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 […]
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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 […]
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Update 2 (May 15, 2017) : New variants of Wannacry Ransomware continue to attack individuals and organizations. The original version and one updated version were luckily be able to be stopped from spreading, due to a kill switch that was found by a security researcher accidentally. Now victims number in the hundreds of thousands, all […]
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Nov 29,2016– The Internet of Things (IoT) is a growing phenomenon, where several thousands of devices such as webcams, CCTV cameras, displays, switches, routers and many other “smart” devices are connected to the internet. Typically every such connected device has its own IP address or is in a range of IP addresses that can be […]
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July 4, 2016– Industrial Cybersecurity suddenly became very important last week when it was reported that there are fake Rockwell automation files floating around on the internet, that attempt to install ransomware to unsuspecting users of Rockwell Control Systems (Allen Bradley series of PLCs). Among malware infections, ransom ware is the worst kind to infect […]
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