Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

While the Russia-Ukraine cyber conflict goes on, nation-state actors, crooks, and hacktivists continue to pose critical infrastructure at risk. Critical infrastructure is a privileged target for almost any kind of threat actor, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine cyber conflict is posing them at risk. ” reported researchers from Cyble.

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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. DDoS attacks continue to be a persistent threat. Asset discovery and risk assessment are the foundations of any mitigation plan.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Researchers from the security firm revealed that those into manufacturing of connected cars have to focus more on keeping their automatives safe from the prying eyes of the threat actors. And that too with no deep technical knowledge about the internet driven cars. And that too with no deep technical knowledge about the internet driven cars.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

For any IoT device vendors currently contracted by the government, this is what we know so far from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Required reading for IoT manufacturers: foundational guidelines about IoT vulnerabilities ( 8259 ) and a core baseline of necessary cybersecurity components ( 8259A ). Data protection.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2024

NIS2 expands the original NIS Directive to cover more industry sectors, with additional risk-management measures and incident reporting obligations. Article 21 of the Directive details the security requirements organizations must adhere to, including at least the following: Risk analysis. Cybersecurity risk management.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Armed with uses cases and identifying the conditions that prompt the People's Republic of China (PRC) to commit cyber offensives, a 76-page report from Booz Allen Hamilton presents a framework for anticipating and interpreting PRC attacks and helps CISOs identify factors that increase an organization's risk from cyberattacks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2021

In a recent blog post , the researchers said the bad actors are looking to leverage a path traversal vulnerability that could affect millions of home routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices that use the same code base and are manufactured by at least 17 vendors. A Pattern of Exploits. ” Should Updates Be Automated?

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

The Company offers risk management, mutual funds, analysis, financial planning, and advisory services. The hackers pointed out that there is no way to decrypt data without their decryptor, they also threatened the company to target it with a DDoS attack in case they will refuse to pay the ransom.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Connected cars at risk of cyber attack. Researchers studied 29 real-world scenarios based on the DREAD threat model for qualitative risk analysis. Here are three things the report highlights: "DDoS attacks on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) could overwhelm connected car communications and represent a high risk.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 30, 2022

Besides all the benefits IoMT devices provide, they have also introduced new risks to healthcare organizations that haven’t previously been a security priority. These new risks have created a dangerous security gap—new technology is introducing new risks and a larger attack surface. Hackable pacemakers.

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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. Millions of smart TVs are at risk of click fraud, botnets, data theft, and ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

For both the manufacturer and end user, this adds enormous time and complexity to implementing a security fix for a known vulnerability.”. Until patches are broadly available, SysAdmins can remove the SUID bit from pkexec – using: # chmod 0755 /usr/bin/pkexec — to temporarily mitigate the problem.”.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. ” reads the report published by the company.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

To combat this, businesses who are agile in adopting digital transformation strategies reaped the benefits: from better security hygiene to reduce the risk of a data breach to improved productivity that ultimately yields higher revenue. Here are a few important trends that you should consider for 2022: Single vendor SASE play.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Going global or even expanding your operations further afield in your geography introduces a host of new digital risks. These risks require proactive and methodical strategizing to overcome if you are to protect your assets, data, and reputation. However, be extra vigilant, as adopting these solutions expands your attack surface.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 16, 2021

Recently, DDoS protection firm Netscout has seen a new element of triple-extortion — encrypting files, threatening to leak files and running a DDoS attack while victims have been mulling over the ransom note. And the ransomware actor sends a DDoS to say ‘We haven’t forgotten about you.’

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Viking Line: The shipping company, like many across Europe, was the target of a DDoS attack that crippled websites and has IT teams working triple-time to get systems back online. Any industry can be affected by cybersecurity attacks, but some industries are more at risk than others. Here are some of the most targeted industries.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Attackers are hacking NSC Linear eMerge E3 building access systems to launch DDoS attacks. cdpwn – Millions of devices at risk due to flaws in implementations of Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP). IoT devices at major Manufacturers infected with crypto-miner. The Russian Government blocked ProtonMail and ProtonVPN.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 24, 2023

Perceived risk and benefit of the common use cases in each industry surveyed. The results focus on common edge use cases in seven vertical industries – healthcare, retail, finance, manufacturing, energy and utilities, transportation, and U.S. Collaboration approaches to connecting and securing the edge ecosystem.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

We believe this will only grow in 2019 and, because this will increase awareness of threats with IoT users, it will, in turn, accelerate the regulation process, and put more pressure on manufacturers to raise the security bar for their products. For certain, IoT device manufacturers cannot leave IoT cyber security behind much longer.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Cloud security management covers the following key processes meant to protect your organization’s cloud environment: Risk assessment: Begin by identifying the cloud services you use and assessing security and potential risks. Access control : Set user rights to restrict access to sensitive information and update them as needed.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

» Related Stories Spotlight Podcast: CTO Zulfikar Ramzan on RSA’s Next Act: Security Start-Up Spotlight Podcast: Taking a Risk-Based Approach to Election Security PKI Points the Way for Identity and Authentication in IoT. Episode 161: 3 Years after Mirai, IoT DDoS Problem may get Worse.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is exactly what happened on October 12, 2016, when the Mirai botnet used an army of IoT devices — like security cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs) and routers — to execute a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack which left much of the internet inaccessible. Think your table lamps can’t expose you to danger?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

However, if you know where the dangers lurk, there is a way to minimize the cybersecurity risks. Nobody told them that their coffee machine could be hacked into or that their camera could be used to launch a DDoS attack. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Here are five significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities with IoT in 2020.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

” The IoT radio devices are manufactured by Imperial & Dabman (Series I and D) and are distributed in Germany by Telestar, but experts pointed out that it is possible to buy them via Ebay and Amazon by resellers. Nevertheless, the protocol on network level and in end devices is still a bigger topic than originally thought.”

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Veracode Security

MAY 18, 2021

Just as requirements surrounding nutrition and ingredients labeling evolved over time as food products became more complicated and awareness of health risks increased, the government is now mandating transparency about what is in software as awareness of the security risks has increased. DDoS attacks ??perpetrated

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

In particular, we witnessed an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and a surge in the usage of the internet of things (IoT). Industries like oil, gas, manufacturing and mining will continue to see growth in targeted attacks. Consumers also remain at risk. What to expect in 2022?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2021

By 2025, the GSMA estimates that IoT connections will double from today reaching nearly 25 billion globally ; and as connections increase, so does the risk of cyberattacks. This ensures protection is built in at each stage of product manufacture and implementation, and for the lifetime of an application. billion by 2025, up from 12.5

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The 2023 update to our research on the perception of cybersecurity incident and data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk of a cybersecurity incident or data breach instead of what feels right. For example, DDoS attacks and unauthorized encryption (e.g. Keep reading below! Or download now!

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB’s report Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 examines various aspects of cybercrime industry operations and predicts changes to the threat landscape for various sectors, namely the financial industry, telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, and the energy sector. Threat actors have also set a new record in DDoS attack power: 2.3

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

While a typical ransomware attack just encrypts the data, exfiltration raises the risk by threatening to make sensitive data public. The developer has fewer risks, and the buyer does all of the work. Black Basta uses a double-extortion RaaS model with the added threat of DDoS attacks. What is Ransomware as a Service?

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Security Boulevard

MAY 18, 2021

Just as requirements surrounding nutrition and ingredients labeling evolved over time as food products became more complicated and awareness of health risks increased, the government is now mandating transparency about what is in software as awareness of the security risks has increased. DDoS attacks ??perpetrated

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 12, 2023

On the other hand, since authorization is in the very heart of every system, a failure in authorization can have a devastating impact when implemented incorrectly, as we can see in this recent example where researchers found several BOLA vulnerabilities in online services provided by various automotive manufacturers.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 17, 2017

At the same time, emerging threats, such as last year’s Mirai DDoS attacks, highlight the critical need to develop and apply guidance to maintain the cybersecurity of devices and the ecosystems into which they are deployed. ” And in California, a new bill is being considered by the California legislature (Cal.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

How effective are attackers with regard to RF in eavesdropping, DoS & DDoS, MitM, spoofing and malware propagation? DoS & DDoS: Attackers can flood RF channels, causing disruption. Hard-Coded Passwords: Some RF devices may have passwords hard-coded into their firmware, which is a significant security risk.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The year 2016 will be remembered for some big moments in the world of cybersecurity: the largest known distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a phishing attack on a United States presidential candidate’s campaign, and ransomware attacks on major healthcare organizations are just a few. The attack may have approached a volume of 1.2

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2018

AVTech is one of the world’s leading CCTV manufacturers, it is the largest public-listed company in the Taiwan surveillance industry. ” Anubhav has already identified over 1,200 AVTech devices that are potentially at risk. “The Death botnet purpose was orginally just to ddos but I have a greater plan on it soon.

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