Today’s interdependent and interconnected world requires joint efforts and holistic approaches to protect critical infrastructure assets from the growing number of attacks and to address ever-evolving cyber threats to government, energy, healthcare, education, banking, transportation, telecommunication and other critical sectors.
With a dedicated section focusing on Critical Infrastructure protection, we aim to enhance cooperation and engage security professionals through news, articles and in-depth analysis of emerging threats and technologies.
NEWS
- Phishing incident causes data breach at West Virginia hospitals
December 22, 2021
A hospital system in West Virginia has suffered a data breach resulting from a phishing attack, which gave hackers access to several email accounts. Monongalia Health System — which runs Monongalia County General Hospital Company and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Company — said that hackers had access to several email accounts from May 10 to August ...
- Russian hackers made millions by stealing SEC earning reports
December 21, 2021
A Russian national working for a cybersecurity company has been extradited to the U.S. where he is being charged for hacking into computer networks of two U.S.-based filing agents used by multiple companies to file quarterly and annual earnings through the Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) system. Along with other conspirators, the individual made millions of ...
- After ransomware attack, global logistics firm Hellmann warns of scam calls and mail
December 20, 2021
German logistics giant Hellmann has warned its customers and partners to be on the lookout for fraudulent calls and mail after the company was hit with a ransomware attack two weeks ago. In an update about the cyberattack that initially forced them to remove all connections to their central data center, the company said business operations ...
- Readout Of CISA Call With Critical Infrastructure Partners On Log4j Vulnerabilities And The Need For Increased Vigilance This Holiday Season
December 20, 2021
WASHINGTON – This afternoon, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) held a call with critical infrastructure entities from the public and private sectors to emphasize the importance of remaining vigilant against cyber threats over the holiday season, particularly with the widespread exploitation of vulnerabilities in the Log4j software, which pose a severe risk to ...
- Revisiting the Relevance of the Industrial DMZ (iDMZ)
December 20, 2021
If you enter the term “Purdue Model” into your favorite search engine, the resulting images will vary considerably. There’s almost no better way to stir up an Operational Technology (OT) security conversation than to begin debating what belongs on Level 1 or Level 3 of the model. You might even find some diagrams place operator Human-Machine ...
- Russian hackers leak confidential UK police data on the ‘dark web’ after their ransom was rejected
December 19, 2021
Confidential information held by some of Britain’s police forces has been stolen by Russian hackers in an embarrassing security breach, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The cyber-criminal gang Clop has released some of the material it plundered from an IT firm that handles access to the police national computer (PNC) on the so-called ‘dark web’ ...
- Conti Ransomware Gang: An Overview
December 18, 2021
Conti ransomware stands out as one of the most ruthless of the dozens of ransomware gangs that we follow. The group has spent more than a year attacking organizations where IT outages can have life-threatening consequences: hospitals, 911 dispatch carriers, emergency medical services and law enforcement agencies. Ireland has yet to recover from an attack ...
- CISA Issues Emergency Directive Requiring Federal Agencies To Mitigate Apache Log4j Vulnerabilities
December 17, 2021
WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued Emergency Directive (ED) 22-02 today requiring federal civilian departments and agencies to assess their internet-facing network assets for the Apache Log4j vulnerabilities and immediately patch these systems or implement other appropriate mitigation measures. This Directive will be updated to further drive additional mitigation actions. The directive is in response to the active exploitation by multiple threat actors of vulnerabilities found in the widely used Java-based ...
- East Londoners nicked under Computer Misuse Act after NHS vaccine passport app sprouted clump of fake entries
December 16, 2021
British police have made a series of arrests over the past few months after people with apparent access to NHS databases allegedly sold fake vaccination status entries on the NHS vaccine passport app. This week the Metropolitan Police’s Cyber Crime Unit declared it had arrested three men after an unidentified NHS trust “noticed a suspicious pattern ...