Hackproofing smart meters and boosting smart grid security
Smart electricity meters are useful because they allow energy utilities to efficiently track energy use and allocate energy production. But because they’re connected to a grid, they can also serve as back doors for malicious hackers
Critical Vulnerability Exposes Oil Tank Monitoring Devices to Attacks
A critical vulnerability has been found in oil tank monitoring devices from Tecson/GOK, but the vendor has released a patch and points out that there are less than 1,000 devices that could be affected.
https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-exposes-oil-tank-monitoring-devices-attacks
Organizations Investing More in ICS Cyber Security: SANS Study
Organizations have been investing more in the cybersecurity of industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT), and the results are showing, but many still perceive the risk as severe or high, according to the SANS 2019 State of OT/ICS Cybersecurity Report published on Wednesday
https://www.securityweek.com/organizations-investing-more-ics-cyber-security-sans-study
IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act: An Important Step Forward
At Tenable, we look forward to working with our partners on Capitol Hill to move the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act forward and strengthen the security of federal networks
https://www.tenable.com/blog/iot-cybersecurity-improvement-act-an-important-step-forward
Tool Links Internet-Exposed ICS to Google Street View
An open source tool named Kamerka allows users to generate a map of Internet-exposed industrial control systems (ICS) in a specified country and link results to Google Street View.
https://www.securityweek.com/tool-links-internet-exposed-ics-google-street-view
THE HIGHLY DANGEROUS ‘TRITON’ HACKERS HAVE PROBED THE US GRID
Over the past several months, security analysts at the Electric Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) and the critical-infrastructure security firm Dragos have been tracking a group of sophisticated hackers carrying out broad scans of dozens of US power grid targets, apparently looking for entry points into their networks
https://www.wired.com/story/triton-hackers-scan-us-power-grid/
Hackers behind dangerous oil and gas intrusions are probing US power grids
The most alarming thing about this attack was its use of never-before-seen malware that targeted the facility’s safety processes. Such safety instrumented systems are a combination of hardware and software that many critical infrastructure sites use to prevent unsafe conditions from arising
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/06/hackers-behind-dangerous-oil-and-gas-intrusions-are-probing-us-power-grids/
