Tag: Utility
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Guarding the Grid: Navigating the Current and Future Landscape of Utility Cybersecurity
Tripwire recently held its annual Energy and NERC Compliance Working Group. This year’s attendees included more than 200 Tripwire customer …
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EPA Turns Off Taps on Water Utility Cyber Regulations
Facing a potential cascade of legal challenges from industry groups and state attorneys general, the EPA has rescinded its cyber-rules. But …
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Utility security is so bad, US DoE offers rate cuts to improve it
The US Department of Energy has proposed regulations to financially reward cybersecurity modernization at power plants by offering rate …
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macOS Archive Utility Bug Lets Malicious Apps Bypass Security Checks
Exploit allows unsigned and unnotarized macOS applications to bypass Gatekeeper and other security, without notifying the …
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Utility biz Delta-Montrose Electric Association loses billing capability and two decades of records after cyber attack
A US utility company based in Colorado was hit by a ransomware attack in November that wiped out two decades’ worth of records and knocked …
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Water Utility Hack Could Inspire More Intruders
If past cyberattacks are any indication, success begets imitation. In the wake of last week’s hack of Florida water utility, other water …
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Florida Water Utility Hack Highlights Risks to Critical Infrastructure
For a few minutes on Friday, an operator at the Water Division for the town on Oldsmar, Florida, watched as the cursor on his computer …
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Utility Commissioners Briefed on Cyberspace Solarium Report Recommendations to Boost Security of Critical Infrastructure
Reform the U.S. Government’s Structure and Organization for …
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MSI Utility Vulnerability Based on Missing Quotation Marks
Micro-Star International (MSI), a computer manufacturer that claims as much as 15% of the gaming laptop market, ships a utility called …
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Los Angeles Utility Accused of Cybersecurity Coverup
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has been accused of deliberately keeping widespread gaps in its cybersecurity a secret from …
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2 Unpatched Critical RCE Bug Disclosed in Open Source Network Configuration Utility “rConfig”
Two unpatched remote command execution vulnerabilities have been identified in popular open-source network management system rConfig. …
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Details of Attack on Electric Utility Emerge
For the first time, a malware attack is known to have caused service disruptions of the power grid in three states. The March 5 distributed …
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