Probably your first question is what the heck is CIRCIA. CIRCIA is a law passed by Congress in 2022 that requires CISA to create a set of regulations for reporting cyber incidents by critical infrastructure operators. Needless to say, those operators would much rather have a very low profile and report things only if and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Shoddy security practices. Short of cash. Lack of personnel to deal with threats. Outdated equipment connected to the Internet. Weak passwords. CISA and the FBI say these are just some of the issues that critical infrastructure operators are facing. Anti U.S. (pro-Russian) hackers are intensifying attacks on critical infrastructure such as water, wastewater, dams, energy […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]U.S. Intelligence agencies say that China is shifting tactics. Or, maybe just adding new ones. The NSA, CISA and FBI said, in a joint advisory, that China-backed hackers have maintained access inside U.S. critical infrastructure such as aviation, rail, mass transit, highway, maritime, pipeline, water and sewage to prepare to launch a catastrophic attack at […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Utah Sues TikTok for Getting Children Addicted Apparently Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter are not addictive since Utah has singled out TikTok to sue for being addictive. They also say that TikTok deceptively obscures its relationship with ByteDance. Indiana made similar allegations and Montana banned the app completely. This will take years, if not a decade […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Given the risk of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, the government is responding. After the Colonial Pipeline attack, the TSA (yes, they are responsible for pipeline security-don’t ask) issued a somewhat misguided set of rules to pipeline owners. Those rules were updated a couple of months later, but at least there is some activity. Actually quite […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As tens of thousands of people in Moore County North Carolina are in the dark and cold as a result of attacks on two power stations in the county. The power stations were intentionally targeted by domestic terrorists who targeted gunfire on the substations’ transformers. While the county is not releasing many details and the […]
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