Between 1970 and 2015, 2,723 terrorist attacks took place in the United States, causing a total of 3,570 deaths; of these, 2,055 attacks (75%) targeted critical infrastructure. Figure 1 illustrates that the pattern of attacks that targeted critical infrastructure was consistent with the pattern of attacks overall.
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
Recommend measures to protect the critical infrastructure of the United States. Identify security and resilience functions that are necessary for effective public-private
attack critical infrastructure.2 To understand the current dimensions of this threat, this paper reviews 94 cases of individuals charged in the U.S. federal court system from 2016 to 2022 with planning to conduct violent extremist attacks, 35 of whom attempted to attack critical infrastructure systems. 19 of these cases are associated with
The White House announces new steps to safeguard U.S. critical infrastructure from cyber threats, including a National Security Memorandum and a
Voluntary approaches to enhance critical infrastructure security and resilience have meaningfully mitigated risk over the past decade, but more must be done
April 2023: Iranian state-linked hackers targeted critical infrastructure in the U.S. and other countries in a series of attacks using a previously unseen customized dropper malware. The hacking group has been active since at
SAN JOSE, Calif., January 24, 2024--In the last year, the world''s critical infrastructure – the medical, power, communications, waste, manufacturing, and transportation equipment that connects
Cyber threats to the nation''s critical infrastructure sectors are significant. As such, it is important that federal agencies and critical infrastructure owners and
Defending the United States Against Critical Infrastructure Attacks: Exploring a Hypothetical Campaign of Cascading Impacts. In this report, the authors discuss threats to critical infrastructure in the United States and provide a hypothetical case study that examines several phases of an adversarial attack on the United States.
The number of attacks launched on critical infrastructure by nation state groups doubled in the past year, according to the 2022 Microsoft Digital Defense Report. In the period from July 2021 to
The result is a global landscape of cyber critical infrastructure attacks defined by the interaction of cybersecurity''s operational realities with the institutional quirks of national security
Critical Infrastructure Attacks Follow a Known Pattern. It''s not uncommon for attack trends to begin with waves of poorly planned, amateur action. This wave grows in volume and evolves as threat
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
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
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
Critical infrastructure cybersecurity. Critical infrastructure is important to day-to-day life and the safety of civilians. Protecting it is becoming more and more important as malicious actors are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure. These attacks can come from ransomware gangs trying to extort money or advanced persistent threat
Russian cyber groups have targeted a wide range of critical infrastructure in Ukraine and NATO member countries. They have targeted banks, government websites, electricity grids, airports, and railways. Still, the ineffective impacts that cyber attacks have had thus far in the war have led many to question the efficacy of
Attacks on critical infrastructure would challenge the resilience of U.S. society in a novel way; it is essential that policymakers not only prepare for attacks directed against critical infrastructure but anticipate the social and political effects that an adversary intends to produce and take steps to reduce or even reverse those effects.
A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS''s James Lewis on his report, Cyberattack on Civilian Critical Infrastructures in a Taiwan Scenario. Expressions of surprise that the Chinese military targeted critical infrastructure in Guam for cyber reconnaissance are misleading. Of course the People''s Liberation Army (PLA) is
Attackers are increasingly choosing to deploy cyber-physical attacks that target critical infrastructure systems, which can cause outages and be fatal. Unfortunately, no business is immune. Gartner estimates that by 2025, attackers will have weaponized a critical infrastructure cyber-physical system (CPS) to successfully harm or kill humans.
In 2022, 42 identified ransomware attacks resulted in physical consequences in discrete manufacturing, process industries and industrial critical infrastructure. The total number of attacks with
By 2021, cybercrime damages are likely to exceed $6 trillion per year. Moreover, the interconnectivity of critical infrastructure systems raises the possibility of cyber attacks that cause devastating kinetic and non-kinetic effects. As innovation, hyper-connectivity, and digital dependencies all outpace cybersecurity defenses, the warning
Federal systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks. Our High Risk report identified 10 critical actions for addressing federal cybersecurity challenges.. In this report, the third in a series of four, we cover the action related to protecting cyber critical infrastructure—specifically, strengthening the federal role in cybersecurity for critical
On April 30 th, the White House released National Security Memorandum-22 (NSM) on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, which updates national
Between 1970 and 2015, according to a study by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), there were approximately 2,055 attacks targeting critical infrastructure just in the United States alone. 3 In recent years, it has been largely far-right extremists in the United States who have increasingly
The Biden Administration continues to take steps to safeguard U.S. critical infrastructure from growing, persistent, and sophisticated cyber threats. Recent high-profile attacks on critical
3 · April 2023: Iranian state-linked hackers targeted critical infrastructure in the U.S. and other countries in a series of attacks using a previously unseen customized dropper malware. The hacking group has been active since at least 2014, conducting social engineering and espionage operations that support the Iranian government''s interests.
Top Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attack Examples. To shed some light on how these essential sectors can be porous, affect a nation''s day-to-day operations and stability, and even put lives in danger,
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6 · Thwarted Critical Infrastructure Attacks On December 21, 2020 news reports began to surface from a leaked search warrant, that a neo-Nazi group was plotting a coordinated physical attack against electric grid transformers in order to cause a
5 · The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report Critical Infrastructure Edition summarizes the most important findings gathered from a survey of leaders and practitioners within critical infrastructure organizations and concludes with thoughts on reducing the risk of attacks such as ransomware and malware. Read the Report. Analysis from 451
One of Australia''s top national security figures warns the threat of a cyber attack that could take down critical infrastructure like the nation''s electricity network is "immediate" and "realistic".
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.
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
A Nation in which physical and cyber critical infrastructure remain secure and resilient, with vulnerabilities reduced, consequences minimized, threats identified and disrupted,
March 24, 2022. WASHINGTON — The Justice Department unsealed charges on Thursday accusing four Russian officials of carrying out a series of cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure in the
6 · From attacks aimed at disrupting services to espionage focused on gaining access to networks and stealing sensitive information, these actors are constantly
Critical infrastructure includes all of the systems and assets – physical and virtual – that are essential to the proper functioning of a society''s economy, national public health or safety, and security. which are used to automate industrial processes in critical infrastructure industries. Attacks against SCADA and other industrial
Microsoft reported that cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure had doubled from 20% to 40% of nation-state-sponsored attacks they observed in 2022 and unfortunately, this trend will
The last year saw a rise in the sophistication and number of attacks targeting industrial infrastructure, including the discovery of a modular malware toolkit that''s capable of targeting tens of
Since private companies own most of our nation''s critical infrastructure, they can help the FBI by defending against Chinese attacks and sharing "vital
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