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Industrial Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Food Production Businesses
In today's interconnected world, the rapid digitization of industries has brought numerous benefits, but it has also exposed them to new risks. The food production industry, a critical link in the...
Why OT Research Is Controversial - But Necessary
I want to discuss a subject that doesn't get enough attention in the world of OT/ICS cyber security considering how fundamental it is, and also sparks a surprising amount of controversy. The topic is...
Did Russia Attack Europe’s Largest Copper Producer Aurubis?
Three days before Halloween, on Oct 28, 2022 Aurubis, the largest copper producer in Europe, issued a press release announcing that it had been hit by a cyber attack. The company announced that it...
New Insights into GhostSec Attacks on Iran’s Infrastructure
Multiple factions of the hacker group known as “Anonymous” have banded together to carry out coordinated cyber attacks targeting Iran as retaliation for the deaths of multiple young women in Iran...
Understanding The South Staffordshire Water Cyber Attack
South Staffordshire PLC, parent company of South Staffs Water, a small independent utility that supplies water to 1.6 million customers, including 35,000 businesses, in central England was hit by a...
Did Iranian Hackers Cause The Fire At An Israeli Power Plant?
Iranian Hackers Claimed Responsibility for the Power Plant Fire Almost immediately after a fire broke out in an active power plant in southern Israel on July 14, 2022, an Iranian hacking group...
The Iran Steel Industry Cyber Attack Explained
Iran’s steel Industry was hit by a hacktivist group calling themselves ”Goneshke Darande” [Predatory Sparrow] on June 27th, 2022. The attack focused specifically on three steel companies that are...
What Really Caused The Freeport LNG Plant Explosion?
This blog is a response to a recently published article that implied a link between the June 8th explosion at the Freeport LNG plant and Russian threat actors. The author attempted to connect...
Why Wind Farms’ OT Networks Could Be Ransomware’s Next Big Target
A Change In The Air The past several decades have seen a seismic shift in how the world thinks about energy. Concerns about climate change and global geopolitics have caused many nations to declare a...