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What a year! The market to Monitor, Manage, and Protect industrial automation systems emerges.

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In 2012 Industrial Defender witnessed a major market shift as global critical infrastructure operators responded to the series of issues including escalating cybersecurity attacks, increasing ICS complexity, proliferation of intelligent devices, and imminent regulatory evolution.  The market has acknowledged the need for advanced technologies to automate the management of their heterogeneous control systems and has begun large-scale projects to enhance their security, compliance and change mana << More >>

Cyber attackers move to target critical infrastructure system suppliers

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This week’s news identifies a cyber-attack perpetrated against a key supplier of automation system technologies used in multiple critical infrastructure sectors.  This latest news underscores the sophistication and the targeted nature of the attacks on critical infrastructure, as well as suppliers. It is representative of the determination and malicious intent of those intending to undermine global critical infrastructure. With DHS ICS CERT investigating 400% more incidents last year, it’s << More >>

Shamoon – Options for Critical Infrastructure

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Saudi Aramco recently got hit with a targeted virus infecting several of its computers, replacing critical files on the assets with an image. Though the particular attack is targeted at Saudi Aramco, Shamoon highlights the need for the Critical Infrastructure (CI) operators such as those in energy, pipeline, gas, and utilities to carefully look at their security postures and prepare to prevent, mitigate and survive such attacks. Fortunately there are a few simple actions that can be taken right << More >>

Why Smart Meters Need To Be Smarter

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Smart meters are designed to provide efficient and reliable electricity services and rates throughout the day. So what happens when these systems become compromised? Hundreds of millions of dollars goes missing… annually. The most recent case of this theft was announced in a cyber intelligence bulletin, in which the FBI disclosed information about a hack that occurred on a Puerto Rico smart meter. Hacking meters is not a new issue. However, with the advancement of digital smart meters, hackers << More >>

Hacking Digital Smart Meters Is Becoming Too Easy

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Recently, in a cyber intelligence bulletin obtained by KrebsOnSecurity, the FBI disclosed information about a hack that occurred on a Puerto Rico smart meter, which is the first known report of a hack on a digital smart meter. This intelligent attack was devised by hackers who communicated with the computer system and changed the software setting to halt the measuring usage of the meter. GreenTech Media called upon Industrial Defender to shed some light on the situation and explain what this mea << More >>