Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure

As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure...

Cyberattacks on UK water systems reveal rising risks to critical infrastructure

Digital intruders have been targeting UK drinking water systems in what seems to be a growing risk. Recorded Future News sent a request to the UK's Drinking Water Inspectorate DWI, the organization responsible for ensuring that drinking water is safe, for details on cyberattacks affecting the...

Iranian Hackers Exploit PLCs in Attack on Water Authority in U.S.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA revealed that it's responding to a cyber attack that involved the active exploitation of Unitronics programmable logic controllers PLCs to target the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in western Pennsylvania. The attack has been...

Multiple Vulnerabilities Haunt Long List of PLC Modules

A long list of industrial-control modules manufactured by Schneider Electric and used to control operations at various industrial facilities contain multiple weaknesses and vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to modify the firmware, login remotely and run arbitrary code on the vulnerable...

Hacker Says Texas Town Used Three Character Password To Secure Internet Facing SCADA System

In an e-mail interview with Threatpost, the hacker who compromised software used to manage water infrastructure for South Houston, Texas, said the district had HMI human machine interface software used to manage water and sewage infrastructure accessible to the Internet and used a password that w...