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SANS ICS Security Summit 2021

Guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: SANS ICS Security Summit 2021 06 March 2021 – icscybersec Every spring, SANS organizes a major ICS-themed event, usually 6-8 days long, traditionally in Florida. This year, due to COViD-19, this was an unconventional event and like the other SANS Security Summits 2021, the ICS Security Summit …

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Cyber attacks against critical infrastructure in India

Guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: Cyber attacks against India’s critical infrastructure March 04, 2021 – icscybersec I’ve previously written about the cyber attack on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in India, but in the early hours of March 1, the threat intelligence provider Recorded Future released this report detailing their analysis …

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Guest post II: A post that has no cybersecurity relevance. Or maybe it does?

A guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: Guest Post II: A post that has no cybersecurity relevance. Or maybe it does. 20 February 2021 – icscybersec One of the most serious operational security events in recent times, the January 8th rupture of the European electricity system into two parts, has prompted another post …

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More ICS security incidents: a cyber attack on the water supply system of a small town in Florida

Guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: More ICS security incidents: cyber attack on a small Florida town’s water system Wednesday, February 20, 2018: 13 February 2021 – icscybersec A Florida cybercrime attack has hit a Florida water utility in a recent incident, while ransomware attacks have also hit packaging materials company WestRock and …

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Lessons from the SolarWinds incident in Hungary

Guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: Lessons from the SolarWinds incident in Hungary 30 January 2021 – icscybersec It’s been more than a month since we have been aware of the true gravity of the SolarWinds incident. Unfortunately, this time does not seem to have been enough for domestic critical infrastructure companies and …

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Ransomware attacks against production management systems – A TrendMicro survey

Guest post from the ICS cyber security blog: Ransomware attacks against production management systems – A TrendMicro survey 23 January 2021 – icscybersec Ransomware attacks against various companies using production management systems have proliferated at an unprecedented rate in 2020. Here on the blog alone, I have written about XX such attacks, and according to …

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Ransomware attacks against ICS systems: results of IBM X-Force-Dragos joint research published

ICS cyber security blog guest post: Ransomware attacks against ICS systems: results of IBM X-Force-Dragos joint research published 09 January 2021 – icscybersec IBM security researchers have been part of a team known as X-Force since the company’s acquisition of Proventia in the mid-2000s. Over the past nearly a decade and a half, they have …

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