Critical Infrastructure
China-linked "Fire Ant" hackers nest inside telecoms routers to swarm critical infrastructure
Threat actors deploy a "target behind the target" strategy to stealthily tunnel into high-value environments.
Critical Infrastructure
Critical Infrastructure
FBI smashes "Chinese state-linked botnet platform" targeting US critical infrastructure
"We’re looking at a persistent, organized, and sustained effort to get inside the institutions that keep the country running."
Government
UK builds experimental AI surveillance system using buried fibre-optic cables
Underground listening network will be used to protect military bases from both protesters and "hostile actors trying to gain intelligence".
Critical Infrastructure
"Iranian hackers" shut down a UK power station. The next incident could be much worse
Cyberattack that forced a small generator offline sparks fears about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure.
Critical Systems
The EU has “kill switches” in its critical systems. Can digital sovereignty fix them?
“Treating infrastructure dependency as background noise is no longer tenable,” warns Swiss privacy champion Proton.
Security
The Medusa crime gang has evolved into a ransomware-as-a-service Hydra, FBI warns
The monster has now grown many heads and sits at the center of a fast-growing criminal ecosystem.
Security
Security firms hit back at Trump’s call to hack back against international crime gangs
"The United States will use all instruments of national power, including the innovative capabilities of the private sector, to combat cybercrime."
Security
Vulnerabilities in refrigeration systems highlight the chilling fragility of food supply chains
Researchers warn that multiple flaws can "combine to create powerful attack chains against internet-accessible cyber-physical systems.”
Critical Systems
How will 47-day certificate policies transform critical infrastructure management?
"As systems become more connected and automated, the challenge is taking control of the growing complexity underpinning them."
Security
Gunra ransomware gang is targeting critical infrastructure worldwide, CISA warns
"Threat actors have seen how exposed and neglected these targets are - so are swarming towards them."
Critical Systems
Fragmented data is becoming a systemic risk to fragile global supply chains
Hidden dependencies and bad data in critical systems are leaving civilization exposed to cascading disruption, warns Chris Upkes of Neo4j
Crime
Criminals hack Police National Legal Database, leak UK cops' private data on the dark web
British law enforcement comes a cropper in an incident which should - but probably won't - force a rethink of dreadful data storage policies.