Tag Archive for: Infrastructure

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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Hostile states using cyberwarfare to attack UK infrastructure – The Guardian

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The Guardian

Hostile states using cyberwarfare to attack UK infrastructure
The Guardian
Hostile foreign states have used cyberwarfare to attack and map the networks that are part of the country's critical national infrastructure, the government has admitted. Though officials refused to say what had been hit, the systems that provide the …

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DHS Fears a Modified Stuxnet Could Attack U.S. Infrastructure (Kim Zetter/Threat Level)

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Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
DHS Fears a Modified Stuxnet Could Attack U.S. Infrastructure  —  One year after the discovery of a sophisticated worm that was used to attack centrifuges in Iran’s nuclear program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told Congress it fears the same attack could now be used against critical infrastructures in the U.S.

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Cisco, BMC forge cloud infrastructure partnership (Larry Dignan/CNET News)

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Larry Dignan / CNET News:
Cisco, BMC forge cloud infrastructure partnership  —  Cisco and BMC Software said today they are expanding their partnership to enable telecommunications companies to offer multi-tenant cloud-computing services.  —  Under the terms of the alliance, BMC and Cisco will sync product development road maps …

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