Go-Ahead Group, a British transport group and London’s biggest bus operator, have said they are “managing a cybersecurity incident” after detecting unauthorised activity on their network on September 5th. The attacks have been targeting the software that manages Go-Ahead’s driver roster and payroll systems. Although there were no disruption to services, Go-Ahead have said that […]
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On August 19th 2022, Microsoft released a report stating that “Microsoft discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in a ChromeOS component that can be triggered remotely, allowing attackers to perform either a denial-of-service (DoS) or, in extreme cases, remote code execution (RCE)”. CVE-2022-2587, as it’s known as on the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) list, has
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Modern information and communication technologies, advanced buildings, utilities and infrastructure, transportation and traffic management, are all components found within Smart Cities. Smart Cities have become essential for the long term strategy of population support, and attempt to address challenges such as urbanisation, high population growth, safety, limited resources and climate change. However, Smart buildings may
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In 2019 Norsk Hydro, the Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, shut several metal extrusion and rolled products plants due a LockerGoga cyber attack, forcing them to ultimately switch to fully manual running. LockerGoga hit numerous industrial and manufacturing firms with likely catastrophic consequences, including Momentive and Hexion. – Wired Accounting for over 10% of
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There has been a 400% increase in maritime related cyber attacks since February 2020. Cyber threats to operation technology like ECDIS and GPS, dynamic positioning, engine and cargo management no longer pose commercial and logistical risks to companies, but danger to life and the environment. With the digitisation of industrial control systems (ICS), vessels and
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The Energy sector is a key target for cyber attackers. An industry-wide survey conducted by Siemens and the Ponemon Institute in the summer of 2019, asked utility sector cyber security officers about the frequency of cyber attacks. Respondents estimated that 30% of cyber attacks on OT went undetected. Saudi Aramco, a leading producer of energy
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If you are responsible for the security of your organisation’s systems and data, life has got a lot more complicated for you over the last few years. In this new world people want the flexibility to work from anywhere. Every person, every device, every server can now be secured using a cloud-first secure global network
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On the 24th of May 2022, Verizon released their “2022 data breach investigations report (DBIR)”, which showed that in 2021, the year on year jump in 2021 was higher than the previous five years combined. Verizon’s Threat Research Advisory Centre (VTRAC), alongside 80 independent industry contributors, detected the ransomware breaches last year had increased by
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It is important for any business, big or small, to have a security operations centre (SOC). A Security Operations Centre is a central location where an information/cyber security team monitors, detects, analyses and resolves cybersecurity incidents. This security team is often available 24/7, 365 days a year and is made up of security analysts who
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Recently, a new Malware has been discovered by the technical intelligence Company Cyble Research labs that combines Remote access Trojan (RAT), Ransomware and Spyware. This triple threat, dubbed Borat, after Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” Mockumentary, has been labelled as a serious threat to organisations. The thing that makes Borat such a problem, is its RAT
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