A joint advisory by U.S. federal agencies warns of Iranian-affiliated cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, including energy, water, and government sectors.
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has warned of hacktivists breaching critical infrastructure via Internet-exposed ICS devices, posing serious safety risks.
Russian hackers linked to the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16 have exploited vulnerable Cisco devices for over a year to target critical infrastructure organizations for cyber espionage.
As government agencies and critical infrastructure sectors increasingly adopt Internet of Things (IoT) devices to enhance operational efficiency, they inadvertently expand their attack surfaces. Proliferation of wireless technologies introduces significant new vulnerabilities.
Google Threat Intelligence Group has warned about sophisticated cyber attacks on critical infrastructure by the Scattered Spider ransomware gang via VMware.
Restrictions on ransomware payments have become common for government agencies around the world, but it is still fairly rare to see them extended to the public sector or local levels of government. The new UK rules would additionally require all business types that are not impacted to notify the government.
A recent cyber attack on the Canadian electric utility, Nova Scotia Power, disconnected power meters, preventing the company from reading and sending accurate bills.
Hot on the heels of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, a joint cybersecurity advisory has warned critical infrastructure organizations of cyber threats stemming from Iranian-backed malicious actors.
A multi-agency cybersecurity advisory warns about unsophisticated hackers compromising U.S. critical infrastructure using basic and elementary intrusion techniques.
The secret meeting took place in Geneva in December 2024. The source says that the remarks were "indirect" and "somewhat ambiguous," but were enough to implicate Volt Typhoon and the Chinese government in the cyber attacks that have plagued US critical infrastructure.
