In 2020 we were hit by a pandemic, one that affected the world as a whole, and in response, the world started developing a vaccine. One company in particular that contributed to that effort is Pfizer. Although they were doing the world good, that did not mean that they were immune to Cyber attacks In […]
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Operational Technology surrounds and affects our lives in many obvious and hidden ways; automatically monitoring safe, reliable production and replacing highly manual repetitive tasks. Critical to Operational Technology are warning safety systems that alert operators when something is going wrong, or a critical event is about to happen. Operational Technology (OT) is the use of
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The Chemical industry is facing an onslaught of Cyber attacks. A UK Government study from 2021 estimated that Cyber attacks created a loss of £1.3 Billion for companies operating within the chemical industry. Cyber attacks on Chemical industries can cause risks to income, health and safety and to the security of their intellectual property. Chemicals
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A report from industrial cybersecurity company Dragos, revealed that the industrial sector has become a frequent target to ransomware attacks. Due to this, ransomware attacks have become the number one threat to the industrial sector. Whilst monitoring activity in the industrial sector Dragos found that the most common target for ransomware groups was manufacturing industries,
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A recent report from Cybersecurity company, Claroty, revealed that 80% of Critical infrastructure organisations have been hit by ransomware attacks in the past year. Of the 80% organisations who experienced the attacks, 47% of them reported an impact to their industrial control systems (ICS), which can halt production and cause physical danger to employees working
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Oil distribution companies in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have reported being hit by cyber attacks which are affecting the loading and unloading at the targeted facilities. The first attack happened at two separate German oil companies, OilTanking and Mabanaft. This attack, which has had a small impact on fuel sales in Germany, is said
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Across the world thousands of information security jobs are being left empty, leaving many businesses vulnerable to cyber security breaches and violations to data compliance laws. A survey by ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) shows that 46% of organisations find themselves struggling to fill legal and compliance roles, and 55% struggle to fill
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According to the United Kingdom Government, in 2020-2021, four in ten businesses reported having cyber security breaches in that time period and the most common cyber attack by far is Phishing, which makes up 83% of all the attacks. Phishing is a type of a Social engineering attack that is carried out through fake emails
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