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...
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The Human Element – Everything you should know about Social engineering vulnerabilities
Social engineering - Two innocuous words that could independently mean something absolutely different, yet when put together take you into a sinister sphere of deception....
Emotet hits critical infrastructure providers in Australia
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre reported a series of ongoing cyber-attacks on a variety of sectors in the Australian economy, including critical...
Iran Targeting U.S. with cyberattacks, using Destructive Wipers, warns DHS
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned of cyberattacks from Iran and urged U.S. based companies to take protective measures to prevent hackers from using...
US initiates cybersecurity effort to meet nation’s critical infrastructure demands
The U.S. government launched a new cybersecurity effort to meet the requirements of the nation’s critical infrastructure. The new Systemic Cyber Risk Reduction Venture is
2021 brings big changes for the U.S. industrial cybersecurity sector
Earlier this month, United States President-elect Joe Biden announced new additions to his White House National Security Council. The NSC is tasked with advising the
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