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.

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GreyEnergy malware threatens critical infrastructure since 2015

ESET researchers Anton Cherepanov and Robert Lipovsky have published a study revealing details of a new malicious actor nicknamed GreyEnergy, who appears to be the successor to BlackEnergy.The...

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welivesecurity.com

cyberscoop.com

hackread.com

elespanol.com

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Industrial Control System

United States and the United Kingdom point to Russia for supporting cyber attacks

A notice has been published that has been jointly produced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the FBI and the National Cybersecurity Center of the United Kingdom (NCSC). The published...

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us-cert.gov

ncsc.gov.uk

bbc.com

lavanguardia.com

adslzone.net

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Public administration

Other critical infrastructures

Industrial Control System

Cyberespionage

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

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Chemical industry

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Industrial Control System

Malware

Nuclear power

Dragonfly 2.0: new campaign of intrusion in the electric sector

A new campaign known as Dragonfly 2.0 is attacking with the aim of infiltrating energy sector infrastructures in Turkey, Switzerland and the United States. The security company Symantec has...

References:

symantec.com

arstechnica.com

thehackernews.com

certsi.es

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Industrial Control System

Tool

Energy

Cybercrime

CrashOverride, the malware that sabotaged the electric grid

Researchers from security firms ESET and Dragos have published several reports about the malware that infected a Ukrainian electricity substation and that left thousands of homes in the Kiev region...

References:

theregister.co.uk

certsi.es

welivesecurity.com

wired.com

usatoday.com

dragos.com

elmundo.es

lanacion.com.ar

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Cybercrime

Energy

Industrial Control System

Vulnerability in Miele industrial washer-disinfector

It have been published a vulnerability details in the Miele PG 8528 washer-disinfector model. This model, used mainly in clinical environments to sterilize surgical and laboratory material,...

References:

seclists.org

zdnet.com

theregister.co.uk

xataka.com

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Industrial Control System

Internet

Vulnerability

American farmers install Ukrainian firmware on their tractors

Recently the website motherboard.vice.com has echoed the increase in the acquisition and use by many North American farmers of firmware from the black market in order to replace the default...

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vice.com

xataka.com

cnet.com

eleconomista.es

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Industrial Control System

Internet

Tool

Information stolen to ThyssenKrupp

Industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp was hit by professional cyber criminals that targeted their research and know-how. ThyssenKrupp has admitted via email the attack and the steal of information...

References:

techcentral.ie

securityaffairs.co

computerworld.com

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Cybercrime

Information leakage

Incident

Industrial Control System

Michigan electricity utility affected by ransomware attack

BWL, a water and electricity provider in Michigan, has needed a week to recover their normal activity after being affected by a ransomware. The attack was detected April 25th and forced...

References:

theregister.co.uk

nakedsecurity.sophos.com

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Industrial Control System

Malware

Malware found in German nuclear power plant

Several malware samples have been found in Gunremmingen nuclear power plant, 120 km northeast Munich. The samples, Ramnit and Conficker among them, were found in Block B, the one used to carry...

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elpais.com

bbc.com

zerohedge.com

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Industrial Control System

Malware

Nuclear power

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

GreyEnergy malware threatens critical infrastructure since 2015

United States and the United Kingdom point to Russia for supporting cyber attacks

Triton, a new malware that affects industrial infrastructure

Dragonfly 2.0: new campaign of intrusion in the electric sector

CrashOverride, the malware that sabotaged the electric grid

Vulnerability in Miele industrial washer-disinfector

American farmers install Ukrainian firmware on their tractors

Information stolen to ThyssenKrupp

Michigan electricity utility affected by ransomware attack

Malware found in German nuclear power plant

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