CISA Releases Security Advisories for Rockwell Automation Products

CISA has released two Industrial Controls Systems Advisories (ICSAs) detailing vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation products. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to inject code on affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review ICSA-22-090-05: Rockwell Automation Logix Controllers and Read More …

FBI: Ransomware Attacks Straining Local US Governments and Public Services

The FBI is informing Government Facilities Sector (GFS) partners of cyber actors conducting ransomware attacks on local government agencies that have resulted in disrupted operational services, risks to public safety, and financial losses. Ransomware attacks against local government entities and Read More …

FBI: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures of Indicted State-Sponsored Russian Cyber Actors Targeting the Energy Sector

This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA)—coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Energy (DOE)—provides information on multiple intrusion campaigns conducted by statesponsored Russian cyber actors from 2011 to 2018 Read More …

Countering threats from North Korea

On February 10, Threat Analysis Group discovered two distinct North Korean government-backed attacker groups exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability in Chrome, CVE-2022-0609. These groups’ activity has been publicly tracked as Operation Dream Job and Operation AppleJeus. We observed the Read More …

TRITON Malware Remains Threat to Global Critical Infrastructure Industrial Control Systems (ICS)

The FBI is warning that the group responsible for the deployment of TRITON malware against a Middle East–based petrochemical plant’s safety instrumented system in 2017, the Russian Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (TsNIIKhM), continues to conduct activity Read More …

CRI-O Security Update for Kubernetes

CRI-O has released a security update addressing a critical vulnerability—CVE-2022-0811—in CRI-O 1.19. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected Kubernetes environment as well as other software or platforms that use CRI-O runtime containers. CISA Read More …

CISA: Strengthening Cybersecurity of SATCOM Network Providers and Customers

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are aware of possible threats to U.S. and international satellite communications (SATCOM) networks. Successful intrusions into SATCOM networks could create additional risk for SATCOM network customer environments. In response, CISA and FBI Read More …

Australia’s cyber laws potentially harmful to security: Critical Infrastructure community

A slew of Australia’s critical infrastructure service providers and union groups have lambasted the federal government’s critical infrastructure cyber laws due to it requiring organisations to install third-party software onto their systems if they are deemed to not be “technically Read More …

NATO Communications and Information Agency modernizes NATO’s core communications infrastructure

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) provides a robust infrastructure for NATO’s networks, providing interconnectivity across multiple Alliance locations and enabling NATO to perform consultation, deterrence and collective defence. “This is the backbone network infrastructure, which all services Read More …

Oil & Gas Cybersecurity: Halt Critical Operation Attacks

The oil and gas utilities industry face threats from cyber incidents. The ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline in May 2021 had a huge impact on the industry. In February 2022, it was also reported that European oil facilities hit Read More …