SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

A 2021 Cynerio report revealed a staggering 123% increase in ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities, resulting in more than 500 incidents and costs exceeding $21 billion. In response, manufacturers are intensifying their cybersecurity efforts, incorporating advanced CI/CD workflows to safeguard medical devices from escalating attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

FBI warns ransomware gangs are actively targeting organizations in the food and agriculture sector. Small farms, large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants are particularly exposed to ransomware attacks. ” reads the FBI’s PIN.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) about Zeppelin ransomware. Zeppelin, aka Buran, is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) written in Delphi and built upon the foundation of VegaLocker. Mitigation.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

FBI and DHS’s CISA have published a joint alert on DarkSide ransomware activity after the disruptive attack on Colonial Pipeline. FBI and DHS’s CISA have published a joint alert to warn of ransomware attacks conducted by the DarkSide group. The group provides Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) to a network of affiliates.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 1, 2023

To prevent unwanted access and protect data in transit, wireless connections must be secured with strong authentication procedures, encryption protocols, access control rules, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and other security measures. As a result, wireless networks are prone to eavesdropping, illegal access and theft.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

A new piece of malware dubbed QSnatch is infecting thousands of NAS devices manufactured by the Taiwanese vendor QNAP. “The original infection method remains unknown, but during that phase malicious code is injected to the firmware of the target system, and the code is then run as part of normal operations within the device.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Other major flaws appeared in the NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes, Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, and Apache ActiveMQ — and the latter two have already been targeted in ransomware attacks. 3 to report that the vulnerability is being actively exploited, which Rapid7 said includes ransomware attacks.

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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. Ransomware Unlike DDoS malicious programs, ransomware largely targets IoT devices that contain user data: NAS boxes.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. The manufacturer of the mobile device preloads an adware application or a component with the firmware. Mobile ransomware Trojans. Statistics.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Ransomware has given security professionals a headache for the better part of a decade. The supply chain, already stretched to a breaking point, suffered additional misfortunes across multiple industries, from agriculture and manufacturing to technology and utilities. Germany, the UK, and Italy also registered high ransomware tallies.

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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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NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Ransomware Ransomware is a type of virus that impairs the use of a computer or damages the files stored on it unless a ransom is paid. Modern variants of ransomware, called crypto ransomware, entomb the files stored on a hard drive using strong encryption. This was then used to develop their own indigenous designs.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 29, 2020

With COVID-19 cases surging and hospitalizations increasing, the operators of the Ryuk ransomware smell opportunity. Security researchers say the Ryuk gang is unleashing an unprecedented wave of ransomware attacks against U.S. If Ryuk ransomware knocks a hospital's network offline, would it pay a ransom? October 29, 2020.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Since November, a new ransomware called JungleSec has been infecting servers through unsecured IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) cards. Security experts at BleepingComputer wrote about a new ransomware called JungleSec that is infecting victims through unsecured IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) cards.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware. Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. Unlike ransomware, it might be a criminal operation that does not involve the collection of a ransom. Email is also usually how ransomware works. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets. Browser hijacker.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For example, the recent ransomware that leverages IT/OT convergence including the manufacturing and energy industries has prompted CISA to issue guidance regarding ransomware impacting OT environments ( read the guidance and how Tenable can help). They also don't have event logs or audit trails. Conclusion.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In July, we reported a rootkit that we found in modified Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, the code that loads and initiates the boot process when the computer is turned on. It also turned out that the motherboards infected in all known cases came from just two manufacturers. Mobile statistics.

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SecureList

JANUARY 31, 2024

Ransomware Ransomware will remain the No. In 2023, ransomware attacks consolidated their hold on the top of the ranking of information security threats to industrial enterprises. The ransomware market is heading for a peak, which may be followed by a decline or stagnation. 1 scourge of industrial enterprises in 2024.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) : In today’s ransomware-riddled environment, two-factor authentication should also be considered a minimum requirement for all forms of remote access. Email Security: Many attacks escape network security detection through malicious emails, such as phishing , business email compromise (BEC), and ransomware.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Lastly, the pump runs its own custom Real Time Operating System (RTOS) and firmware on a M32C microcontroller. million dollars to get their oil pipeline running again from ransomware attacks. The WIFI module for the SpaceStation also runs a standard version of Linux on an ARM chipset and communicates over a PCI bus with SpaceCom.

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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. Deploy data encryption at rest and in transit.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

And I remember asking questions, who were the manufacturers? There's been a few different ones that have been on eBay for different manufacturers and I bought a few of them. And that's probably a security design of what they're, what they might put out there and encryption keys and things like that. Turns out they weren't.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Fortunately, vendor surveys identify five key cybersecurity threats to watch for in 2024: compromised credentials, attacks on infrastructure, organized and advanced adversaries, ransomware, and uncontrolled devices. No specific tool exists to defend specifically against nation state attacks, ransomware gangs, or hacktivists.

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