomware Engineering Phishing 126

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

including government, manufacturing, transportation, and law enforcement. The cybercriminals behind Storm-050 employ advanced social engineering techniques, including phishing emails to trick victims into granting access to internal systems. Increase employee training on recognizing phishing and other social engineering attacks.

Ransomware 116

Ransomware Social Engineering Healthcare Phishing 116

SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This case underscores the serious risk that social engineering and supply chain attacks pose to open-source projects. Kernel exploitation in Windows and Linux The two major operating systems power many of the world’s critical assets, including servers, manufacturing equipment, logistics systems and IoT devices.

Internet 107

Internet Internet Risk Social Engineering 107

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2023

According to a study conducted by se-curity firm Mandiant, the group has been in operation since 2018 and has now been tasked with carrying out both espionage and financially motivated attacks such as credential harvesting and social engineering.

Hacking 105

Hacking Social Engineering Cryptocurrency Manufacturing 105

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Security researchers from Proofpoint have tracked an APT that has targeted the aviation, aerospace, transportation, manufacturing, and defense industries dating back to 2017, and are calling it TA2541. It's an advanced persistent threat (APT) that has troubled the transportation sector for years. Phishing in the transportation sector.

Social Engineering 98

Social Engineering Engineering Phishing Manufacturing 98

Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Thus, these Australian attacks significantly contribute to the rising trend in socially engineered attacks. Cryptocurrency and NFT attacks are rising as decentralized finance, and digital art assets become sophisticated socially engineered threats. Common Trends Among the Australian Mobile Threats.

Social Engineering 92

Social Engineering Mobile Scams Engineering 92

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2023

Researchers discovered a new info stealer dubbed SYS01 stealer targeting critical government infrastructure and manufacturing firms. And SYS01 stealer at heart relies on a social engineering campaign, so it’s important to train users about the tricks adversaries use so they know how to spot them.”

Government 98

Government Manufacturing Malware Social Engineering 98

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.

Ransomware 126

Ransomware Social Engineering Phishing VPN 126

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 15, 2023

Currently, it appears that the attackers are primarily focusing on companies in manufacturing, wealth management, insurance, and pharmaceuticals sectors. Hopefully, this service will help mitigate the risks associated with the malicious attack, such as phishing and other social engineering attacks.

Ransomware 100

Ransomware Insurance Social Engineering Manufacturing 100

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2023

A cyber attack that appears to be a ransomware attack conducted through social engineering tactics has reportedly made hackers steal the source code of the game developer. Third is the news that belongs to a Canadian car spare parts manufacturer named Exco Technologies.

Cyber Attacks 114

Cyber Attacks Social Engineering Technology Manufacturing 114

Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Israeli defence ministry announced on Wednesday that it had foiled a cyber attack carried out by a foreign threat actor targeting the country’s defence manufacturers. Since January 2020, the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT has successfully compromised dozens of organizations in Israel and other countries.

Cyber Attacks 127

Cyber Attacks Social Engineering Advertising Malware 127

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.

Social Engineering 122

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Internet 122

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.

Social Engineering 77

Social Engineering Backups Manufacturing DDOS 77

The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

Bantick “As the MOVEit hack has proved, the bad actors are always looking for new ways to attack with tactics ranging from third party supplier attacks to more sophisticated social engineering and phishing attack techniques.

Cyber Risk 189

Cyber Risk Risk Insurance Energy and Utilities 189

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Satya Gupta, CTO and Co-founder, Virsec: Gupta.

Hacking 157

Hacking eCommerce Authentication Social Engineering 157

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.

Ransomware 107

Ransomware Digital transformation Encryption Social Engineering 107

Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Microsoft Threat Intelligence reported that the cyberspies conducted highly targeted social engineering attacks using credential theft phishing lures sent as Microsoft Teams chat. The attackers use previously compromised Microsoft 365 tenants owned by small businesses to create new domains that appear as technical support entities.

Phishing 98

Phishing Social Engineering Authentication Government 98

IT Security Guru

JUNE 17, 2024

It also includes network vulnerabilities, like open or unprotected ports, unpatched software, and avenues for phishing or social engineering attacks. Organisations involved in manufacturing for example may be working across legacy equipment, created for a manufacturing environment which in many cases predates the Internet completely.

Financial Services 89

Financial Services Manufacturing Social Engineering Risk 89

Hacker's King

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

As both manufacturers and consumers, we must remain vigilant and proactive in protecting our vehicles from cyber threats. Conclusion While connected vehicles offer convenience, they also present new cybersecurity challenges.

Hacking 52

Hacking Mobile Encryption Authentication 52

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.”

Government 103

Government Malware Social Engineering Internet 103

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This analysis from Dirk Schrader, Vice President of Security Research, and Michael Paye, Vice President of Research and Development, is based on Netwrix’s global experience across a wide range of verticals, including technology, finance, manufacturing, government and healthcare.

Cybersecurity 116

Cybersecurity Cybercrime Social Engineering Risk 116

Hacker Combat

APRIL 1, 2021

However, social engineering is the most common. Hackers have embraced social engineering in making ransomware attacks successful. Manufacturers of these software applications release security updates often. Only after you have paid are you allowed access to your device or network.

Ransomware 90

Ransomware Backups Social Engineering Passwords 90

SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

.” The duo homed in on a list of emerging technologies that could create new wrinkles in the security landscape: automation, machine learning and AI including advances in NLP and GAN, immersive digital environments, data in the digital supply chain, cyber/physical crossover, additive manufacturing and the prevalence of 5G and widescale IoT.

Manufacturing 95

Manufacturing IoT Technology Artificial Intelligence 95

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A splash of fraudulent domain management and social engineering may be all that it takes to get the job done. Instead of going after a company directly, attackers figure out a network of vendors, clients, customers, suppliers…you name it, they’ll try and map it all out.

Social Engineering 95

Social Engineering Scams Accountability Retail 95

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Attackers have targeted critical and vulnerable sectors such as manufacturing, financial, transportation, healthcare, government administration, energy, and more, including a couple of $50 million attacks on the likes of Acer and Quanta. East Coast. Forensic Reports. There’s an essential part of DMARC that should not be neglected: reporting.

Ransomware 130

Ransomware DNS Small Business Authentication 130

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

Seen in attacks against healthcare and manufacturing agencies, RedLine started with heavy-hitter industries and only got worse as more users purchased it. Users should receive regular social engineering training about what to look for in phishing emails and messages. OpenLink - open a link in the default browser.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Passwords Malware 98

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%.

Phishing 134

Phishing Mobile Ransomware Technology 134

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Together, they use native English speakers to execute sophisticated social engineering operations, contributing significantly to their newfound dominance. To counter these methods, organizations should prioritize educating users on phishing and social engineering techniques. compared to Q3 2023.

Ransomware 94

Ransomware Social Engineering Insurance Cyber Insurance 94

Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

Other top 4 targeted industries include Manufacturing, Insurance, Technology, and Financial Services seeing 15%, 9%, 7%, and 6% of the campaign traffic respectively.” Experts warn that the Energy sector was a major focus of this campaign, followed by manufacturing, and insurance. ” continues the report.

Phishing 98

Phishing Energy and Utilities Insurance Manufacturing 98

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2023

Sounding horns, disabling start up, reporting a vehicle as stolen, even accessing built in cameras are all possible for rogue entities should they manage to break into a manufacturer’s network. million vehicles (start engine, disable starter, unlock, read device location, flash and update firmware).

Manufacturing 84

Manufacturing Data collection Social Engineering Engineering 84