Manufacturing Cybersecurity: Trends & Survey Response

Credit to Author: Mayumi Nishimura| Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Based on our survey of over 900 ICS security leaders in the United States, Germany, and Japan, we dig deeper into each industry’s challenges and present Trend Micro’s recommendations.

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Where is the Origin?: QAKBOT Uses Valid Code Signing

Credit to Author: Hitomi Kimura| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Code signing certificates help us assure the file’s validity and legitimacy. However, threat actors can use that against us. In this blog, discover how QAKBOT use such tactic and learn ways how to prevent it.

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From Bounty to Exploit: Observations About Cybercriminal Contests

Credit to Author: David Sancho| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

From articles to hackathons, cybercriminals are resorting to crowdsourcing to find more ways to exploit systems. In this blog, we discuss our takeaways and summarize the results of these contests.

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Addressing Ransomware in Hospitals & Medical Devices

Credit to Author: Ericka Pingol| Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Ransomware attacks have been on the rise in recent years, and hospitals are increasingly becoming targets. In many cases, these attacks can have devastating consequences, disrupting vital services and putting patients’ lives at risk.

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Threat Actors Target AWS EC2 Workloads to Steal Credentials

Credit to Author: Nitesh Surana| Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We found malicious samples attempting to steal Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Workloads’ access keys and tokens via typosquatting and the abuse of legitimate tools.

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LV Ransomware Exploits ProxyShell in Attack on a Jordan-based Company

Credit to Author: Mohamed Fahmy| Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Our blog entry provides a look at an attack involving the LV ransomware on a Jordan-based company from an intrusion analysis standpoint

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Uncovering Security Blind Spots in CNC Machines

Credit to Author: Marco Balduzzi| Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Industry 4.0 has given rise to smart factories that have markedly improved machining processes, but it has also opened the doors for cybercriminals looking to abuse networked industrial equipment such as CNC machines. Our research investigates potential cyberthreats to CNC machines and how manufacturers can mitigate the associated risks.

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TeamTNT Returns – or Does It?

Credit to Author: Sunil Bharti| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Our honeypots caught malicious cryptocurrency miner samples targeting the cloud and containers, and its routines are reminiscent of the routines employed by cybercriminal group TeamTNT, which was said to have quit in November 2021. Our investigation shows that another threat actor group, WatchDog, might be mimicking TeamTNT’s arsenal.

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Oil and Gas Cybersecurity: Trends & Response to Survey

Credit to Author: Mayumi Nishimura| Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Based on our survey of over 900 ICS security leaders in the United States, Germany, and Japan, we dig deeper into each industry’s challenges and present Trend Micro’s recommendations.

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