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The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is a top priority. Reducing the risk of attacks such as ransomware and malware on CNI will be paramount to the stability of national economies for the years to come.

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Adoption of Secure Cloud Services in Critical Infrastructure

CyberSecurity Insiders

What further compounds an already complex architectural and security landscape is the fact that critical infrastructure industries in various countries tend to be either partially or fully government controlled; with many providing “essential services” such as Healthcare, Water, Power, Emergency Services and Food production.

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The Ongoing Cyber Threat to Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is now front of mind for many. This includes using easily guessed passwords and falling victim to phishing and socially engineered techniques such as business email compromise.

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China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign

Security Affairs

“The joint efforts of Proofpoint and PwC researchers provide a moderate confidence assessment that recent campaigns targeting the federal government, energy, and manufacturing sectors globally may represent recent efforts by TA423 / Red Ladon.” ” read the report published by the experts.

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Defense Cybersecurity: The Easy Doors for Adversaries are Closed, so How are They Still Getting In?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Treasury, Commerce, State, Energy, and Homeland Security departments, government agencies and the presidential administration were forced to rapidly evaluate what exactly went wrong — and how to right the sails. By Samuel Hutton, SVP North America, Glasswall. In the calm after the massive SolarWinds breach in 2020 that impacted the U.S.

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NIS2 Framework: Your Key To Achieving Cybersecurity Excellence

Centraleyes

The transition to remote work during the pandemic has also exposed new vulnerabilities, increasing susceptibility to phishing attacks. Essential entities ” span sectors such as energy, healthcare, transport, and water. Action Steps: Utilize assessment insights to craft short-term and long-term action plans.

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Cyber Security Roundup for March 2021

Security Boulevard

The energy firm did not say how many accounts were affected by the breach, which was first reported by MoneySavingExpert.com. In Israel, Iranian state actors attempted, without success, to attack Israeli water utilities last year. Phishing Campaign alters Prefix in Hyperlinks to bypass Email Defenses. Npower App Hack.