critical infrastructure
Infrastructure drift: A multidimensional problem with the need for new DevSecOps tools
As modern infrastructures get more complex everyday, DevOps teams have a hard time tracking infrastructure drift. The multiplicity of factors involved when running …
Critical infrastructure implications of the Pulse Secure multi-factor authentication bypass
The FireEye Mandiant team has discovered multiple threat actors exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Pulse Secure VPN appliances. The attack infrastructure is very …
Cybersecurity spending for critical infrastructure to reach $105.99 billion in 2021
Cybersecurity spending in critical infrastructure has been little impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, save for some reshuffling on where that spend is most needed. The effect …
Misplaced expectations securing water treatment systems
The cyber attack that tried to poison the drinking water system in Oldsmar, Florida is similar to last year’s attack on small water systems in Israel. Both attacks tried …
Number of ICS vulnerabilities disclosed in 2020 up significantly
Throughout the second half (2H) of 2020, 71% of industrial control system (ICS) vulnerabilities disclosed were remotely exploitable through network attack vectors, according …
The 5G toolbox of defense
For the mobile communications industry, security has always held a prominent role. However, the onset of 5G – which introduces new network architectures, services and devices …
SolarWinds is the tip of the iceberg
The recent SolarWinds software supply chain breach is a clear indication that strong OT cybersecurity is a must-have in today’s threat environment. Waterfall’s technologies …
US charges Sandworm hackers who mounted NotPetya, other high-profile attacks
The Sandworm Team hacking group is part of Unit 74455 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the US Department of Justice (DoJ) claimed as it unsealed an …
Critical infrastructure and industrial orgs can test Azure Defender for IoT for free
Azure Defender for IoT – Microsoft’s new security solution for discovering unmanaged IoT/OT assets and IoT/OT vulnerabilities – is now in public preview and …
Attackers are exploiting two zero-day flaws in Cisco enterprise-grade routers
A technical support intervention has revealed two zero-day vulnerabilities in the OS running on Cisco enterprise-grade routers that attackers are trying to actively exploit. …
With regard to industrial cyber, we can no longer hide our heads in the sand
The massive attack on national infrastructures in Australia, only recently publicized, as well as the attack on Israel’s water infrastructure, do well to illustrate the …
Vulnerable platform used in power plants enables attackers to run malicious code on user browsers
Otorio’s incident response team identified a high-score vulnerability in OSISoft’s PI System. They immediately notified OSIsoft Software of the vulnerability, which …