Attackers shut down a steam turbine and the process-water treatment system at a Polish combined heat and power plant by coming in over the private cellular network the local grid operator uses to reach remote equipment. The plant supplies heat to roughly 50,000 residents. Recovery began at about 7:30 a.m. while the intruders were still…
What is the Attack? Cyber threat actors are targeting Internet-facing programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used by water and wastewater organizations, with successful compromises resulting in operational disruptions. Attackers have gained access to exposed PLCs and manipulated their operation, demonstrating the potential for Internet-accessible OT systems to be directly abused to disrupt physical processes. The activity…
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform’s plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads. “Unlike traditional software supply chain attacks, zero source code files were modified within the official WordPress.org repository,” Wordfence researcher Paolo Tresso said.
New research shows how attackers can use security alerts and blocked events to manipulate and hijack AI agents.
Attacks targeting water systems just keep flowing across a dozen states, against ill-secured, Internet-exposed PLCs.
The maximum-severity vulnerability, which still has no CVE, allows malicious, remote administrator access to the business-analytics platform and its downstream users.
It’s time to turn from CVSS-backed patching to choke-point patching focused on breaking chains to critical assets.
Sophisticated iPhone exploit chains previously limited to nation-states are spreading far and wide to organized cybercrime groups.
Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-1175, a financially motivated threat actor linked to China, has deployed a previously undocumented ransomware strain called StormEncryptor. The use of StormEncryptor marks a shift from the adversary’s previous use of Medusa ransomware, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Team said. “StormEncryptor is written in C++ and appends the file name extension .encrypted
A public policy expert mapped global cybercrime laws to develop a five-point framework for protecting ethical hackers and good-faith security research.