critical infrastructure

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2018
Massive DDoS attack hit the Danish state rail operator DSB

The Danish state rail operator DSB was hit by a massive DDoS cyber attack that paralyzed some operations, including ticketing systems and the communication infrastructure. The Danish state rail operator DSB was hit by an unprecedented DDoS cyber attack, the attack was confirmed on Monday by the company and reported by The Local media outlet. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2018
Allanite threat actor focused on critical infrastructure is targeting electric utilities and ICS networks

Security experts from the industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos warn of a threat actor tracked as Allanite has been targeting business and industrial control networks at electric utilities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Dragos experts linked the campaigns conducted by the Dragonfly APT group and Dymalloy APT, aka Energetic Bear and Crouching Yeti, to a threat actors they […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2018
Many natural gas pipeline operators in the U.S. Gas affected by cyberattack

Natural gas pipeline operators in the United States have been affected by a cyber attack that hit a third-party communications system. The hackers targeted the Latitude Technologies unit at the Energy Services Group, but the attack did not impact operational technology. At least four US pipeline operators were affected by the attack on their electronic systems, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2018
DHS and FBI accuse Russian Government of hacking US critical infrastructure

Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a joint technical alert to warn of attacks on US critical infrastructure powered by Russian Last week, the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a joint technical alert to warn of attacks on US critical infrastructure powered by Russian threat actors. The US-CERT blamed the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2018
Cyberattacks cost the United States between $57 billion and $109 billion in 2016

The report published by the White House Council of Economic Advisers examines the cyberattacks cost that malicious cyber activities cause to the U.S. economy. How much cost cyber attacks to the US? According to a report published by the White House Council of Economic Advisers last week, the cyberattacks cost between $57 billion and $109 billion […]