IT Cybersecurity. Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems (ICS). Securing critical infrastructure is my passion! I always follow back!
Washington, USA
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⚠️ Iran tensions impact U.S. water utilities.
Not theoretical. Access already gained via exposed remote access and shared credentials.
No exploit needed.
Expect login attempts tied to IRGC.
If someone can log in, they don’t need to break in.
Remote access locked down today?
It’s World Password Day today! That’s where you change all of your passwords.
Remember to try to use long passphrases that you can remember. Length is more important than complexity.
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Security vendors demonstrating how their products "would stop the Uber breach."
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The House passed a defense spending bill saying you can't sell software to the DoD that has *any* known CVEs in it.
congress.gov/bill/117th-cong…
Yet another wastewater utility hit by ransomware. No effect to the computers running the control systems and all customer data is most likely being done by a third party offsite.
#awia #wastewater #ics #criticalinfrastructure #ransomware #cybersecurity
providencejournal.com/story/…
I believe this all comes down to four things related to email:
1) All inbound emails should be flagged “EXTERNAL” in red or some kind of warning;
2) Better education is needed on email threats, especially social engineering;
Yesterday, the Albanian government was forced to shut down online public services and government websites following an ongoing synchronized cyber attack from outside the country.
Albania has been rocked by a number of cyber attacks in the last 18 months.
exit.al/en/2022/07/17/albani…
