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 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Windows 11 May Damage Data on Some CPUs Microsoft issued a warning that computers that use the Vector AES instruction set might damage data , but they don’t say how or why. Microsoft says fixes in June and May prevent further damage but the result is that encryption is much slower after the patch. They […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Australia Proposes Law To Force Online Platforms to Disclose User Info Australia plans to introduce legislation that will force social media companies to either take down posts that people don’t like or hand over their user’s information. This isn’t law yet, but I can easily see how this will be gamed. This comes in the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While goals are CURRENTLY voluntary, CISA issued guidelines for what it expects from pipelines and other critical infrastructure in light of the Colonial Pipeline attack. While it appears that the hackers were not able to take over the control systems in that attack, they did take over the control systems in the Florida and Kansas […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is interesting that this attack has captured the attention of consumers and government alike. For those of you not affected, the Colonial Pipeline company runs the major pipeline for refined petroleum products between Houston and New Jersey with many stops in between. The pipeline covers 5,500 millions and moves 100 million gallons of fuel […]
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