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CISA again raises alarm on hacktivist threat to water utilities

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday said threat groups are still exploiting vulnerable devices in various industrial targets — including water utilities — that are practicing weak cyber hygiene. Exposed and vulnerable industrial control systems and operational technology environments can be hacked using unsophisticated methods, such as brute-force attacks and taking advantage of systems using default passwords, […]

2M customers still without power after Helene; some local grids must ‘be completely rebuilt’

About 2 million electric customers remained without power across the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic on Monday morning after Hurricane Helene devastated utility systems last week, and some areas will require a full rebuild of energy infrastructure, utilities said. The storm struck Florida as a Category 4, but only about 100,000 customers remained without power in […]

Chicago’s transit authority looks to AI-powered gun detection to help curb violent crime

As part of a continuing effort to curb violent crime and enhance security for riders, the Chicago Transit Authority announced Aug. 29 it would begin utilizing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered gun detection technology in some of its existing digital security cameras. The technology, provided by Conshohocken, Pa.-based ZeroEyes, works by identifying brandished guns and notifying ZeroEyes […]

Are robots secure? The manufacturing industry’s cybersecurity blind spot

The robotics revolution continues to unfold, but a silent threat lurks — cybersecurity. Cybercriminals prey on manufacturers with gaps in their security, and the consequences are dire. Manufacturers must bridge this security gap before robots become easy targets for hackers.  Blind Spots in the Factory: Why Robot Security Lags Behind Industrial robots are changing manufacturing, […]

Critical automated-tank-gauge bugs threaten gas infrastructure

Multiple critical security vulnerabilities in automatic-tank-gauge (ATG) systems, some unpatched, threaten critical-infrastructure facilities with disruption and physical damage, researchers are warning. ATGs are sensor systems that monitor and manage fuel storage tanks to ensure that fill levels aren’t too low or too high, to see that leaks are detected in real-time, and to manage inventory. […]

CrowdStrike’s mea culpa: 5 takeaways from the Capitol Hill testimony

A “perfect storm of issues” and internal validation errors resulted in CrowdStrike’s defective software update that caused a global IT network outage in July, an executive said during testimony Tuesday in a congressional hearing. Adam Meyers, SVP of counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, accepted complete responsibility and apologized on behalf of the company for causing one of the largest IT outages […]

How law enforcement’s ransomware strategies are evolving

The year to date has been particularly eventful across the ransomware landscape, with prolific ransomware groups, including LockBit, seeing their operations seized and dismantled. The strategies used to take down these groups were meticulously planned and executed, successfully undermining the most accomplished cybercriminal experts. The fight against ransomware has for years felt like an uphill battle. […]
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