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A week in security (April 1 – 7)

April 8, 2019 admin bayer, chinese cyberattacks, chinese cyberthreats, Critical Infrastructure, Facebook, Malwarebytes news, mar a lago, passwords, social media, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:52:47 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from April 1–7, including global data privacy laws, water plant cybersecurity, and the mysterious story of a 23-year-old woman’s visit to the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

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Aluminum giant Hydro hit by ransomware

March 19, 2019 admin Business, Critical Infrastructure, cryptors, ransomware, SMB

Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:20:32 +0000

Industrial Norwegian giant Hydro hit by ransomware — security incident analysis.

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Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Roadways: How Smart Cities Create New Risks

January 23, 2019 admin Critical Infrastructure, cyberthreats, Energy, Highway, intelligent transportation systems, ITS, ransomware, Security, Utilities, water

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:14:39 +0000

Advanced technology has changed countless facets of everyday life, from internal enterprise processes to consumer pursuits and beyond. Even the design, management and support for large and small cities has shifted thanks to innovative smart city systems. While advanced components to support utilities, critical infrastructure, traffic and more can bring numerous benefits, these solutions also open…

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Ways to Improve Your Data Center Cybersecurity That Most People Don’t Think of Until It’s Too Late

January 16, 2019 admin Cloud Computing, Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Security, cyberheist, cybersecurity, Data Center, data center cybersecurity, EcoStruxure, Hacker, hacking, Identity Theft, intrusion detection, malware, phishing, virus

Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

It’s been well publicized that Microsoft fends off more than 7 trillion cyberthreats per day, and allocates over $1 billion each year to cybersecurity for its cloud data centers. While… Read more »

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Safeguarding the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

October 22, 2018 admin Critical Infrastructure, Internet Safety, Security, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: William “Bill” Malik (CISA VP Infrastructure Strategies)| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:43:06 +0000

In May of 1998, President Clinton issued Presidential Decision Directive 63: Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructures. This Directive proposed steps to enact the recommendations of the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, published in October 1997. Twenty years on, how are things going? The US Federal government has identified critical infrastructure sectors and associated each with…

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The Aurora Power Grid Vulnerability and the BlackEnergy Trojan

July 12, 2018 admin Aurora Power Grid, BlackEnergy Trojan, Critical Infrastructure, Security

Credit to Author: William “Bill” Malik (CISA VP Infrastructure Strategies)| Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:10:42 +0000

At recent Industrial IoT security briefings, the Aurora vulnerability has come up repeatedly. Attendees ask, “Is our country’s power grid safe? How can we protect the grid? What is Aurora?” This post provides a look at Aurora, and the BlackEnergy attack that can exploit Aurora. In March 2007, the US Department of Energy demonstrated the…

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How the Industry 4.0 Era Will Change the Cybersecurity Landscape

July 11, 2018 admin Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity Landscape, IoT, Security

Credit to Author: Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)| Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:00:33 +0000

Today’s highly automated and connected smart factories (Industry 4.0) were born out of yesterday’s steam engines that mechanized manufacturing (Industry 1.0); mass-production lines expanded with the advent of electricity (Industry 2.0); and then IT-enabled manufacturing plants ushered in the era of connected industrial control systems with programmable logic controllers (PLC). While enterprises struggle to enhance…

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Sustainability and Power Stability Determine the Ultimate Success of the World’s Biggest Football Tournament

June 13, 2018 admin Critical Infrastructure, Critical Power, EcoStruxure, Football, industrial power, Infrastructure Management, Power Distribution and Management, Power Protection, soccer, UPS, uptime

Credit to Author: Lionel Ardid| Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Mega sporting events, such as the world’s biggest football tournament, also known as “soccer” in the United States, capture the attention of the entire globe. In fact, over 3 million… Read more »

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