Ransomware Hit SCADA Systems at 3 Water Facilities in U.S.
The alert was issued by the FBI, CISA, the EPA and the NSA. The agencies are aware of attacks — launched by both known and unknown threat actors — against the IT and OT (operational technology) networks of water facilities. The agencies noted that while cyber threats are increasing across critical infrastructure sectors, the latest…
European Electrical Energy Organization Discloses Breach
ENTSO-E represents 42 electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) from 35 countries in Europe. TSOs are responsible for the transmission of electric power across the main high-voltage networks, and ENTSO-E works with them on the implementation of energy policies and achieving Europe’s energy and climate policy objectives. “A risk assessment has been performed and contingency plans…
Critical vulnerabilities uncovered in Danfoss SCADA product, patch now!
Risk Based Security uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in the AK-EM 800 product from SCADA vendor Danfoss. The discovered vulnerabilities Researchers found two critical vulnerabilities. One is effectively a backdoor into highly privileged functionality to manage the software. Although this backdoor was likely created to help the vendor’s support team log into systems to assist their clients,…
Attacks Targeting Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Up 110 Percent
Since IBM X-Force published its report, “Security Attacks on Industrial Control Systems,” last year, we have observed a startling increase in the number of attacks against these systems. According to IBM Managed Security Services (MSS) data, attacks targeting industrial control systems (ICS) increased over 110 percent in 2016 over last year’s numbers, as of Nov….
Data Leaked by Pagers Useful for Critical Infrastructure Attacks
Pagers are still used in industrial environments and many organizations don’t realize that the messages sent with these devices can be highly useful to malicious actors looking to launch a targeted attack. After analyzing the use of pagers in the healthcare industry, researchers at Trend Micro have focused their attention on the risk they pose…