According to the report, the NSA employs a "supply chain" attack method that uses advanced US information and communication technology and products against a variety of high-value targets of other countries that have high levels of protection and are challenging to penetrate in cyberspace. With the...
Transportation systems are considered critical infrastructure in the US, meaning that protecting them is a national security priority. Highly sensitive data stolen Allegedly, the attack happened on December 25, 2022. Threat actors are said to have acquired the personal information of the company’s ...
A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe. A cyber strike launched from outside the United States hit a public water system in the Midwestern state of Illinois, an infrastructure control systems expert said on Friday. A cyber strike launched from outside the United States hit a public...
The national security memorandum, signed today, marks the latest push by the administration to bolster cybersecurity after a series of high-profle incidents such as a ransomware attack in May that closed the 2.5mn b/d Colonial Pipeline system for days. The initiative would mostly focus on enc...
MSNBC looks at the cybersecurity concerns raised by the attack on Colonial Pipeline. Fragile infrastructures On Oct. 14, 2021, hot on the heels of cyberattacks targeting the financial, gas, food and transportation sectors, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agencyreleased Alert AA...
to a 2021 study byClarotythat surveyed 1,000 IT and OT security professionals working in critical infrastructure in the US, the UK, Germany, France, and Australia, 65% indicated concern over attacks on critical infrastructure. Ninety percent of them reported having experienced an attack in 2021....
critical infrastructure targets like port authorities. In at least one case, Microsoft detected an attack disguised as a ransomware attack that was intended to erase Israeli data. In another, an Iranian actor executed an attack that set off emergency rocket sirens in Israel. As North Korea ...
In late November 2023, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)revealedthat the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in western Pennsylvania was targeted by Iranian threat actors by exploiting Unitronics PLCs. The attack was attributed to an Iranian hacktivist persona dubbed...
Though the U.S. military has historically kept mum about cyber attacks, it hasn’t left itself entirely powerless. In fact, the bulk of Iraq’s telecommunications infrastructure was built by the United States, while repairing the damage from the Iraq War. With it, both the military and NSA...
US prosecutors accuse defendants of working for Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to influence the election September 12 2024 Special ReportBusiness Legal Leaders Cyber threats put pressure on in-house legal chiefs From war-gaming attack scenarios to dealing with new regulation, lawyers have ...