A record number of attacks on electrical grids plunged thousands of Americans into darkness last year, as authorities worry neo-Nazis are targeting critical infrastructure. On the evening of
09/14/2022 11:07 AM EDT. Updated: 09/14/2022 01:52 PM EDT. The Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against three Iranian individuals alleged to have launched cyberattacks against U.S
Cyber-attacks against critical infrastructure and manufacturing are more likely to target industrial control systems than steal data, according to the Organization of American States and Trend Micro. Their research found that 54% of the 500 US critical infrastructure suppliers surveyed had reported attempts to control systems, while 40% had
Feb. 7, 2024, 5:41 PM UTC. By Kevin Collier. Chinese hackers have at times secretly hidden in U.S. infrastructure for up to five years, ready to conduct a potentially destructive cyberattack if
Recent high-profile attacks on critical infrastructure around the world, including the ransomware attacks on the Colonial Pipeline and JBS Foods in the United
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CISA and FBI are aware of a ransomware attack affecting a critical infrastructure (Cl) entity-a pipeline company-in the United States. Malicious cyber actors deployed
As part of the attack, which occurred in May 2023, the hackers compromised the victim organizations within a few days, making this the largest attack against Danish critical infrastructure to date. "Denmark is constantly under attack. But it is unusual that we see so many concurrent, successful attacks against the critical
Though critical infrastructure entities suffered substantial losses from ransomware attacks in 2021 – more than $49.2 million, according to the IC3 report -- phishing was the top cybercrime observed by the FBI in 2021. The report cited an increase over the last five years. During a panel at the SecureWorld Boston conference earlier this
The U.S. power grid is suffering a decade-high surge in attacks as extremists, vandals and cyber criminals increasingly take aim at the nation''s critical infrastructure.
Since private companies own most of our nation''s critical infrastructure, they can help the FBI by defending against Chinese attacks and sharing "vital
In 2022, a 140% surge in cyberattacks against industrial operations resulted in more than 150 incidents, per a recent Waterfall Security report. In an ominous warning, the report says, "At this
Increasing Attack on Critical Infrastructure: In recent years, attacks targeting critical infrastructure and businesses have surged. These include the 2017 WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware attacks, the 2015 attack on Ukrainian power grids and 2010 Stuxnet attack on Iranian nuclear reactor.
We are living in an age of increasingly complex warfare. While traditional tactics such as ground troops and air strikes are still deployed, a new form of attack has been on the rise in recent years:
Since private companies own most of our nation''s critical infrastructure, they can help the FBI by defending against Chinese attacks and sharing "vital information about what adversaries are
The publicly available National Infrastructure Protection Plan is dated 2013, and the sector-specific plans for each of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors are all eight or more years out of date.
Of the 2,825 ransomware attacks reported to the FBI last year, 1,193 hit critical infrastructure organizations. The proportion of ransomware attacks hitting critical infrastructure grew from one-third of attacks reported to the FBI in 2022. Losses reported from ransomware attacks jumped 74% to almost $60 million last year.
January 9, 2023 1:24 PM EST. A string of mysterious attacks on power stations across the U.S. has rekindled fears about the vulnerabilities of America''s electricity infrastructure, which
Top 11 cyber attacks on critical infrastructure deconstructed. 1. TRITON malware attack of 2017. Source: KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The Triton malware attack in 2017 was one of the most potentially destructive and dangerous cyber attacks on industrial control systems (ICS) in the last several years. This state-sponsored malware
In May, Microsoft warned that hackers affiliated with the Chinese government were targeting critical U.S. infrastructure. In its most recent Annual Threat Assessment, published in February, the
Recent Physical Attacks on Grid Infrastructure Highlight Vulnerabilities . Energy is the critical infrastructure sector that enables other critical infrastructure sectors to operate, making it an attractive target to malicious actors. Recent attacks have occurred against a range of grid infrastructure using a variety of destructive means.
The authors draw on reports of recent attacks on U.S. CI systems to inform the case study. These real-world events demonstrate interdependencies, probable effects, and challenges that could arise from future potential adversarial action targeting infrastructure in the homeland. Attacks on critical infrastructure would challenge
One of the latest attacks on critical infrastructure happened in December 2022 when Germany''s multinational industrial engineering and steel production company ThyssenKrupp suffered a massive
In 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a report warning of ransomware attacks specifically against pipelines. The attackers got through Colonial''s virtual private
Building off the priorities of NSM-22, the 2025 National Plan will articulate how the U.S. government will collaborate with partners to identify and manage national risk. This will be an evolution from the 2013 National Plan which described risk management as "the cornerstone" to strengthening critical infrastructure security and resilience.
In this report, the authors discuss threats to critical infrastructure (CI) and put forward a hypothetical case study to examine several phases of an adversarial attack
Chinese hackers have at times secretly hidden in U.S. infrastructure for up to five years, ready to conduct a potentially destructive cyberattack if the two countries
critical infrastructure navigate this increasingly complex risk landscape, we must collectively As the recent ransomware attack on a major health insurer demonstrated, there can also be previously unknown or underappreciated concentration of risks within a particular sector. In that incident, the disruption of a single provider resulted in
Securing IoT devices against attacks that target critical infrastructure. South Staffordshire PLC, a company that supplies water to over one million customers in the United Kingdom, notified its customers in August of being a target of a criminal cyberattack. This incident highlights the sophisticated threats that critical industries face today.
China''s hackers have been positioning themselves to conduct destructive cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, a top U.S. cyber official warned Saturday.
Securing IoT devices against attacks that target critical infrastructure. South Staffordshire PLC, a company that supplies water to over one million customers in the United Kingdom, notified its customers in
On April 30 th, the White House released National Security Memorandum-22 (NSM) on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, which updates national