Tag: APT

Industrial equipment

Spotlight Podcast: OT Is Under Attack. Now What?

Chris Walcutt, the CSO at DirectDefense talks about the rapidly changing threat landscape that critical infrastructure owners and operators inhabit, and how savvy firms are managing OT cyber risks.

aerial view of a substation

Spotlight Podcast: CSO Chris Walcutt on Managing 3rd Party OT Risk

In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT – including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments.

Aliquippa sewer plant

FBI: Iranian APT Targets Israeli-Made PLCs Used In Critical Industries

The hack of a Pennsylvania water treatment facility in November is part of a larger campaign by an Iranian APT group against users of Israel-made operational technology.

Spotlight Podcast: RADICL Is Coming To The Rescue Of Defense SMBs

In this Spotlight Security Ledger podcast, Chris Petersen, the CEO and founder of RADICL, talks about his company’s mission to protect small and midsized businesses serving the defense industrial base, which are increasingly in the cross-hairs of sophisticated, nation-state actors.

Cyberattacks on Industrial Control Systems Jumped in 2022

Cyberattacks on industrial control systems (ICS) jumped in 2022, with an 87% jump in ransomware attacks and a 35% increase in the number of ransomware groups targeting industrial control and operational technology (OT) systems, according to a report by Dragos Security.