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Mitigating Insider Threats: Five Strategies for Critical Infrastructure Entities this Cybersecurity Awareness Month

September 26, 2023 admin Commentary, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness month, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, it, power plants, ransomware, Technology

Credit to Author: Isaac Kohen| Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:07:25 +0000

A New York Times Magazine expose detailed the complicated and shockingly brazen inner workings of international espionage. However, the spies profiled weren’t targeting government secrets. They were interested in corporate […]

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Cybersecurity Experts Warn of New ‘Hardened’ ICS-Specific Ransomware Variant

February 5, 2020 admin Business, connected plant, Cybersecurity, Dragos, ekans, ICS, iiot, iiot chemical, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, industrial control systems, Instrumentation & Controls, malware, megacortex, news, ransomware, Research and Development, Technology, THREATS

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 01:47:11 +0000

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A primitive but unique ransomware variant that emerged in mid-December can forcibly stop a number of processes, including multiple items related to industrial control system (ICS) operations, industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos warned in a detailed report on Feb. 3. The ransomware known as “EKANS” (or “Snake,” which is “EKANS” spelled backwards) is “relatively straightforward” as […]

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Cybercriminals Found a Scary New Way of Making Hacked Companies Pay Ransom

December 17, 2019 admin Cybercrime, data security, New Orleans, pensacola, ransomware

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:32:27 +0000

Ransomware is spreading like wildfire in the U.S., and one gang is threatening infected companies with mass data exposure if they don’t pay up.

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Cops Hijack Botnet, Remotely Wipe Malware From 850,000 Computers

August 28, 2019 admin adah, botnet, cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, France, hackers, hacking, malware, monero, ransomware, retadup, worm

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:28:39 +0000

Police in France took down a large cryptocurrency-mining malware operation with the help of a cybersecurity firm.

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Cyberattack Debilitates Major Aluminum and Hydropower Producer

March 19, 2019 admin Business, connected plant, Cybersecurity, cyberx, Dragos, Hydro, hydropower, iiot, iiot chemical, iiot cyber, iiot power, indegy, International, lockergoga, news, Norway, notpetya, nozomi, ransomware, Renewables, wannacry

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:05:53 +0000

Norsk Hydro, a major global aluminum producer that is also Norway’s third-largest producer of hydropower, has been stricken by an extensive cyberattack—reportedly ransomware—that forced its entire global network offline. The company powers its sizable aluminum production operations with 20 hydropower plants concentrated in Telemark, Røldal-Suldal, Sogn, and Vennesla, producing a total 10 TWh per year. […]

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