Is it going to get a whole lot colder, a ‘cyber winter’ is on its way. We can go way back to Stuxnet, the attack launched on Iran in 2010 to disrupt their Uranium enrichment programme. One of the first…
Burning hot, cryptojacking of personal computers is not new. But it does have some unintended consequences. in this case burnt fingers and a likely damaged chip set. It’s always a good idea to occasionally check your devices performance. The processors…
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, has sent a letter to governments openly requesting they work together with the private sector to stop cyber attacks on Hospitals, healthcare and medical research facilities, during the…
This is reflected in recent reports from the GAO in the US which audited chemical industries and was clearly demonstrated recently with the Israeli water treatment hack and Iranian port hack. CNI has its security challenges. View Original Post
A great report. Cyber in all its forms is a very diverse space. There are no geographic boundaries, class boundaries, society boundaries and no corporate boundaries. Cyber is a class of risk which impacts anything where sensitive data resides, electronic…
Cyber security is a relatively new field. From the development of information security with standards like BS 7799 through ISO 27001, cyber security with standards like NIST 800-171 and the more recent evolution of cyber security into cyber risk management.…
If you’re in CNI, this is worth a read. The US GAO released a report last week, following an assessment of the ‘Oversight of cyber security across high risk chemical facilities’. Covered by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program,…
Elexon a company which you have probably never heard of. An important component in the UKs electricity market, has reported it has been hacked. Elexon acts an a clearing house for payments between electricity generators, transmission and suppliers (those that…
US security agencies are raising further concerns that the targeted attacks on its laboratories and medical research centres, which are focused on the developmental of a Corona virus vaccine, are jeopardising the delivery of a vaccine. Amidst concerns that the…
Off the back of recent announcements that geopolitical cyber attacks have risen. Specifically targeting hospitals, laboratories and Universities. Interserve the third party supply to UK hospitals has announced that it has suffered a cyber attack. Resulting in the theft of…
