Tag Archive for: ICSCERT

Yikes, ICS-CERT reminds public utilities about dangers of remote access without firewall

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The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, a mouthful better known as ICS-CERT, released ICS-CERT Monitor covering January through April 2014. If the people running critical infrastructure actually need to be asked the series of questions that start the report (pdf), then that’s alarming.
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Critical Infrastructure Malware Infections: From ICS-CERT report to SCADA Strangelove

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The Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Emergency Response Team for Industrial Control Systems (ICS-CERT) reported that during the fiscal year 2012, it “responded to 198 cyber incidents.” 41% of the attacks were against the energy sector followed by 15% of incidents targeting the water sector. This does not include the Springfield Illinois water utility that was reportedly hacked via an IP located…
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