Tag: electrical grid

US White House publishes proclamation on cybersecurity awareness month, focus on securing cyberspace

US White House publishes proclamation on cybersecurity awareness month, focus on securing cyberspace

U.S. President Joe Biden published Friday a proclamation ahead of the cybersecurity awareness month highlighting his administration’s renewed commitment to securing cyberspace and seizing the unlimited potential of the digital future. The president highlighted various measures adopted to make ‘cybersecurity…

Dragos detects escalation in adversarial capabilities, as Pipedream threat group widens attack competence

Dragos detects escalation in adversarial capabilities, as Pipedream threat group widens attack competence

Industrial cybersecurity company Dragos announced Tuesday that 2022 saw a breakthrough in escalation capabilities by a new modular industrial control systems (ICS) malware, Pipedream, developed by the Chernovite threat group. The Pipedream toolkit has the capabilities that led to the…

Microsoft finds Boa web server vulnerable SDK component, leading to supply chain risks across IoT, OT environments

Microsoft finds Boa web server vulnerable SDK component, leading to supply chain risks across IoT, OT environments

Microsoft researchers identified a vulnerable component on all the IP addresses published as IOCs and found evidence of a supply chain risk that may affect millions of organizations and devices. The vulnerable component was found to be the Boa web…

DOE’s CECA expands scope, joins with cybersecurity solution providers to secure electric grid, introduce tested solutions

DOE’s CECA expands scope, joins with cybersecurity solution providers to secure electric grid, introduce tested solutions

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator (CECA) center is aligning with cybersecurity solution providers to accept applications that offer strong authentication for distributed energy resources to protect the modern electrical grid and expedite bringing tested solutions…