Oil terminals disrupted after European ports hit by cyberattack

Port facilities in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands have been targeted by a large-scale cyberattack, authorities say. Officials say the hack began several days ago and has primarily disrupted operations at oil terminals, preventing tankers from delivering energy supplies. German Read More …

DHS Launches First-Ever Cyber Safety Review Board

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the establishment of the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), as directed in President Biden’s Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. The CSRB is an unprecedented public-private initiative Read More …

Telehealth: A New Frontier in Medicine and Security

Telehealth today doesn’t just involve chatting with a doctor via a video-conferencing application. It’s become an entire collection of rapidly developing technologies and products that includes specialized applications, wearable devices, implantable sensors, and cloud databases, many of which have only Read More …

Potential for Malicious Cyber Activities to Disrupt the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics

The FBI is warning entities associated with the February 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and March 2022 Paralympics that cyber actors could use a broad range of cyber activities to disrupt these events. These activities include distributed denial of service (DDoS) Read More …

Cybersecurity and Drones: How to Address the Security Threats

The Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry has become a massive technological playground worldwide. Their extensive applications make UAS very popular for the public and the private sector. Armed forces, agricultural industry, law enforcement, meteorological agencies, medical services, environmental companies, and Read More …

U.S. unveils plan to improve cyber defenses for water utilities

The White House on Thursday unveiled a plan to beef up cybersecurity in the nation’s water sector, an extension of its efforts to thwart attacks against critical infrastructure including electricity and natural gas pipeline operators. Senior administration officials said water Read More …

Defending the Supply Chain: Why the DDS Protocol is Critical in Industrial and Software Systems

Given this technology’s ubiquity, Trend Micro researchers decided to investigate further and discovered multiple security vulnerabilities, resulting in 13 new CVE IDs for the six most common DDS implementations. This includes one vulnerability in the standard specifications and other deployment Read More …

Context and Recommendations to Protect Against Malicious Activity by Iranian Cyber Group Emennet Pasargad

This Private Industry Notice provides a historical overview of Iran-based cyber company Emennet Pasargad’s tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to enable recipients to identify and defend against the group’s malicious cyber activities. On 20 October 2021, a grand jury in Read More …

CISA adds 17 vulnerabilities to list of bugs exploited in attacks

This week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added seventeen actively exploited vulnerabilities to the ‘Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The ‘Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog’ is a list of vulnerabilities that have been seen abused by threat actors in attacks Read More …

CISA: Implement Cybersecurity Measures Now to Protect Against Potential Critical Threats

Every organization in the United States is at risk from cyber threats that can disrupt essential services and potentially result in impacts to public safety. Over the past year, cyber incidents have impacted many companies, non-profits, and other organizations, large Read More …