Pandemic Leads to Rise in Industrial Systems Targeted Via RDP: Report

The COVID-19 pandemic has apparently resulted in industrial systems being increasingly targeted by malicious actors through brute-force attacks on the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Kaspersky reported on Thursday.
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Microsoft Extending Threat Protection Portfolio, Unifying Security Solutions

Microsoft announced on Tuesday at its Ignite 2020 conference that it has extended its threat protection portfolio and it has unified some of its cybersecurity solutions.
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FERC, NERC Conduct Study on Cyber Incident Response at Electric Utilities

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electricity Reliability Corporation (NERC) last week released a report outlining cyber incident response and recovery best practices for electric utilities.
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CISA Named Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been named a Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) and it will be overseeing CNAs that assign CVE identifiers for vulnerabilities in industrial control systems (ICS) and medica… Continue reading CISA Named Top-Level Root CVE Numbering Authority

ICS Vendors Release Advisories for CodeMeter Vulnerabilities

Several major industrial control system (ICS) vendors have released security advisories in response to the recently disclosed vulnerabilities affecting the CodeMeter licensing and DRM solution made by Germany-based Wibu-Systems.
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Vulnerabilities in CodeMeter Licensing Product Expose ICS to Remote Attacks

Vulnerabilities affecting CodeMeter, a popular licensing and DRM solution made by Germany-based Wibu-Systems, can expose industrial systems to remote attacks, industrial cybersecurity company Claroty warned on Tuesday.
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Over 70% of ICS Vulnerabilities Disclosed in First Half of 2020 Remotely Exploitable

Over 70% of the industrial control system (ICS) vulnerabilities disclosed in the first half of 2020 were remotely exploitable through a network attack vector, industrial cybersecurity company Claroty reported on Wednesday.
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