Security News

Reports Suggests 'Fleeting Window' to Prevent Major Cyber Attack on Critical Infrastructure (Security Week)
2017-08-24 16:06

The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) published a draft report this week titled Securing Cyber Assets: Addressing Urgent Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure (PDF). The report...

Researchers Uncover Infrastructure Behind Chthonic, Nymaim Trojans (Security Week)
2017-08-17 02:48

While analyzing malware that uses PowerShell for infection, Palo Alto Networks managed to uncover the infrastructure behind recent attacks that leveraged the Chthonic and Nymaim Trojans, along...

Dragos Raises $10 Million to Protect Critical Infrastructure From Cyber Attacks (Security Week)
2017-08-14 22:19

Dragos, a startup focused on protecting industrial control systems (ICS) and critical infrastructure from cyber threats, announced on Monday that it has raised $10 million through a Series A...

Engineering Firm Exposed Electrical Infrastructure Details: Researchers (Security Week)
2017-08-10 11:24

Misconfiguration Issues with systems operated by Texas-based electrical engineering operator Power Quality Engineering (PQE) resulted in the information of various clients being exposed to the...

How a port misconfiguration exposed critical infrastructure data (Help Net Security)
2017-08-09 21:01

Much has already been said and written about the dangers of potential cyber attacks targeting the electric/power grid. And in Ukraine, they’ve already gone from theoretical scenarios to actual...

Qualys CloudView to deliver continuous security of public cloud infrastructure (Help Net Security)
2017-07-26 12:30

Qualys announced CloudView, a new app framework in the Qualys Cloud Platform for comprehensive and continuous protection of cloud infrastructure, delivering InfoSec and DevSecOps teams a “single...

UK Spy Agency Warns of State-sponsored Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure (Security Week)
2017-07-18 21:04

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Inadequate Boundary Protections Common in Critical Infrastructure: ICS-CERT (Security Week)
2017-07-14 13:11

The assessments conducted by the U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) in 2016 showed that inadequate boundary protection has remained the most prevalent...

Template Injection Used in Attacks on U.S. Critical Infrastructure (Security Week)
2017-07-10 11:16

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Cloud IT infrastructure revenues grew 14.9% to $8 billion in 1Q17 (Help Net Security)
2017-07-03 12:30

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew 14.9% year over year in the first quarter of 2017...