Fortinet’s Derek Manky discusses the exponential increase in the speed that attackers weaponize fresh vulnerabilities, where botnets and offensive automation fit in, and the ramifications for security teams.
Threat actors have developed custom modules to compromise various ICS devices as well as Windows workstations that pose an imminent threat, particularly to energy providers.
For April Patch Tuesday, the computing giant addressed a zero-day under active attack and several critical security vulnerabilities, including three that allow self-propagating exploits.
The active attacks could result in critical-infrastructure damage, business disruption, lateral movement and more.
The supply-chain attack on the U.S. energy sector targeted thousands of computers at hundreds of organizations, including at least one nuclear power plant.
“Evolving intelligence” shows Russia amping up for cyber-war in response to Ukraine-related sanctions, the White House said — but researchers warn that many orgs are not prepared.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has coincided with the jamming of airplane navigation systems and hacks on the SATCOM networks that empower critical infrastructure.
It’s about time, AttackIQ’s Jonathan Reiber said about 24H/72H report deadlines mandated in the new spending bill. As it is, visibility into adversary behavior has been muck.
They’re choosing sides in the Russia-Ukraine war, beckoning previously shunned ransomware groups and thereby reinvigorating those groups’ once-diminished power.
While IT automation is growing, big challenges remain. Chris Hass, director of information security and research at Automox, discusses how the future looks.
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