Security News

Ecuador Hit With 'Cyberattacks' After Assange's Arrest
2019-04-16 21:18

Millions of Volumetric Attacks Designed to Block Access to Websites, Official SaysThe government of Ecuador has been hit with millions of "cyberattacks" following its withdrawal of asylum...

Norsk Hydro Delays Financial Report Due to Cyberattack
2019-04-16 14:32

Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro last week announced that its financial report for the first quarter of 2019 will be delayed by over one month due to the recent cyberattack that caused...

90% of OT organizations are cyberattack victims, yet visibility into OT systems is still limited
2019-04-09 05:00

90% of OT organizations stated their environments had been damaged by at least one cyberattack over the past two years, with 62% experiencing two or more attacks. These are the results of the...

Most OT Organizations Hit by Damaging Cyberattacks: Survey
2019-04-08 13:24

A majority of organizations that have operational technology (OT) infrastructure experienced at least one damaging cyberattack in the past two years, according to a survey conducted by Ponemon...

Cyberattack Exposes PHI in Email Accounts
2019-04-05 19:48

Meanwhile, Regulators Issue Alert on Advanced Persistent ThreatsAfter months of review, a Georgia-based healthcare system has determined that a cyberattack last year exposed the protected health...

Norsk Hydro May Have Lost $40M in First Week After Cyberattack
2019-03-26 19:30

Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro estimates that it may have lost more than $40 million in the first week following the ransomware attack that disrupted its operations. read more

CyberX raises $18 million to protect industrial control systems from cyberattack
2019-03-26 00:00

CyberX, the IIoT and industrial control system (ICS) security company, announced that it has raised $18 million in a strategic funding round led by Qualcomm Ventures and Inven Capital. Existing...

Major U.S. Chemical Firms Hit by Cyberattack
2019-03-25 16:16

Operations at two major US-based chemical companies, Hexion and Momentive, were disrupted recently by a cyberattack reportedly involving LockerGoga, the ransomware that recently hit Norwegian...

EU Seeks Better Coordination to Battle Next Big Cyberattack
2019-03-22 11:48

Life After WannaCry and NotPetya: Europol Wants EU Member States To Be ReadyLife after WannaCry and NotPetya: Europol, the EU's law enforcement intelligence agency, wants member states to be able...

Podcast: The High-Risk Threats Behind the Norsk Hydro Cyberattack
2019-03-19 19:40

Threatpost talks to Phil Neray with CyberX about Tuesday's ransomware attack on aluminum producer Norsk Hydro, and how it compares to past manufacturing attacks like Triton, WannaCry and more.