News
New ransomware attacks on industrial enterprises
17 April 2020
In new ransomware attacks, victims face the choice between paying the ransom and seeing their sensitive data published by the attackers
Multiple vulnerabilities in Advantech WebAccess/NMS
13 April 2020
If exploited, the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, file manipulations, denial of service and the creation of an admin account
Threat actor behind Ruyk malware continues attacks on medical facilities despite epidemic
03 April 2020
In the past month, 10 more hospitals have fallen victim to Ryuk attacks in the US
Ransomware attack on Picanol paralyzes production at plants in Belgium, Romania, and China
17 January 2020
The company has been forced to stop its operations almost completely. Production recovery will take at least a week
Dustman wiper attack on Bapco oil company
10 January 2020
Dustman is an upgraded version of the ZeroCleare wiper. The attack exploited a vulnerability in VPN appliances
Ryuk ransomware attacks unnamed US maritime transportation facility
30 December 2019
The infection affected the facility’s corporate network and industrial control systems that control cargo transfer. The primary operations of the facility were shut down for over 30 hours
German cities under attack by Emotet botnet
24 December 2019
Emotet was distributed via phishing emails and was used to deploy ransomware
Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO PLCs
20 December 2019
Nine vulnerabilities have been identified in WAGO PFC200 and PFC100 PLCs. They could lead to arbitrary code execution or cause denial of service
More ransomware attacks
20 December 2019
Victims of the latest attacks include Pensacola and New Orleans city administrations in the US and a hospital in Benešov (Czech Republic)
Multiple vulnerabilities in Modicon controllers
19 December 2019
If exploited, the vulnerabilities could result in denial of service. They can be fixed by updating device firmware