Update: May 14, 2021 The Colonial Pipeline operations have been partially restored as of now. However it is still unclear when the pipeline will be fully operational. There are reports from sources that a ransom amount was paid to the attackers after which much of the encrypted data could be restored, but the speed of … Read more
The Computer Security Reserach Center of the Information Technology laboratory of NIST (US National Institute of Standards and Technology) has published the final draft of its SP 800-160, Volume 2, which deals with cyber resiliency engineering framework that can be used, among other measures to protect Industrial Safety and Control Systems from cyber threats. This … Read more
On Saturday 29th Dec 2018, several newspaper organizations were hit by a cyber attack that prevented the printing of newspapers. Details are sketchy even now about the What, Who, Why and other key facets of this incident. What we do know for sure is that it was a multi-pronged cyber attack and it took out … Read more
Abhisam informs us that its Industrial Cybersecurity e-learning course is now available online. This course can be taken on a new e-learning portal, prettygoodcourses.com, which has a range of free and paid courses. More courses are being added every week. There are free courses, like the one on Hydrogen Sulfide and other popular paid ones … Read more
The US Industrial Control System Computer Emergency Response Team (ICS CERT) has released an updated report regarding the inner workings of the TRITON / HatMan malware that affected Triconex Safety Instrumented Systems last year, at an unnamed plant (probably in Saudi Arabia as per multiple sources). It now appears that the malware is not a … Read more
