Cybersecurity Industry Baffled by FBI’s Lack of Action on Ransomware Gang

Plus: Hackers reveal flaws in crypto wallets holding $1 billion, a massive breach of Danish electric utilities, and more...

Biden Races to Shore Up Power Grid Against Hacks

President Biden is putting the final details on a plan to encourage American electric utilities to strengthen their cybersecurity protections against hackers in the next 100 days, amid increasing cyberattacks. The White House push to boost electrical grid security comes in the wake of a report th...

Critical Flaws Affecting GE's Universal Relay Pose Threat to Electric Utilities

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has warned of critical security shortcomings in GE's Universal Relay UR family of power management devices. "Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to access sensitive information, reboot the UR, gain...

Iranian Hackers Have Been ‘Password-Spraying’ the US Grid

A state-sponsored group called Magnallium has been probing American electric utilities for the past year...

Five-Year 'Dust Storm' APT Campaign Seen Targeting Japanese Critical Infrastructure

A five-year campaign primarily focused on extracting sensitive information from Japanese oil, gas, and electric utilities was outlined by researchers on Tuesday. Referred to as Operation Dust Storm .PDF by researchers at Cylance, the campaign has managed to stay persistent over the years, and...

ProSoft Technology RadioLinx ControlScape PRNG vulnerability

Industrial automation software used worldwide to create and configure wireless radios that connect devices in environments such as oil and gas is vulnerable to attack by a hacker armed with an antenna from as far as 30 miles away. Though the vulnerability in the ProSoft Technology RadioLinx...

More Secure Software Needed for Utilities, NERC CSO Says

It took a malware attack with an unprecedented level of sophistication to make it happen, but officials in charge of the security of much of the country’s electrical grid have come ot the conclusion that there is a need for more secure software and better security processes and procedures to...