Development

This section provides content of interest to professionals who handle different programming languages, development environments, tools to ensure security, code analysts and auditors, cryptographers, or specialists in reverse engineering and malware.

Log4Shell: analysis of vulnerabilities in Log4j

This post will analyse the vulnerabilities associated with Log4Shell, detected in the library Log4j, which is found in infinite software products both in technical and industrial fields. Although there have been other instances of more sophisticated vulnerabilities, the problem with this one is area of exposure.

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Android

Continuity

Critical infrastructures

Industrial Control System

The MITRE matrix: tactics and techniques in industrial settings

Monitoring and analyzing security incidents in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) has been a priority for many organizations for a while now. As a response to this need, and given the great success in other areas specialized in cybersecurity, the MITRE organization has developed a matrix that collects many of the tactics, techniques and procedures detected in the industrial world. This article seeks to make the contents and potential uses of said matrix known.

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Best practices

Data protection

Forensics

Industrial Control System

CORBAsec: security in CORBA middleware

Not all industrial control systems operate with the same programming language given that, depending on the manufacturer, devices will work with a specific software and programming language. This may be a problem for plant managers in industrial systems, as the interconnectivity between devices becomes impossible, or at least, is further complicated. One solution that has emerged in order to connect systems from different operating systems is CORBA standard and CORBAsec, its development with added security.

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Critical infrastructures

Industrial Control System

Threat analysis study: Hive

The malicious code of the ransomware known as ‘Hive’ represents a threat to all users, as it implements encryption functionalities on the information in an infected computer, making simple recovery of the data impossible. This threat attempts to use extortion to recover the information, demanding a payment and threatening publication of part of the stolen information on a blog through the network Tor if the payment is not forthcoming.

Ransomware: response measures

Cyberattacks using ransomware are one of the main threats for companies all over the world and Spain is the tenth most affected country. For this reason, this article, in continuation of previous posts on measures of prevention and detection, looks in detail at how to respond these attacks.

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Bastioning procedures

EVOLVE: organisations’ capacity to adapt and improve their services after a cyberattack

All organisations must be prepared so that, after the impact of a cyberattack, it may change, improve and adapt its processes and services. For this reason, it is necessary to protect the main business processes using a set of tasks that allow the organisation to evolve after a serious incident to redesign its strategies and minimise the possible impact of future cyberattacks

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New generation antivirus applied to OT environments

The new generations of antiviruses may entail an improvement in the OT environment, since special care must be taken with the assets, networks and communications of Industrial Control Systems. They can also help secure our industries against the increasingly frequent cyberattacks directed against them.

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Antivirus

Critical infrastructures

Data protection

Industrial Control System

Ransomware: detection measures

Cyberattacks using ransomware constitute one of the biggest threats to companies all over the world and Spain is the tenth most affected country. This article, as a continuation of previous posts on preventive measures, looks in detail at how to detect these attacks.

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Bastioning procedures

RECOVER: the capacity of organizations to restore their services following a cyber-attack

It is necessary to protect the main business processes through a set of tasks that allow the organisation to recover from a major incident in a timeframe that does not compromise the continuity of its services. This ensures a planned response to any security breach.

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Ransomware: preventative measures (II)

Cyberattacks using ransomware are one of the main threats for companies all over the world and Spain is the tenth most affected country. That is why, in this article, as a continuation of the previous one entitled: ‘Ransomware: preventative measures (I)’, will cover in detail new recommendations to prevent them.

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Antivirus

Bastioning procedures