South Africa was threatened with a serious cyberattack from people claiming to be ex-Mossad hackers, according to documents included in the “spy cables” cache that was recently leaked to Al Jazeera… Read more »
According to Kaspersky Lab, a malware bundle dubbed “The Mask” was used to spy on government institutions, activists and energy companies across 31 countries for years. Here’s what it did, and… Read more »
What can we expect the IoT landscape to look like, and how will its impact be felt? And is the attention being given by governments, manufacturers, and industry players merited, or… Read more »
There are so many words on the Internet, but very few are worth reading on a Sunday morning, when you could be out for brunch with friends or simply lazing around… Read more »
The latest news on the nefarious Stuxnet worm may be giving non-Iranian utilities a sigh of relief — but don’t let bad news for Iran give a false sense of security… Read more »
The Stuxnet worm, the first worm that was able to exploit a Microsoft Windows vulnerability to break into power grid control systems, is one sophisticated beast. It looks like it had… Read more »
As far as smart grid prognostications go, I’d have to say I’m on the same page as in Pike Research’s new white paper, “Smart Grid: Ten Things to Watch in 2011… Read more »
Call it cybersabotage Monday. A series of news reports increasingly point to Iran — and specifically, Iran’s nuclear power and uranium enrichment programs — as the likely target of the Stuxnet… Read more »
A worm that uses a Microsoft Windows vulnerability to penetrate control systems for the not-so-smart grid is just the beginning of how increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks could target the power grid… Read more »