IOT and ICS Security
CISA: Threat Groups are Targeting Unitronics PLCs in Water Systems
The United States’ top cybersecurity agency is warning that hackers are targeting a particular tool used by water and wastewater system operators around the country, noting an attack the day after Thanksgiving ...
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CISA Urges Congress to Reauthorize Key Chemical Security Program
The nation’s top cybersecurity agency said it is having to rely on a voluntary program to protect more than 40,000 chemical facilities in the United States from physical and cyberattacks after Congress ...
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‘LitterDrifter’ Russian USB Worm Leaks from Ukraine War Zone
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FSB APT USB VBS LNK DLL: WTH? Flash drive sharing malware escapes Україна. Gamaredon fingered as perps ...
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CISA to Provide Cybersecurity Services to Critical Infrastructure Entities
The federal government’s top cybersecurity agency wants to become the managed services provider for commercial critical infrastructure entities, which have become an increasing target of cybercriminals. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...
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FCC’s Got New Rules for SIM-Swap and Port-Out Fraud
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Too many times: Federal Communications Commission shuts stable door after horse bolted. But chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (pictured) was hoping it would save us ...
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FBI Shuts Down IPStorm Botnet as Its Operator Pleads Guilty
The notorious IPStorm botnet proxy network, which first spun up in 2019 targeting Windows systems and two years later expanded to devices running other operating systems, is shut down and its creator ...
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FBI’s Warrantless Spying on US Must Continue, Says FBI
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Privacy, schmivacy: FBI head Christopher Wray (pictured) doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. Just renew FISA section 702 already! ...
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HALT! I am Reptar! Intel CPU Bug Panics Cloud Providers
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IaaS Catch Fire: Google and Intel fuzz, find and fix a fabulous bug. Next up: More of the same ...
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FBI and CISA Say the Royal Ransomware Group May Rebrand
The prolific Royal ransomware group, which has demanded more than $275 million in ransom from as many as 350 targets since September 2022, may be preparing to rebrand itself or spin off ...
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Democratizing Biometric Identity
Biometric authentication has undergone a revolutionary transformation, shifting from science fiction to a reality that is embedded in the daily lives of hundreds of millions globally. Fingerprint scanning, in particular, has been ...






