US DHS, CISA, along with authoring organizations, assess pro-Russia hacktivist groups are conducting less sophisticated, lower-impact attacks against critical infrastructure entities, compared to advanced persistent threat (APT) groups. These attacks use minimally secured, internet-facing virtual network computing (VNC) connections to infiltrate (or gain access to) OT control devices within critical infrastructure systems. Pro-Russia hacktivist groups: Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR), Z-Pen
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A panel discussion at DEF CON 33 recently, titled “Adversaries at war: Tactics, technologies, and lessons from modern battlefields”, offered several thought-provoking points, as well as a clear takeaway: while digital tactics such as misinformation and influence campaigns are useful in modern conflict, they are not going to win a war. That is because when bombs start dropping and the physical elements of war are under way, the misinformation spreading through digital channels becomes less impor
Who wants to mess with the food supply? Foreign adversaries and crooks, that’s who. The US food and agriculture sector dealt with at least 167 ransomware attacks last year, according to a leading industry group. In its first annual report, the Food and Agriculture-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC) said the industry was the seventh most targeted sector in the country, behind manufacturing, financial services and others. Thus far in the first quarter of 2024, the secto
