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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.
Iranian Hackers Hit Water Systems in at Least 12 US States
New Jersey and Alabama are the latest to confirm attacks on water infrastructure. So far, no taps have run dry and no water has been contaminated, but the campaign is still expanding.
Russian Hackers Used an Obscure Telecom Back Door to Shut Down a Polish Heating Plant
A second cyberattack on Poland's energy sector, running in parallel with a previously disclosed assault, exploited a rarely scrutinised type of private mobile network to reach deep inside a plant supplying heat to 50,000 people.
The criminals behind the Minnesota water attacks may have a better backup of your plant than you do
Hackers hit more than 30 small water utilities in two days. The most alarming detail isn't how they got in, it's that they may have walked out with the only complete copy of control logic the operators ever had.
Iranian hackers suspected in attack on 30 US water systems
A wave of cyberattacks hit Minnesota water infrastructure on Sunday and Monday, briefly cutting supply to one town. Investigators say the methods match a known Iranian-linked group, though formal attribution has not yet been made.
CISA Warns Hackers Are Breaking Into Water Plant Controllers Left Exposed on the Internet
The US cyber agency says attackers are locking operators out of the small industrial computers that run water systems, forcing boil-water notices and manual operations.
Mitsubishi Electric Factory Gear Vulnerable to Network Tampering Attack
A flaw in the CC-Link IE TSN protocol lets a nearby attacker knock dozens of industrial products offline. Mitsubishi has not shipped a fix.
One in Five Data Centre Systems Is One Step Away From Hackers, Research Finds
A study of 174,000 data centre infrastructure devices found that roughly 32,000 sit just one network hop from the open internet, putting cooling, power and fire systems within easier reach of attackers than most operators realise.
US and Australia Publish Joint Playbook for Cutting Critical Infrastructure Off From Cyber Attack
New guidance tells power plants, water utilities, and other essential services how to keep running even when their networks are under attack or must be disconnected entirely.
Frenos Raises $1.52 Million More to Test Factory and Power-Grid Security Without Touching the Real Thing
The startup runs fake cyberattacks inside a virtual copy of your industrial network, so it can find the dangerous paths before real criminals do.
SecurityWeek Launches Awards Programme to Spotlight Industrial Cybersecurity's Best Work
A new independently judged awards scheme will recognise the people and technologies making a real difference in protecting factories, power grids, and critical infrastructure.
The Machines That Run the World Are Running Decades-Old Software
Industrial control systems keep factories, water plants, and power grids alive. They also run code written before Wi-Fi existed. Fixing that is harder than it sounds.
Give an AI a Body and You Give It an Attack Surface
Warehouses and factories are buying humanoid robots before security teams have a single audit standard to work from. Here is what that means for the people on the floor.
Siemens, Schneider Electric, and Rockwell Fix Dozens of Flaws in Factory Control Systems
Three of the world's biggest industrial equipment makers patched a wave of security flaws in the software that runs power plants, factories, and water systems. Here is what that means in plain English.
Your Business Is Not Too Small to Be an Iranian Hacker's Next Target
Groups linked to Iran's intelligence services are not hand-picking victims. They are scanning the internet for any door left unlocked, and a GPS company and a medical-device maker have already paid the price.