critical infrastrcuture

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2024
FBI chief says China is preparing to attack US critical infrastructure

China-linked threat actors are preparing cyber attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure warned FBI Director Christopher Wray. FBI Director Christopher Wray warned this week that China-linked threat actors are preparing an attack against U.S. critical infrastructure, Reuters reported. According to the FBI chief, the Chinese hackers are waiting “for just the right moment to deal a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2024
US government imposed sanctions on six Iranian intel officials

The US government issued sanctions against six Iranian government officials linked to cyberattacks against critical infrastructure organizations.  The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on six Iranian government officials associated with cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the US and abroad. “Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2024
Attacks against Denmark ‘s energy sector were not carried out by Russia-linked APT

Forescout experts questioned the attribution of cyber attacks that targeted the energy sector in Denmark in 2023 to the Russia-linked Sandworm. Forescout experts shared findings from their analysis of the cyber attacks that targeted the energy sector in Denmark in 2023, attributing them to the Russia-linked Sandworm. In May, Danish critical infrastructure faced the biggest […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2021
Threat actors hacked a server of a Queensland water supplier and remained undetected for 9 months

Threat actors compromised a server managing customer data for a Queensland water supplier and remained undetected for nine months. A served used by the SunWater statutory Queensland (Australia) Government-owned water supplier was compromised and threat actors remained undetected for nine longs, the annual financial audit report published by the Queensland Audit Office revealed. The water supplier […]