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Industrial (Remote) Control: RCE Vulnerabilities for ICS Suggest the Air Gap is Gasping its Last

More than 70% of the industrial control system (ICS) vulnerabilities disclosed in the first half of 2020 can be exploited…

LafargeHolcim CISO Jose Maria Labernia on Ransomware, Deep Fakes and Covid-19

Jose Maria Labernia is CISO for the EMEA region at LafargeHolcim, one of Europe’s biggest supplier of concrete and other…

National Security Agency: Assume Your OT Control System Will Get Turned Against You

The US National Security Agency (NSA) this week warned that a "perfect storm" is brewing for businesses running Operational Technology…

“These People Aren’t Muppets” – Tackling the OT Security Realm with Humility

"I was through their firewall. We had compromised a bank. Over the internet, through the firewall, boom: there we sat…

Former GCHQ Director Robert Hannigan: Regulators Will Need to Do More on IIoT Security

Robert Hannigan, the former director of GCHQ and now executive chairman of security firm BlueVoyant International, has long held a…

Ransomware is Encrypting Backups Too, Warns NCSC: From Cloud, to USB

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has urged businesses to make sure that they keep backups offline – following a…

Trend Micro and Moxa Team Up to Create “TXOne Networks” – IT/OT Security Convergence Gaining Pace

Japanese cybersecurity multinational Trend Micro has agreed to form a joint venture business with California-based industrial communications and networking firm…

IoT Security Firm ForeScout Buys SecurityMatters for OT Push

Operational technology (OT) and IoT security company ForeScout has revealed that it is buying out network protection specialist SecurityMatters for…

Bug Hunters Double SCADA Vulnerability Finds

Independent cybersecurity researchers found nearly double the number of vulnerabilities in SCADA systems in the first six months of 2018…

Cyber Risks Rise at Airports

A new report from PA Consulting Group in London shared with Computer Business Review warns that a more “unified” technological…