ICS/SCADA
The difference between IT security and ICS security
In this podcast recorded at IoT Solutions World Congress Barcelona 2016, Andrew Ginter, VP of Industrial Security at Waterfall Security, talks about the difference between IT …
LogiLube to offer ironclad security based on Waterfall’s Unidirectional Security Gateway
Waterfall Security Solutions nnounced a collaboration with LogiLube to protect LogiLube’s customers’ industrial sites from online cyber attacks. By deploying Waterfall’s …
Enabling the Industrial Internet of Things with Unidirectional CloudConnect
Waterfall Security Solutions launched Unidirectional CloudConnect, a solution based on its patented Unidirectional Gateway technology, designed to meet the challenges of both …
ICS-CERT releases new tools for securing industrial control systems
The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has published newer versions of two tools that can help administrators with securing industrial control …
Energy sector IT pros overconfident in data breach detection skills
A new study by Dimensional Research evaluated the confidence of IT professionals regarding the efficacy of seven key security controls, which must be in place to quickly …
ICS-CERT warns of remotely exploitable power meter flaws
Two remotely exploitable vulnerabilities, one of which can lead to remote code execution, have been found in Schneider Electric’s ION Power Meter products and FENIKS PRO Elnet …
Bug in Rockwell’s PLCs allows attackers to modify firmware
There is an undocumented SNMP community string in Rockwell Automation’s MicroLogix 1400 programmable logic controllers that can be exploited by attackers to remotely …
It’s time to replace firewalls in industrial network environments
Waterfall Security Solutions announced the expansion of its stronger-than-firewall solution portfolio for industrial control systems and critical infrastructure sites. …
How to secure critical utilities
Over the past few years the issue of cybersecurity and the threat of hackers stealing data has increased tenfold. Not a day goes by without a breach being reported of a …
Malware offers backdoor to critical infrastructure targets
SentinelOne Labs has discovered a new form of malware, which has already infected at least one European energy company. The malware, dubbed SFG, is the mother ship of an …
91.1% of ICS hosts have vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely
To minimize the possibility of a cyber attack, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are supposed to be run in a physically isolated environment. However this is not always the …
Unsung cybersecurity vulnerabilities in US infrastructure and utilities
This past May, the Internet was abuzz about a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlighting a number of outdated “legacy systems” still in use …
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