#critical infrastructure
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Trump Signs Emergency Order to Block Foreign-Made Backdoors From US Power Grid
Executive Order 14420 bars untrusted foreign equipment from America's high-voltage electricity network, citing hidden remote-access capabilities that could let hostile governments cut the lights.
FBI Pulls Plug on Chinese Espionage 'Quartermaster' That Rented Out Hacking Kit
A commercial-style service sold reconnaissance, proxy routing, and relay networks to China-linked spies targeting US critical infrastructure. Lumen's Black Lotus Labs spent a year mapping it.
More Than 100 Water Systems Were Hit by Hackers in July. Here's What CISA Found.
U.S. cybersecurity officials have put a number on the recent wave of attacks on drinking water and wastewater facilities: over 100 internet-connected systems targeted in a single month, most of them left exposed by a simple modem.
US Treasury Sanctions Iran-Linked Hackers Tied to Critical Infrastructure Attacks
Washington widens its economic squeeze on Tehran, naming operators behind intrusions into water, energy and other essential services.
Two SOCs, Same Attack: CISA Red Team Walks Through One Network, Gets Caught in the Other
CISA ran identical red team drills against a government agency and a water utility. One let the attackers roam for weeks. The other spotted them within hours.
ICS Cybersecurity Conference Brings Back Hands-On Industrial Attack Training
A practical course on attacking and defending industrial control systems returns to Nashville this October, giving security professionals rare access to live hardware scenarios.
Iran-Linked Hackers Knocked a UK Power Plant Offline for Four Days
A cyberattack tied to Iran shut down a British power station for nearly a working week, raising hard questions about how well the country's energy grid can withstand a determined digital assault.
After Russian Hackers Knocked Out a Satellite Network, an AI Tool Is Now Stress-Testing Its Defences
Viasat's satellite network was crippled by a Russian cyberattack in 2022. Now an AI-assisted security tool from Atalanta is being used to check whether the rebuilt defences can hold.
US agencies warn hackers are using AI to break into Siemens factory controllers
CISA, NSA, FBI, DOE and EPA say attackers are scanning the internet for exposed Siemens S7 PLCs and running AI-written scripts dressed up as monitoring tools.
Medusa ransomware has hit 500 critical infrastructure targets, US agencies warn
A fresh CISA advisory says the gang's victim count has jumped from 300 to over 500, with hospitals, defence suppliers and banks all in the firing line.
PATCHCORD: The Fake VPN Installer Hitting Afghan Phone Networks and Indian Infrastructure
A new backdoor is being smuggled onto computers through fake Afghan Telecom software, and researchers say critical services in South Asia are in the crosshairs.
AVEVA warns of code-execution flaw in Enterprise SCADA software used across pipelines and manufacturing
A high-severity deserialization bug lets an authenticated operator run code inside the industrial control system. AVEVA has shipped patches for every supported release.
AI Agents Ran a Four-Day Hacking Campaign Against Taiwan's Government Systems
Researchers say a cluster of AI programs worked in near-total automation to steal credentials, map government networks, and probe a nuclear safety agency, a sign that organised hacking is getting cheaper and faster.
Ransomware Hit Colombia's Justice Ministry Five Days Before a New President Took Office
Files were encrypted, services went down, and ColCERT had warned about exactly this kind of attack the day before. What happened, and why Colombia keeps ending up in the crosshairs.
America's Drinking Water Networks Are Getting a Long-Overdue Security Upgrade
A new Senate bill and a first-of-its-kind monitoring centre launched at DEF CON aim to plug gaping security holes in the water systems that supply millions of American homes.