critical infrastructure

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2019
Iran’s oil minister orders ‘Full Alert’ for oil sector on against attacks

Iran ‘s oil minister on Sunday ordered representatives of the energy sector to be on ‘full alert’ to the threat of “physical and cyber” attacks. Iran’s oil minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, ordered companies operating in the energy sector to be on ‘full alert’ to the threat of “physical and cyber” attacks. “it is necessary for […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2019
Boffins hacked Siemens Simatic S7, most secure controllers in the industry

A group of Israeli researchers demonstrated that it is possible to take over the Simatic S7 controller one of the most secure controllers in the industry. A team of Israeli researchers demonstrated that it is possible to take control of the Simatic S7 controller without the knowledge of the operators. The team was composed of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2019
Britain ‘Approves’ Huawei role in building ‘non-core’ parts for 5G Network

British Government has approved a limited role for Huawei in the building of a national 5G network in the country, ignoring security concerns from senior ministers According to The Daily Telegraph newspaper, British Prime Minister Theresa May decided to assign a limited role to Chinese telco giant Huawei in the building of a 5G network […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2019
Locked Shields 2019 – Chapeau, France wins Cyber Defence Exercise

Locked Shields 2019 – France wins, the world’s biggest and most advanced international cyber drills organized by NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence (CCDCOE).  The international live-fire cyber defence exercise Locked Shields 2019(LS19) took place on April 8-12 in Tallinn, Estonia, and the figures behind this important competition are important. Locked Shields 2019 is organised […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2018
Port of San Diego hit by a cyber attack a few days after the attack on the Port of Barcelona

Port of San Diego suffered a ransomware-based attack, a few days after the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that caused several problems. A few days ago the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that caused several problems to the critical infrastructure, now another major international port was targeted […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2018
Hackers target Port of Barcelona, maritime operations had not affected

The Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack, fortunately, maritime operations had not affected. On September 20, 2018 morning, the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that forced the operators of the infrastructure to launch the procedure to respond to the emergency. At the time of writing, there are no technical details about […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2018
Cyber attack took offline flight display screens at the Bristol Airport

The Bristol Airport was hit by a cyber attack that caused problems with operations, flight display screens were taken offline for two days. The Bristol Airport was hit by a ransomware-based attack that caused problems to the flight display screens for two entire days. The news reported by the BBC and was confirmed by an […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2018
Piping botnet: Researchers warns of possible cyberattacks against urban water services

Piping botnet – Israeli researchers warn of a potential distributed attack against urban water services that uses a botnet of smart irrigation systems that water simultaneously. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) cyber security researchers warn of a potential distributed attack against urban water services that uses a botnet of smart irrigation systems that water […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2018
Dept. of Energy announced the Liberty Eclipse exercise to test electrical grid against cyber attacks

DoE announced the Liberty Eclipse exercise to test the electrical grid ‘s ability to recover from a blackout caused by cyberattacks. This is the first time the Department of Energy will test the electrical grid’s ability to recover from a blackout caused by cyberattacks. We have discussed many times the effects of a cyber attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2018
DHS – Russian APT groups are inside US critical infrastructure

The US Government is warning of continuous intrusions in National critical infrastructure and it is blaming the Kremlin for the cyber attacks. According to the US Department of Homeland Security, Russia’s APT groups have already penetrated America’s critical infrastructure, especially power utilities, and are still targeting them. These attacks could have dramatic consequence, an attack against […]