Dan Kaminsky advocates fixing today’s internet before it breaks the same way it did in the 1990s.
Tag Archives: Critical Infrastructure
Attributing Advanced Attacks Remains Challenge For Researchers
Kaspersky Lab researchers participated in a Reddit AMA, touching on topics such as attack attribution, critical infrastructure security, attacker and researcher tradecraft, and the shortage of security talent.
Juniper Crypto Bug Let Attackers Eavesdrop on Router, Switch Traffic
Juniper patched a crypto security bug that could allow hackers to access the company’s routers, switches and security devices and eavesdrop on sensitive communications.
Scan Reveals Hydropower Plants, Other Critical Infrastructure Exposed Online
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.
State-Sponsored SCADA Malware targeting European Energy Companies
Security researchers have discovered a new campaign targeting energy companies in Western Europe with a sophisticated malware that almost goes to great lengths in order to remain undetected while targeting energy companies.
Researchers from SentinelOne Labs discovered the malware, which has already infected at least one European energy company, is so sneaky and advanced that it is likely
IoT Medical Devices: A Prescription for Disaster
Hospitals are on the IoT device vanguard revolutionizing patient care, but they are also huge targets for hackers targeting unsecure IoT medical devices.
Advantech Patches WebAccess Remote Code Execution Flaws
Advantech has published a new version of its WebAccess product to address vulnerabilities that put installations at risk to remote code execution attacks.
The Illusion Of An Encrypted Internet
Rapid7 released its National Exposure Index, which measures the top 30 ports and protocols on IPv4 and quantifies unsecured services running on the Internet.
IBM’s Watson Supercomputer Takes On Security
IBM enlists the help of eight universities to teach its Watson supercomputer to fight cybercrime.
Yahoo Releases Second Wave of Unsealed FISC Documents
Yahoo releases a second wave of unsealed documents tied to its battle with the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.