Norwegian Dam Valve Forced Open for Hours in Cyberattack

Unidentified hackers breached a Norwegian dam's control system in April, opening its valve for hours due to a weak password. Learn how simple vulnerabilities threaten critical infrastructure...

Over 145,000 Industrial Control Systems Across 175 Countries Found Exposed Online

New research has uncovered more than 145,000 internet-exposed Industrial Control Systems ICS across 175 countries, with the U.S. alone accounting for over one-third of the total exposures. The analysis, which comes from attack surface management company Censys, found that 38% of the devices are...

The federal government’s cybersecurity policies are falling into place just in time to be stalled again

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Last week, the Biden administration released its formal roadmap for its national cybersecurity initiative meant to encourage greater investment in cybersecurity and strengthen the U.S.s critical infrastructure security and more. The...

U.S. Senate Passes Cybersecurity Bill to Strengthen Critical Infrastructure Security

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the "Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act" on Tuesday in an attempt to bolster the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure owners in the country. The new bipartisan legislation, among other things, stipulates entities that experience a cyber incident to...

November is National Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month

November is National Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. Critical Infrastructure CI is our Nation’s backbone; it is the physical and cyber systems and assets that are so vital to the United States that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on our...

June 30, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Victor Hugo” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! June 30, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black Seizes The...

Experts Worry About Future of Critical Infrastructure Security

SAN FRANCISCO–The problem of critical infrastructure security has become a key issue in the last few years, as high-profile attacks such as Stuxnet and others have grabbed headlines and alerted politicians and others to the weaknesses facing these vital systems. It’s an issue that Eugene Kaspersk...

Data Sharing, Cooperation Key to Critical Infrastructure Security

WASHINGTON–The topic of critical infrastructure security may be the prettiest girl at the dance right now for both politicians and technology companies, but the problem of attackers going after these targets is one that security people have been dealing with for some time. But that doesn’t mean...

Losing the Echo Chamber in the Critical Infrastructure Security Debate

As an analyst, and now as a consultant, I raise issues of digital and physical security: let’s talk about them, in plain terms, and collectively move to do something. As a member of the security digerati, I think we should be helping people, and we have to either step up with a better way forward...