Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

An industrial control system (or ICS) is a type of computer system that monitors and controls industrial processes and infrastructure. ICSs are used in a variety of industries, including oil and gas, chemical, water and wastewater, energy, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, automotive, and more.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

CISA released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) medical advisory warning of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices. The issues impact the following products using the Illumina Universal Copy Service: iScan Control Software: v4.0.0 iScan Control Software: v4.0.5 iScan Control Software: v4.0.5

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2023

The LockBit ransomware group threatens to leak medical data of cancer patients stolen from Varian Medical Systems. The LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked the healthcare company Varian Medical Systems and threatens to leak the medical data of cancer patients. Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Industrial cybersecurity requires the same sort of partnership, in this case between the operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) teams. In this blog I’ll explain these misunderstandings and how to overcome them to protect industrial networks. Work together to make your OT system “ secure by design.”.

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Herjavec Group

APRIL 29, 2022

It’s discussed within the cybersecurity industry at large. Do we truly believe that our industrial control systems are at risk of infection? Though the ransomware never made it into the ICS network, the system was taken offline as a preventative measure causing major disruptions to fuel supplies on the East Coast.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Last week, software firm Ivanti reported that threat actors are exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887) in Connect Secure (ICS) and Policy Secure to remotely execute arbitrary commands on targeted gateways. is an Authentication Bypass issue that resides in the web component of Ivanti ICS 9.x,

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

Despite being decades old, SCADA control systems remain well-designed to this day. They bring multiple moving parts together - computers, networks, data communications and user interfaces - to manage machinery and engineered components of industrial systems. These systems weren’t originally unsafe. BlackEnergy.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2022

The activity of the Lyceum APT group was first documented earlier in August 2019 by researchers at ICS security firm Dragos which tracked it as Hexane. Dragos reported that Hexane was focused on organizations in the oil and gas industry and telecommunication providers. ” reads the analysis published ZScaler. one” = 85[.]206[.]175[.]199

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2020

The recently discovered Snake Ransomware has been targeting processes and files associated with industrial control systems (ICS). Security experts from SentinelOne reported that the recently discovered Snake Ransomware has been targeting processes and files associated with industrial control systems (ICS).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A group of Iranian hackers gained access to a un unprotected ICS at an Israeli Water Facility and posted a video as proof of the hack. Researchers from industrial cybersecurity firm OTORIO revealed that a group of Iranian hackers gained access to a un unprotected ICS at the Israeli Water Facility.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2023

Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos revealed that a ransomware group attempted to breach its infrastructure and extort it. Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos revealed that on May 8, 2023, a known ransomware group attempted and failed to breach the company systems. ” reads the statement published by the company.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

Experts found vulnerabilities in HID Mercury Access Controllers can be exploited by attackers to remotely unlock doors. Researchers from security firm Trellix discovered some critical vulnerabilities in HID Mercury Access Controllers that can be exploited by attackers to remotely unlock doors. Overall 4.8. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2019

In December 2017, the Triton malware (aka Trisis) was discovered by researchers at FireEye, it was specifically designed to target industrial control systems (ICS) system. ” reads a blog post published by Dragos. continues the report. “The continues the report. ” continues the experts.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 30, 2021

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published advisory ICSA-21-119-04 about vulnerabilities found in multiple real-time operating systems (RTOS) and supporting libraries. Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems. Where does the name BadAlloc come from?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Other major flaws appeared in the NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes, Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, and Apache ActiveMQ — and the latter two have already been targeted in ransomware attacks. vulnerability scoring system released last week. CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level The problem: The 9.1

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 30, 2022

In this phase, referred to as “Dragonfly” or “Havex,” the conspirators launched a supply chain attack that compromised the computer networks of ICS (Industrial Control Systems) and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system manufacturers and software providers. Successful attacks. UTM Medium.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 22, 2021

Effective protection of legacy applications is a rich and complex topic that we will detail in a series of blog posts over the next several months. Be sure to stay tuned to our blog for future installments. . There are many applications both in the enterprise and industrial control space that fulfill a strong business need.

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

Or if Colonial was able to completely isolate its operational network from its corporate systems – the intended target of the attack according to the company – or if Darkside could have bridged that gap. A 2019 attack on a power grid control center responsible for supplying several sites in the Western U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 28, 2023

MITRE Shepherds Community to Tackle Supply Chain Security MITRE has debuted a platform and prototype community around its System of Trust (SoT) framework for defining and quantifying supply chain cybersecurity risks. CISA Issues Warnings On 13 ICS Vulnerabilities The U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2018

Researchers from security firm Dragos reported that a group operating out of Iran tracked as RASPITE has been targeting entities in the United States, Europe, Middle East, and East Asia, industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos warns. ” read a blog post published by Dragos. We call this activity group RASPITE.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. For hackers’ soft targets for ransomware extortion are plentiful, especially in the healthcare, financial, and manufacturing industries. projected deaths due to a cybersecurity threat weaponizing industrial facilities by 2025. ” Industry panel: U.S.

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McAfee

MARCH 2, 2021

Vendors across many industries develop them for very specific purposes and technologies. We see them in everything from the Internet of Things (IOT), to Industrial Controls Systems (ICS), to medical devices and more. The post Hacking Proprietary Protocols with Sharks and Pandas appeared first on McAfee Blogs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2018

Industrial sector hit by a surgical spear-phishing campaign aimed at installing legitimate remote administration software on victims’ machines. ” reads the blog post published by Kaspersky. ” reads the blog post published by Kaspersky.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 22, 2021

DENVER–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Optiv Security, an end-to-end cybersecurity solutions partner, today announced it has been named a Microsoft Security 20/20 award winner for the Security System Integrator of the Year category for its demonstrated excellence in innovation, integration and customer implementation with Microsoft technology. “In

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Lazarus targets defense industry with ThreatNeedle (PDF). We’ve observed numerous activities by this notorious APT group targeting various industries. We have seen Lazarus attack various industries using this malware cluster before. For more information please contact: ics-cert@kaspersky.com. Initial infection.

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DoublePulsar

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This one was, to me, clearly going to be a major issue as it allowed the bypass of multi-factor authentication controls, it didn’t log exploitation and it was easy to exploit. The cybersecurity industry has amazing problems with understanding threat priority, and really likes to chase after whatever is being sold next. I’m concerned.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2022

With new regulations and funding, companies must find the best way to implement and manage cybersecurity to protect these systems. Related: Keeping critical systems patched. This is part of National Security Memorandum 5, Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems. Continuous monitoring needed.

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Herjavec Group

JANUARY 31, 2022

Operational Technology (OT), on the other hand, was born out of the need for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) to keep up with the innovations and progression we’ve seen in complex physical processes like factory operations. IT security focused on securing system and data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 5, 2021

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are the foundation that support numerous industries around the world. The many types of ICS systems include a complex network of instrumentation and technology used in industrial production plants. Other smaller control systems exist as well.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2023

Experts detailed a new piece of malware, named CosmicEnergy, that is linked to Russia and targets industrial control systems (ICS). Researchers from Mandiant discovered a new malware, named CosmicEnergy, designed to target operational technology (OT) / industrial control system (ICS) systems.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

No useful information is provided in the CISA report attributing the ransomware to a North Korean actor, but we found that approximately 10 hours prior to deploying Maui to the system the group also deployed a variant of DTrack to the system. Using this implanted backdoor, the operator conducted many hands-on keyboard activities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This blog was written by a colleague from Tenable. Modern-day industrial and critical infrastructure organizations rely heavily on the operational technology (OT) environment to produce their goods and services. By keeping IT and OT systems separate, these organizations are implementing an “air gap” security strategy.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Krebs wrote for The Washington Post between 1995 and 2009 before launching his current blog KrebsOnSecurity.com. His 1994 book detailing cryptographic algorithms ( Applied Cryptography ) was just the beginning of his contributions to technical perspectives on system design, cybersecurity, privacy, and more. Dave Kennedy | @hackingdave.

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McAfee

APRIL 20, 2020

Introduction – Choosing the Right Security Controls Framework. At times this has left organizations with either overlapping security capabilities or completely missing critical security controls. In order to win this battle, a structured and homogenous approach must be constructed across the industry.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

If you work there, skip this blog and go read their report first! This attack framework was described in great depth in December 2017 by Mandiant in their report " Attackers Deploy New ICS Attack Framework 'Triton' and Cause Operational Disruption to Critical Infrastructure. CISA/FBI and the New Era of Transparency.

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McAfee

APRIL 7, 2020

The definition of “ endpoint ” has evolved beyond a typical operating system (OS) to a myriad of routers/switches, platform technologies, industrial control systems (ICS), and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Configuration change control is crucial. What changes were made to the system configuration?

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

Let’s have a closer look at the plan and tie it back to industry best-practices we have seen at Armis. Many ICS and OT systems in critical infrastructures were built decades ago, and are still secured largely through legacy methods based on network design and role-based access. Have our blog posts sent to your inbox.

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