Cyber criminals are launching ransomware attacks that are specifically targeting industrial control systems (ICS) in what researchers say is the first instance of file-encrypting malware being built ...

Industrial control systems in manufacturing, energy, chemical and other environments are coming under an increasing number of cyberattacks, as hacking groups of all kinds attempt to breach these ...

Iranian hackers have carried out some of the most disruptive acts of digital sabotage of the last decade, wiping entire computer networks in waves of cyberattacks across the Middle East and ...

Only a few times in the history of hacking has a piece of malicious code been spotted attempting to meddle directly with industrial control systems, the computers that bridge the gap between digital ...

About 100,000 industrial control systems (ICS) were found on the public web, exposed to attackers probing them for vulnerabilities and at risk of unauthorized access. Among them are power grids, ...

Outlining real-world attacks against the water, oil and gas, and agriculture industries, Canada’s Centre for Cyber Security highlights the risks of internet-exposed ICS devices. Security experts have ...

With the gas shortages stemming from the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline Co. still fresh in our minds, coupled with the fact that most cybersecurity efforts tend to focus on IT assets like ...

The distinction between protecting information technology (IT) and protecting operational technology (OT) became very clear in 2010, when the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility Natanz was attacked by ...