In our 3rd edition of The CyberX Files, we’ll cover a busy month for the ICS security community. The US DHS and FBI confirmed that Russian threat actors have successfully compromised US critical infrastructure networks and new information emerged that TRITON may be connected to a series of cyberattacks on Saudi Arabian petrochemical plants. We have been busy as well, announcing the largest Series B funding round to date for an ICS cybersecurity company.
This post originally appeared on LinkedIn. Yesterday’s unprecedented DHS/FBI announcement states that, since at least March 2016, “Russian government cyber actors—hereafter referred to as “threat actors”—targeted government entities and multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors.” The attackers demonstrated sophistication by using a variety of […]
In August, a petrochemical company with a plant in Saudi Arabia was hit by a new kind of cyberassault. The attack was not designed to simply destroy data or shut down the plant. It was meant to sabotage the firm’s operations and trigger an explosion. The attack was a dangerous escalation in international cyberwarfare, as faceless enemies demonstrated both the drive and the ability to inflict serious physical damage.
CyberX’s Phil Neray discusses the TRITON attack and other growing cyberthreats to the oil & gas industries in the March/April 2018 edition of OILMAN magazine.
Here’s the second issue of The CyberX-Files — our monthly digest of news, research and analysis related to ICS, SCADA and OT security. In this newsletter, you’ll find the latest thought-provoking and informative articles from the world of industrial cybersecurity.