The short answer is: we don’t know yet, but the No. 1 suspect is the Iranian government. As of today, officially, the U.S. government has yet to name the culprit behind the coordinated wave of hacks. However, the first incidents in Minnesota came days after the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that Iranian hackers were targeting internet-connected devices in water systems and the energy sector, without saying where those attacks were occurring. (CISA had originally published this warning in April, and updated it before the Minnesota attacks.) After the init
What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on US water utilities | TechCrunchThe reality is that some systems inside critical infrastructure facilities are exposed to the internet and relatively easy to find. Earlier this month, cybersecurity firm Forescout reported finding more than 2,800 controllers in U.S. water systems exposed online. If a system is exposed, it doesn’t automatically mean hackers can take over control and cause real-world effects. But that has happened in some isolated cases in recent attacks. The FBI said some of the cyberattacks around the country caused loss of pressure, which “could potentially allow untreated groundwater to seep into pipes,” an
What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on US water utilities | TechCrunch…Critical infrastructure remains a prime target, with malware-free attacks making detection harder. The evolving nature of these threats demands continuous vigilance and the implementation of strong security defenses to safeguard data…
…dataset are Foxconn, Samsung, Comcast, Siemens, Lenovo, PwC, Accenture, Oracle, and numerous government agencies and critical infrastructure operators. The company also released statistics showing that the highest number of affected devices was…
…banks and financial services firms, hospitals and healthcare networks, utilities and critical infrastructure operators, government agencies, and the cloud and service providers that host all of the above. For them, failing to…
…One of the most popular frameworks for ITSM is a set of best practices known as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). By IT Service Management (ITSM) is a set of policies and…
…in a "target-rich, resource-poor" environment where unmanaged infrastructure becomes an easy entry point for attackers. Replacing manual, point-in-time audits with automated security posture visibility is critical to growing…
…After establishing communication with the command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, "a heavily obfuscated PowerShell script" is executed to launch a malware installer and establish persistence. The routine installs a bundled Python loader…
…Apart from keychain data, Jamf's analysis indicates that CrashStealer also targets the following data: Browser credentials and cookies from Chromium-based browsers and Firefox 80 cryptocurrency wallet extensions, including MetaMask, Phantom…
…Challenges: Ensuring Roblox's infrastructure is secure from the ground up by aligning our services with Zero Trust and Least Privilege principles and effectively protecting our most critical assets. To achieve this…
…Those established a framework in which the most critical bugs had to be patched within 15 days of detection and another class of high-urgency vulnerability had to be remediated within 30…
…We rotated critical secrets Monday and into Tuesday with the highest-impact credentials prioritized first," Wales said. "We continue to analyze logs, validate secret rotation, and monitor our infrastructure for any follow…
