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Ransomware targets industrial control systems
Ransomware targets industrial control systems

Trend Micro warns of ransomware targeting industrial control systems. Germany is particularly badly affected by grayware, and is in the global midfield for malware. The study “2020 Report on Threats Affecting ICS Endpoints” serves as the basis. Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cybersecurity solutions, today releases a new report that highlights the increasing risk of downtime and theft of sensitive data from ransomware attacks on industrial facilities. Industrial control systems difficult to secure “Industrial control systems are incredibly difficult to secure. This leads to numerous security gaps that cybercriminals are exploiting more and more in a targeted manner," says Udo Schneider, IoT Security Evangelist Europe...

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Endpoint security solution for industrial control systems (ICS)
Endpoint security solution for industrial control systems (ICS)

Trend Micro introduces new endpoint security solution for industrial control systems (ICS). The solution was specially developed to embed ICS environments without interruption in a comprehensive cybersecurity concept. Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cybersecurity, introduces the first OT-native endpoint security solution of its kind, which is offered as part of a comprehensive security solution for smart factories. TXOne StellarProtectTM was developed by TXOne Networks to protect all OT endpoints, regardless of the respective environmental conditions, in business-critical Industrial Control System (ICS) environments. Smart factory environments offer attack surfaces The large number of ICS endpoints in smart factory environments offer numerous attack surfaces, as they are often unpatched or otherwise vulnerable.

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Kaspersky Industrial Cyber ​​Security for Networks
Kaspersky Industrial Cyber ​​Security for Networks

Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks: Cyber ​​security expert presents new functionalities such as intelligent vulnerability management with recommendations for eliminating potential attack points, automated learning functions for monitoring data traffic and much more. Kaspersky introduces the new version of its platform for the visibility and security of industrial networks: Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks. From now on, this not only monitors the data traffic in the operating technology (OT) and detects unauthorized activities, but also indicates weak points in devices and gives recommendations for their elimination. The additional support of the BACnet protocol enables intelligent building systems to be effectively ...

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Industrial cybersecurity in Germany
Industrial cybersecurity in Germany

Industrial cybersecurity in Germany: fewer attacks, but more complex. Most of the Internet and email threats. However: 33 percent more attacks on ICS computers worldwide. Current Kaspersky analyzes for the second half of 2020 show that the number of cyber attacks on German industrial companies has decreased slightly since 2019, but these are becoming increasingly targeted and dangerous. The reasons: fewer attacks using spyware and agents from various botnets, crypto miners and aggressive adware - the number of computers infected with old, self-spreading malware in the form of worms is also falling ...

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ICS Risk & Vulnerability Report: Vulnerabilities in KRITIS
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

ICS Risk & Vulnerability Report: Once again, more weak points in industrial plants and critical infrastructures (KRITIS) identified. Manufacturing, energy and water supply are the most vulnerable areas of critical infrastructure. Awareness of the security of industrial networks is growing. In the second half of 2020, 71 percent of the vulnerabilities discovered in industrial control systems (ICS) could be remotely exploited. This is the result of the second half-yearly ICS Risk & Vulnerability Report from Claroty, the Industrial Cybersecurity Company. Compared to 2019, a quarter more ICS vulnerabilities were disclosed, compared to the first half of 2020 the ...

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ICS threats 2021
ICS Industrial Cyber ​​Security

The security experts at Kaspersky provide an outlook on the most important developments in the threat landscape in the industrial environment for the year 2020 (ICS, Industrial CyberSecurity) on the basis of the knowledge they gained in 19 and their experience with Covid-2021, so that companies in these sectors can better respond to cyber security. Prepare for dangers. In the near future, targeted infections and attacks, new tactics to monetize attacks, more advanced ransomware compromises, increased espionage via OT (Operation Technology) and more ICS threat actors are expected to increase in the near future. More targeted infections and attacks Cyber ​​criminals have randomly created profiles of ...

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More ICS security expected through IoT
IoT Industry 4.0 ICS

The digitization of industrial infrastructures continues to increase, so that 55 percent of companies are confident that the Internet of Things will significantly change the security status of industrial control systems (ICS). According to current Kaspersky studies, 20 percent of those surveyed have already placed an increased focus on IoT-related incidents in their security planning, but security solutions against such threats have not yet been adequately implemented. Industry is becoming increasingly digital and is implementing Industry 4.0 standards - despite the market weakening as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to McKinsey & Company, 90 percent of the skilled workers plan within the manufacturing and supply chain ...

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Attacks on the oil and gas industry
Oil and gas industry complex

Attacks on critical infrastructures are increasing, especially in building automation and the oil and gas industry. There are still dangerous trends in the first half of the year: targeted attacks and ransomware. Worms in particular serve as attack vectors in the oil and gas industry. In the first six months of 2020, the percentage of attacked systems within the oil and gas industry and in building automation increased compared to the second half of 2019, as a current Kaspersky study shows. Even if attacks on industrial control systems (ICS, Industrial Control System) in other sectors are declining slightly, the Kaspersky experts ...

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