Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.

Post related to: Chemical industry

A cyberincident paralyzes the activity of Dr. Reddy’s laboratories

Indian pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s has been forced to close several of its production plants in different countries and isolate its affected data centers due to a ransomware-type incident...

References:

archives.nseindia.com

drreddys.com

thehindu.com

threatpost.com

consalud.es

Tags:

Triton malware compromises critical infrastructure again

Cybersecurity experts from FireEye have published a report explaining that Triton malware has been used again, after the 2017 attack, to compromise an undisclosed critical infrastructure...

References:

fireeye.com

techcrunch.com

wired.com

csoonline.com

zonavirus.com

dailymail.co.uk

incibe-cert.es

Tags:

Chemical industry

Cybercrime

Energy

Industrial Control System

Malware

Triton, a new malware that affects industrial infrastructure

A new malware designed to attack industrial control systems has been identified in an industry that, according to some sources, is located somewhere in the Middle East. For security reasons,...

References:

fireeye.com

thehackernews.com

dragos.com

certsi.es

hipertextual.com

ics-cert.us-cert.gov

ics-cert.kaspersky.com

Tags:

Chemical industry

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Industrial Control System

Malware

Nuclear power

American Gas Pump Stations targeted by cybercriminals

Several researchers from different companies, including Trend Micro, have detected an increment in cyberattacks to Gas Pump Monitoring Systems in the US. Apparently, Automated tank gauges (ATGs)...

References:

trendmicro.com

securityaffairs.co

Tags:

Chemical industry

Industrial Control System

Other critical infrastructures

Vulnerability

Ciberataque masivo a la industria energética de Noruega

50 compañías del sector petrolífero han sido víctimas del mayor ciberataque coordinado en Noruega hasta el momento. Además, otras 250 compañías del sector energético podrían estar también en riesgo...

References:

thelocal.no

nakedsecurity.sophos.com

Tags:

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

A cyberincident paralyzes the activity of Dr. Reddy’s laboratories

Triton malware compromises critical infrastructure again

Triton, a new malware that affects industrial infrastructure

American Gas Pump Stations targeted by cybercriminals

Ciberataque masivo a la industria energética de Noruega

Pages