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How Will $1.9 Billion for Cybersecurity Protect American Infrastructure?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Division D: Energy: Title 1: Subtitle B: Cybersecurity.

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Halliburton Confirms Network Disruption After Suspected Cyber Attack

SecureWorld News

The incident has raised concerns within the energy sector, as Halliburton plays a crucial role in global oilfield operations, and any disruption to its networks could have far-reaching implications. The potential cyberattack on Halliburton underscores the growing threat to critical infrastructure and companies within the energy sector.

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Head Mare and Twelve join forces to attack Russian entities

SecureList

Additionally, Head Mare attacks utilized command-and-control (C2) servers exclusively linked to Twelve prior to these incidents. Anti-detection techniques Head Mare continued to use the Masquerading technique (T1655), naming utility executables like standard operating system files. 360nvidia[.]com; com; 45.156.27[.]115

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How AI Could Write Our Laws

Schneier on Security

Big energy companies expect action whenever there is a move to end drilling leases for federal lands, in exchange for the tens of millions they contribute to congressional reelection campaigns. We should expect these techniques to get better and their utilization to grow, just as we’ve seen in so many other domains.

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Preparing for IT/OT convergence: Best practices

CyberSecurity Insiders

Beyond traditional IT operations that utilize servers, routers, PCs and switches, these organizations also rely on OT, such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), distributed control systems (DCSs) and human machine interfaces (HMIs) to run their physical plants and factories. whether done through the network or locally. Conclusion.

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Risky Business Aging critical infrastructure networks and advanced attacks

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

When a network is breached and the data is not protected in transit, it leaves not just the data plane vulnerable, but the control plane and the management plane, essentially handing over access to the entire system. Data Manipulation. Modernizing Critical Infrastructure.

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CSTA Turns 400 – Proof That Technology Integrations Is Exactly What You Are Looking For

Cisco Security

With the addition of Kenna Security into our program we now have over 250 technology partners and over 400 integrations for our mutual customers to utilize. Best of all, there is no incremental cost based on the volume of data collected. Read more here. Read more here.