critical infrastructure

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2015
Cyber Experts in North Korea Target the West and Especially Infrastructure of Critical Importance

North Korea holds an impressive army of cyber warriors, with over 3,000 sophisticated professionals. According to the claims of people who have escaped to South Korea, their main target is none other than Western infrastructure of critical value. Over 3,000 cyber experts have been recruited by North Korea, in the country’s attempt to harm the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2015
New Snowden documents reveal the NSA Digital Arms Race

A new collection of document examined by Der Spiegel magazine reveals that the NSA is now preparing for future dominance in cyberspace. Snowden‘s revelations on mass surveillance by the NSA have shocked the IT industry, but experts say the worst is yet to come. The NSA is working to significantly evolve its methods in relation […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2015
Foreign hackers target UK Power Grid every minute

The British Parliament reveals that UK Power Grid is under cyber attack from foreign hackers every minute, but the emergency is for infrastructure worldwide. UK Power Grid is targeted by hackers every minute according to James Arbuthnot, a member of parliament who chaired the Defense Select Committee until last year. As reported by Bloomberg, Arbuthnot plans […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2015
Denmark Plans to Invest $75 Million towards Empowering its Cyber Control

Denmark decided to invest $75 million by 2017 towards getting offensive cyber division and protecting the country against cyber attacks and hostile targets. Investing in a more offensive system regarding cyber control and attacks is of paramount importance for Denmark. $75 million will have been placed to such a cause by 2017, shielding Denmark and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2014
ENISA issued the Evaluation Framework on National Cyber Security Strategies (NCSS)

ENISA has presented at the workshop on National Cyber Security Strategies in Brussels the Evaluation Framework on National Cyber Security Strategies (NCSS). ENISA issued the Evaluation Framework on National Cyber Security Strategies (NCSS), an important work that addressed to policy experts and government officials that are in charge for the implementation and evaluation of an NCSS policy. The work […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2014
Russian hackers infiltrated many US critical infrastructure

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that Russian hackers have infiltrated several critical infrastructure in the United States. Government officials reported to the ABC News agency that hackers have compromised computing systems in many nation’s critical infrastructure. The attackers have infected the software that runs in the critical infrastructure with a malware, the circumstance creates a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2014
China unveils laser defense system that could shoot down small drones in a few seconds

Chinese authorities unveil the development of a new highly accurate laser defense system that is able to shoot down small drones in a few seconds. The Chinese Government has completed the development of a new weapon that is able to hit and shoot down small drones and aircraft in a few seconds. The China has successfully tested a highly […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2014
Flaws in DTM components are threatening security of critical Industrial Control Systems

Researchers at the last Black Hat Europe have presented the results of their research on DTM/FDT components, demonstrating the presence of serious flaws. The researchers Alexander Bolshev and Gleb Cherbov at Digital Security, have discovered several serious vulnerabilities in industrial components designed to implement the management interface industrial control systems (ICS). The experts have analyzed the implementation of Field Device Tool / […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2014
ICS-CERT states that manufacturing organization compromised for several months

Last ICS-CERT MONITOR report reveals that hackers had access to the systems of an unnamed manufacturing organization for several months. According to the ICS-CERT MONITOR report, which summarizes the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team’s (ICS-CERT) activities between May – August 2014, threat actors had access to the systems of an unnamed manufacturing organization for […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2014
Schneider ClearSCADA platform affected by different security flaws

ICS-CERT issued a security advisory for the existence of vulnerabilities in a variety of Schneider Electric StruxureWare SCADA Expert ClearSCADA versions. According to a recent advisory issued by the ICS-CERT (ICSA-14-259-01) several Electric’s StruxureWare SCADA Expert ClearSCADA are affected by different vulnerabilities. The independent researcher Aditya Sood has discovered a weak hashing algorithm and CSRF vulnerability in […]