All posts tagged "SCADA"

Cybercrime

The actions of the hackers who recently targeted water facilities in Israel show their sophistication and prove that they knew exactly what they were...

ICS/OT

Researchers say a critical denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability they discovered in Inductive Automation’s Ignition Gateway could allow hackers to cause disruption on the plant floor.

Cybercrime

The Israeli government has issued an alert to organizations in the water sector following a series of cyberattacks aimed at water facilities.

Cybercrime

A threat actor that has been spotted targeting Azerbaijan has shown an interest in the energy sector, specifically SCADA systems related to wind turbines,...

Funding/M&A

Accenture Expands OT Security Capabilities With Acquisition of Philadelphia-based Revolution SecurityConsulting giant Accenture announced this week that it has acquired critical infrastructure protection firm Revolutionary...

ICS/OT

ICS/OT

Several potentially serious vulnerabilities have been discovered in some of the industrial 4G routers made by Phoenix Contact, a Germany-based provider of industrial automation,...

Cybercrime

A recently uncovered piece of file-encrypting ransomware, which some believe may be linked to Iran, has been targeting processes and files associated with industrial...

ICS/OT

Researchers who took part this week in the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Miami hacking competition have earned a total of $280,000 for exploits targeting...

ICS/OT

Some of Honeywell’s MAXPRO video surveillance systems are affected by serious vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers to take complete control of the...

Funding/M&A

Rockwell Automation on Wednesday announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire Israel-based cybersecurity solutions provider Avnet Data Security in an effort to...

ICS/OT

Cybercrime

ICS/OT

Schneider Electric last week informed customers that patches have been made available for vulnerabilities in some Modicon controllers and several EcoStruxure products.

ICS/OT

A critical vulnerability affecting some Relion protection devices from ABB can be exploited to take control of a device or cause it to become...

ICS/OT

It took Swiss-based industrial technology solutions provider ABB five years to inform customers of a critical vulnerability affecting one of its products, and the...

ICS/OT

Cyber Insurance

Swiss insurance company Zurich last week announced new cyber insurance policy endorsements for organizations in the manufacturing industry.Zurich says many manufacturing companies, particularly mid-sized...

ICS/OT

Several major tech and cybersecurity companies have joined forces for a new initiative called the Operational Technology Cyber Security Alliance (OTCSA), which aims to...

ICS/OT

SecurityWeek’s 2019 ICS Cyber Security Conference, the largest and longest-running event dedicated to industrial and critical infrastructure cybersecurity, is set to take place in...