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Building Access Management system plagued by classic OT vulnerabilities
16 January 2019
Hardcoded passwords and unpatched vulnerabilities allows takeover of...
Sharpshooter targeting Critical Infrastructure
15 January 2019
New campaigh targeting nuclear and critical infrastructure....
US Ballistic Missile Defense System fails with classic OT vulnerabilities
19 December 2018
Lack of multi-factor authentication, inconsistent protocol encryption, unpatched vulnerabilities and no intrusion detection capabilities. OT security is...
Hacking construction cranes
16 November 2018
How much of a consideration was security during the software design process?...
Siemens Industrial Firewall vulnerabilities
16 November 2018
False sense of security?
Good to see a patch available
IT malware shuts down Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Plants
21 August 2018
Collateral damage or targeted OT attack?
TSMC says variant of...
The Sensors That Power Smart Cities are a Hacker’s Dream
21 August 2018
Smart city sensor hubs are riddled with vulnerabilities:
The Sensors That...
ICS Honeypots targeted by criminal hackers
21 August 2018
Is this the new type of ransomware attack? This honeypot was actively targeted by what appears to be criminal organization.
Cybercriminals waste no time...
Destructive Petrochemical Plant cyberattack thwarted
20 March 2018
The motivation behind this attack appears to be intentionally destructive...
Cryptocurrency Malware Mining Attack on ICS systems
12 February 2018
Water Utility in Europe Hit by Cryptocurrency Malware Mining Attack...
Triton malware targets Safety Instrumentation Systems (SIS)
14 December 2017
New malware attacking Schneider Triconex SIS
https://www.wired.com/story/triton-malware-targets-industrial-safety-systems-in-the-middle-east
Energy company plant engineers actively targeted
8 July 2017
The FBI-DHS has issued an “amber” alert warning that energy companies have...
Air-gap jumping attack tools
28 June 2017
Brutal Kangaroo used by CIA to jump air-gaps (access the blog entry for the...
Crash Override (Ukrainian Power Grid) variant in the wild
14 June 2017
Variants of the malware that was used to attack the Ukranian powergrid are...