Securing Industrial Robots
The use of robots in industrial environments is becoming increasingly common. According to a recent Research and Markets report, the global industrial robotics market accounted...
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Foxconn hit by DoppelPaymer ransomware, reportedly faces US$34M demand in bitcoins
Foxconn was hit by a DoppelPaymer ransomware attack that infected the systems at the Mexican facility of the electronics manufacturing giant over the Thanksgiving weekend,...
OTORIO confirms Iranian hackers gained access to ICS at an Israeli water reservoir
Industrial cybersecurity firm OTORIO has said that a group of Iranian hackers gained access to a human machine interface (HMI) system at an Israeli reclaimed...
Industrial control systems exposed to RTA ENIP stack vulnerability
Recent weeks have proven to be challenging with several industrial control system (ICS) vendors issuing critical warnings about security bugs lurking around the ecosystem. Claroty...
Energy company EDP hit by ransomware cyber attack
In a letter to its customers, energy company EDP North America has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware cyber attack. According to a draft...
Australia’s critical infrastructure targeted in recent cyber attacks
At a press conference on June 19, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed that his country has been fending off a series of ongoing cyber...
Disruptive cyber attack hits Honda
Honda manufacturing plants in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan and Turkey went offline following a disruptive cyber attack. The cyber attack impacted computer server...
Israel linked to cyber attack on Iranian port
Last week Iranian officials confirmed that a cyber attack had been carried out on the country’s largest sea port. Now, officials in the United States...
Taiwan sees China as likely source of coordinated cyberattacks on three major companies
Officials in Taipei are expressing concern about the possibility that recent malware attacks on major companies may presage a wider wave of politically motivated hacking...
Iran blamed for attack on Israeli water infrastructure
Last month, Industrial Cyber reported on cyber attacks targeting Israeli water infrastructure. On April 23, the Israeli government issued an alert in response to a...
US maritime cybersecurity plan focuses on cyber threats targeting IT and OT systems
The U.S. released its National Maritime Cybersecurity Plan, which aims to defend the American economy through enhanced cybersecurity coordination, policies and practices, aimed at mitigating
Claroty predicts more industrial cyber threats and ransomware
Operational technology company Claroty expects more cyber threats and ransomware the industrial sector, including a significant increase in ransomware targeting the healthcare sector. The COVID-19
Security vulnerabilities identified in Siemens equipment used in critical infrastructure sector
Siemens released on Tuesday four new industrial control systems (ICS) security advisories, and updated multiple previously issued security advisories related to equipment deployed in the
Kaspersky reveals Sunburst backdoor code overlaps with previously known Kazuar malware
Sunburst backdoor code used in the recent SolarWinds cyber incident overlaps with several features of a previously identified .NET backdoor known as Kazuar, according to
Fortinet examines security trends affecting ICS and SCADA systems
Cybersecurity company Fortinet conducted a survey with Forrester Consulting to examine security trends affecting ICS and those who manage and maintain critical infrastructure, including industrial
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Cybersecurity
As millions around the world await the much anticipated COVID-19 vaccine, pharmaceutical manufacturing has never been under more scrutiny. Over the past few years, pharmaceutical manufacturers
Dragos finds that hackers use known and unknown company data to target ICS
Cybersecurity company Dragos has identified a new approach by hackers who use publicly and semi-publicly available data to disrupt Industrial Control Systems (ICS). This marks
Security flaws identified in Schneider Electric, Hitachi equipment used in critical infrastructure
Schneider Electric has identified out-of-bounds read and write, and classic buffer overflow security flaws in the web servers of its Modicon M340, Quantum and Premium
Claroty says IoT devices security becoming essential in OT environments
Operational technology (OT) security company Claroty said Wednesday that IoT devices security is becoming essential in OT environments, following the recent passage of the IoT
Recent supply chain attacks ‘likely Russian in origin,’ US agencies say
U.S. security agencies issued a joint statement Tuesday stating that a task force, known as the Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG), composed of the FBI,