Microsoft Digital Defense Report showed that the number of cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure had grown significantly. The level of sophistication of cyberattacks permanently evolving. Companies now need to be extra prepared. Devices such as cameras, smart speakers, or locks and commercial ...
Building cyber resilience in national critical infrastructure June 30, 2021 | Article Rich Isenberg Ida Kristensen Mihir Mysore David Weinstein Recent cyberattacks focus attention on the vulnerabilities of operations technology to web-based threats. (5 pages) The rising danger posed ...
The strategy largely codifies work already underway during the last two years following a spate of high-profile ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure. A 2021 attack on a major fuel pipeline caused panic at the pump, resulting in an East Coast fuel shortage, and other damaging attacks made...
The original article “Cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure” by IEC Advocacy Officer Michael Mullane, was published on IEC e-tech, and has been adapted with his approval for publication on the Nozomi Networks blog. Mike is an experienced journalist, technologist and manager. He has work...
Why are cyberattacks a major threat to energy companies? The energy sector enables reliability of every critical sector—and cyberattacks against energy targets are growing in frequency. News of large incidents, like 2021’s Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, seems infrequent but is underreported because...
In recent years, attacks against critical infrastructures, critical information infrastructures and the Internet have become ever more frequent, complex and targeted because perpetrators have become more professional. Attackers can inflict damage or disrupt on physical infrastructure by infiltrating the ...
Fig. 17.Impact of cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure[143]. SG includes differentphysical objects, such as transformers, keen meters, and links managed by EI. Subsequently, SG is vulnerable to cyber-attacks which could subvert the management and cause indirect damage to these assets[144]. ...
In 2021, cybercrime has become more sophisticated, widespread, and relentless. Criminals have targeted critical infrastructure—healthcare,1information technology,2financial services,3energy sectors4—with headline-grabbing attacks that crippled businesses and harmed consumers. But there are...
, cybercriminals have feasted on the end-users lack of awareness, not only about the pandemic itself but about cybersecurity as well. And now with the start of the New Year, COVID-19 themed cyberattacks are turning their focus towards big corporations, governments, and critical infrastructure...
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 AA21-287. The alert turns attention to the fragility of yet another critical infrastructure sector. It warns ...