Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. The operation reversibly modified the routers’ firewall rules to block remote management access to the devices.

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Energy and Utilities Government Firewall Malware 97

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2022

The CSA mentions RDP exploitation , SonicWall firewall exploits, and phishing campaigns. Ensure all backup data is encrypted, immutable (i.e., Authentication. Require multifactor authentication wherever you can—particularly for webmail, VPNs, and critical systems. Mitigation.

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Ransomware Backups Passwords Authentication 82

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

CVE-2021-33885 – Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity (CVSS 9.7) CVE-2021-33882 – Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CVSS 8.2) An attacker doesn’t need any authentication to conduct the attack. The flaws were privately reported to the medical manufacturer on January 11 that addressed in B.

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Hacking Authentication Internet Internet 104

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

You should also exercise caution when partnering with foreign suppliers or manufacturers—particularly in regions without access to modern tech infrastructure—as they may not have the same level of cyber awareness. Enforce enterprise-grade antivirus, firewalls, and internet security software across all connected devices.

Penetration Testing 78

Penetration Testing Risk Cyber threats Marketing 78

Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Countermeasures: To prevent drone signal hijacking, drone manufacturers and operators can implement encryption and authentication mechanisms for RF communication. Most encryption standards are currently implemented in RF (Radio Frequency) communications and can vary depending on the specific RF application.

Encryption 52

Encryption Firmware Surveillance Technology 52

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2021

28 NSA-CISA document (PDF download) urges buyers to use standards-based VPNs from vendors with a track record of swiftly addressing known vulnerabilities and using strong authentication credentials. Examine whether a product offers strong authentication credentials and protocols by default, as opposed to weak credentials and protocols.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

These devices interweave with each other, creating an essential fabric in our data collection methods, manufacturing operations, and much more. In some of the data that was flying around in the ether there behind our firewall, a very secure PCI-compliant system, we were actually picking up credit card data in the clear.".

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IoT Encryption Internet Internet 73

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

There's no consistency across manufacturers or devices either in terms of defaulting to auto-updates or even where to find updates. But rightly or wrongly, the risk you take when using devices in a fashion they weren't designed for is that the manufacturer may break that functionality at some time. So, what's the right approach?

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IoT Firmware Risk Manufacturing 358

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 14, 2023

While the infotainment system is supposedly firewalled from steering, throttling, and braking, attached devices may not be fully secured against communication via Wi-Fi. Ford notes that the vehicles are safe to drive and that drivers concerned about the vulnerability can turn off the system until patches are available.

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Software Malware Internet Internet 94

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Brute-force attacks on services that use SSH, a more advanced protocol that encrypts traffic, can yield similar outcomes. As if that were not enough, many IoT devices have unalterable main passwords set by manufacturers. User files were encrypted, with the device’s interface displaying a ransom note demanding payment of 0.03

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IoT DDOS Passwords Malware 86

SC Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

The vulnerabilities associated with PACS systems range from known default passwords, hardcoded credentials and lack of authentication within third-party software.”. Systems should also be configured in accordance with documentation provided by the manufacturer.

Internet 81

Internet Internet Media VPN 81

Spinone

MARCH 17, 2018

These smart devices include cars, household appliances, building systems such as lighting and heating, televisions, medical devices, manufacturing equipment, and many other types of systems used both in a consumer and industrial setting. Lack of Data Encryption 70% of devices were found to send data over the network unencrypted.

Internet 40

Internet Internet Risk Computers and Electronics 40

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 26, 2022

Establishing an IAM Blueprint for Securing Manufacturing Environments. The manufacturing sector is crucial to the economic prosperity of all countries. Products made by these manufacturing industries are essential to many other critical infrastructure sectors. Tue, 07/26/2022 - 05:48. Attacks are moving from IT to OT.

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Manufacturing Authentication Social Engineering Risk 71

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

The tools also depend upon physical controls that should also be implemented against malicious physical access to destroy or compromise networking equipment such as routers, cables, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances. These physical controls do not rely upon IT technology and will be assumed to be in place.

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Firewall Network Security Penetration Testing Encryption 104

eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

The attacks targeted 553 different types of devices from 212 manufacturers, ranging from digital signage and smart TVs to set-top boxes, IP cameras, and automotive multimedia systems. ThreatLabz found that 76 percent of all transactions occurred over plain-text channels; 24 percent were over secure encrypted pathways.

IoT 145

IoT Risk Architecture Manufacturing 145

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

For decades, the cornerstone of IT security has been Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , a system that allows you to encrypt and sign data, issuing digital certificates that authenticate the identity of users. Two different cryptographic keys – a public key and a private key – get issued.

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Internet Internet Encryption Authentication 160

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. Experts say the best defense is a multi-pronged network security strategy that includes a firewall, anti-malware software, network monitoring, intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS), and data protection. Backdoors.

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Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Broadcom also offers a location hub microcontroller and System-on-a-Chip (SoC) systems for embedded IoT security for organizations handling product manufacturing. In addition to Cyber Vision, the Cisco IoT Threat Defense also includes firewalls , identity service engines (ISE), secure endpoints, and SOAR.

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IoT Risk Firewall Software 137

NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Logins without multi-factor authentication. In addition to encrypting data and holding it hostage, ransomware attackers also upload valuable data to other systems on the internet. Rather than stealthily copying the data, ransomware attackers may upload the data quickly to a website via FTP using SSH encryption.

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Ransomware Cyber Insurance Backups Insurance 52

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

The DazzleSpy backdoor software had interesting features to foil detection, including end-to-end encryption to avoid firewall inspection as well as a feature that cut off communication if a TLS-inspection proxy was detected. Manufactured BackDoor Vulnerabilities. Use web application firewalls to protect exposed web apps.

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Firewall Malware Phishing Software 105

Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

Common challenges involve restricted availability of authentication methods and difficulty in gaining visibility of non-managed devices. Security is often a secondary concern for manufacturers, so it falls to the customer to ensure these devices’ communications are appropriate and secure.

Architecture 52

Architecture Authentication CISO Risk 52

Veracode Security

APRIL 23, 2021

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IoT 75

IoT Software Technology Risk 75

Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

re not typically behind a firewall. Each code that is exposing an API needs to think about how it will authenticate, encrypt, and secure itself from all the bugs an attacker might exploit,??? We need to track things like a manufacturer would.??? Connected devices are everywhere, Chris said, but they???re Chris said.

IoT 52

IoT Software Technology Risk 52

Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Whether it is synchronized files from on-premises to cloud environments or the risk of encryption of cloud email, ransomware is a real threat to your data. SamSam’s specialty is breaking into networks and encrypting multiple computers across an organization and then demanding a very high-value ransom, totalling in the millions.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Backups Data breaches Encryption 52

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Zero-trust security features include risk analytics, auto-remediation, SSO and multi-factor authentication (MFA) , integrated mobile threat defense (MTD) and VMware Tunnel for device and per-app VPN , integrations to third-party security tools via Trust Network and to VMware Secure Access cloud-hosted zero trust network access solution.

Mobile 107

Mobile IoT Marketing Risk 107

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Multi-factor authentication : Protects stolen credentials against use by requiring more than a simple username and password combination for access to resources. Passwordless authentication : Eliminates passwords in favor of other types of authentication such as passkeys, SSO, biometrics, or email access.

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Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords 103