Well that is not a comforting thought. Cybernews is reporting that using an Internet of Things search engine (like Shodan, but they don’t say which), they were able to scan big swaths of the Internet. In their case they were looking for exposed IoT systems. Not just any IoT, but critical infrastructure IoT. Here is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]US Gov Warns of Ransomware Attacks on Pipeline Operations DHS’s CISA issued an alert this week to all U.S. critical infrastructure that a U.S. natural gas compressor station suffered a ransomware attack. While they claim that the attackers did not get control of the gas compression hardware, they did come damn close. The ransomware took […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to articles on ZDNet and ABC, NSA chief Admiral Mike Rogers said in testimony before the US House Intelligence Committee that China and probably one or two other countries could shut down critical computer networks that could force U.S. power and water grids, aviation systems and financial systems offline. Let that sink in for […]
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