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Biggest Ever DDoS is Threat to OT Critical Infrastructure

Egyptian River Floods: Operational technology (OT) targeted in “world record” 3.8 Tb/s distributed denial of service (DDoS) ...

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EPA and White House Raise Alarm on Water Cybersecurity

Iran and China fingered: Biden admin. chides governors: Water infra. lacks “even basic cybersecurity precautions.” ...

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‘Sabotage the Factory’ — 16 Big Bugs in Codesys ICS/OT/SCADA Software

Richi Jennings | August 14, 2023 | CoDe16, Codesys, ICS, ICS/SCADA, ICS/SCADA Security, operational technologies, operational technology, operational technology security, OT, SB Blogwatch, SCADA, Vladimir Eliezer Tokarev, Vladimir Tokarev

CoDe16 FAIL: Researchers unveil high-severity vulns in Codesys Control, used in millions of devices ...

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Critical Infrastructure is Missing Something Critical

Jessica Amado | June 22, 2021 | Colonial Pipeline, Critical Infrastructure, Internet of Things (IoT), operational technologies, Stuxnet

The Colonial Pipeline attack was yet another reminder that critical infrastructure is in desperate need of stronger security. The attack is one of the most recent victims of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure; ...

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How the Past 6 Months Have Shaped ICS Risk

Amir Preminger | October 28, 2020 | industrial control systems, iot, operational technologies, risk

During the past year, there has been heightened awareness of the risks posed by industrial control system (ICS) vulnerabilities, with researchers and vendors focusing on identifying and remediating these vulnerabilities as effectively ...

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