Security News

Scan Reveals Hydropower Plants, Other Critical Infrastructure Exposed Online (Threatpost)
2016-07-15 18:09

An Internet scan of the IPv4 address space uncovered more than 100 critical facilities exposed to the public Internet, including hydropower plants in Germany and Italy.

Malware offers backdoor to critical infrastructure targets (Help Net Security)
2016-07-13 14:30

SentinelOne Labs has discovered a new form of malware, which has already infected at least one European energy company. The malware, dubbed SFG, is the mother ship of an earlier malware sample...

Unsung cybersecurity vulnerabilities in US infrastructure and utilities (Help Net Security)
2016-07-08 13:00

This past May, the Internet was abuzz about a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlighting a number of outdated “legacy systems” still in use across the U.S. government....

Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure revenue grows to $6.6 billion (Help Net Security)
2016-07-07 12:45

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 3.9% year over year to $6.6 billion in the...

Most are unable to control user activity in their IT infrastructure (Help Net Security)
2016-07-01 13:00

A majority of organizations report that they lack visibility into their cloud infrastructure, file shares, user activity and mobile devices, greatly impacting data security and system uptime,...