JLR opens EV test facility as it gears up for electric cars

<p>JLR is investing $19 billion to develop EVs, with a new all-electric Jaguar coming in 2025.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/cars-concepts/j...9m-ev-push

U.S. assembly plants will be underutilized through EV transition, GlobalData says

<p>Utilization of assembly plants is already far below optimal levels and could decline further if the UAW strike escalates.</p>

https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/u...ldata-says

Stellantis Pro One: Commercial Vehicles Reinforced Leadership with Full Line-up Rene


Unprecedented full van lineup renewal by Stellantis Pro One features world premiere of 12 nameplates across all van segments of Citroën, FIAT Profe


https://www.stellantis.com/en/news/press...size-large

Operation Triangulation: Experts Uncover Deeper Insights into iOS Zero-Day Attacks

The TriangleDB implant used to target Apple iOS devices packs in at least four different modules to record microphone, extract iCloud Keychain, steal data from SQLite databases used by various apps, and estimate the victim's location.
The findings come from Kaspersky, which detailed the great lengths the adversary behind the campaign, dubbed Operation Triangulation, went to conceal and cover up

https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/operat...cover.html

1Password Detects Suspicious Activity Following Okta Support Breach

Popular password management solution 1Password said it detected suspicious activity on its Okta instance on September 29 following the support system breach, but reiterated that no user data was accessed.
"We immediately terminated the activity, investigated, and found no compromise of user data or other sensitive systems, either employee-facing or user-facing," Pedro Canahuati, 1Password CTO, 

https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/1passw...ivity.html

Backdoor Implant on Hacked Cisco Devices Modified to Evade Detection

The backdoor implanted on Cisco devices by exploiting a pair of zero-day flaws in IOS XE software has been modified by the threat actor so as to escape visibility via previous fingerprinting methods.
"Investigated network traffic to a compromised device has shown that the threat actor has upgraded the implant to do an extra header check," NCC Group's Fox-IT team said. "Thus, for a lot of devices

https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/backdo...cisco.html

Freelance IT Market Flooded With North Korean Actors

US DoJ: Beware of hiring freelance and temporary workers that could be operatives working to funnel money to North Korea's WMD program.

https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workf...-it-actors

Malicious Apps Spoof Israeli Attack Detectors: Conflict Goes Mobile

A spoofed version of an Israeli rocket-attack alerting app is targeting Android devices, in a campaign that shows how cyber-espionage attacks are shifting to individual, everyday citizens.

https://www.darkreading.com/dr-global/ma...ict-mobile

Ragnar Locker Ransomware Boss Arrested in Paris

Cops track down ransomware developer and seize Ragnar Locker infrastructure and data-leak site, Europol says.

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intel...sted-paris

How State and Local Governments Can Serve Citizens More Securely

Looking at the top 10 priorities of state CIOs underscores the importance of securing applications and APIs in complex environments.

https://www.darkreading.com/edge/how-sta...e-securely