Guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: Colonial Pipeline’s systems under cyber attack May 08, 2021 – icscybersec Several news sources have reported today that a cyber attack hit the systems of the US company Colonial Pipeline (which transports nearly half a million litres of fuel per day through its pipelines) on Friday. The […]
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A guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: Cyber attacks against industrial organizations are on the rise: IBM and Kaspersky studies on the state of ICS security May 08, 2021 – icscybersec IBM (and its security research team known as X-Force) are not often mentioned in connection with ICS cybersecurity, even though they are
Guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: Security tests for smart meters 01 May 2021 – icscybersec Smart meters are one of the undeservedly overlooked components of ICS security, which is why I was pleased to see recently that researchers from FireEye (or Mandiant, a FireEye company) published an article on security testing of
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ICS cyber security blog guest post: Guest Post IV: The Presidential Executive Order Declaring an Energy Emergency in the US is back in force April 24, 2021 – icscybersec Our colleague GéPé has been keeping a close eye on the fate of the Presidential Energy Emergency Executive Order enacted by the previous (Trump) administration in
Guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: Defendant in federal court in cyber attack on ICS system in the US April 17, 2021 – icscybersec According to information released by the US Department of Justice (DoJ), a 22-year-old man from Kansas will be tried in federal court for unauthorised access to ICS systems at
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ICS cyber security blog guest post: Another malfunction at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant: Iran cites nuclear terrorism and cyber attack over the incident 14 April 2021 – icscybersec On Sunday, a number of news sites (NY Times, BBC, CNN, Al Jazira, The Guardian, and in Iran Telex and 444.hu, among others) and several IT
ICS cyber security blog guest post: Guest Post III: The US is taking meaningful steps to strengthen the cybersecurity of its electricity system April 10, 2021 – icscybersec The cybersecurity of the US critical infrastructure is a rather hot topic, once again important things are happening overseas, and (as usual) our colleague GéPé has once
ICS cyber security blog guest post: Groups attacking ICS systems XI: Hexane/Lyceum 03 April 2021 – icscybersec The attackers known as Hexane/Lyceum (Hexane is the name given to this group attacking ICS systems by Dragos, Lyceum by MITRE ATT&CK for ICS framework) have been active since 2018 at the latest and have seen an increase
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Guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: ICS security podcasts II: ATT&CK for ICS podcast with Dale Peterson March 27, 2021 – icscybersec Dale Peterson is a well-known and respected member of the current ICS security community. For today’s podcast, I’ve chosen one of his recordings, in which he and Otis Alexander discuss
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Guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: Ransomware attacks against ICS vendors 25 March 2021 – icscybersec Within two days, 2 major ICS vendors, Canadian Sierra Wireless and US Honeywell, were hit by ransomware attacks, according to news reports. According to a statement from Sierra Wireless, the incident affected parts of their IT systems,
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