03 October 2024
APT and financial attacks on industrial organizations in Q2 2024
This summary provides an overview of the reports of APT and financial attacks on industrial enterprises that were disclosed in Q2 2024, as well as the related activities of groups that have been observed attacking industrial organizations and critical infrastructure facilities.
26 September 2024
Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Q2 2024
In the second quarter of 2024, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased by 0.9 pp from the previous quarter to 23.5%.
Compared to the second quarter of 2023, the percentage decreased by 3.3 pp.
27 May 2024
Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Q1 2024
In the first quarter of 2024, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased by 0.3 pp from the previous quarter to 21.4%. Compared to the first quarter of 2023, the percentage decreased by 1.3 pp.
27 May 2024
Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Regions, Q1 2024
The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked during the quarter varied regionally from 34.2% in Africa to 11.5% in Northern Europe. Africa and South-East Asia saw their percentages increase from the previous quarter.
18 October 2023
Updated MATA attacks industrial companies in Eastern Europe
Kaspersky experts discovered several detections of malware from the MATA cluster, previously attributed to the Lazarus group, compromising defense contractor companies in Eastern Europe.
05 October 2023
H1 2023 – a brief overview of main incidents in industrial cybersecurity
In this overview, we discuss cybercriminal and hacktivist attacks on industrial organizations.
22 November 2022
ICS cyberthreats in 2023 – what to expect
Cybersecurity incidents were plentiful in 2022, causing many problems for industrial infrastructure owners and operators. Below we share some of our thoughts on potential developments of 2023, though we cannot claim to be providing either a complete picture or a high degree of precision.
08 August 2022
Targeted attack on industrial enterprises and public institutions
The attackers were able to penetrate dozens of enterprises and even hijack the IT infrastructure of some, taking control of systems used to manage security solutions. The goal of this series of attacks was cyberespionage.
19 January 2022
Campaigns abusing corporate trusted infrastructure hunt for corporate credentials on ICS networks
Targets of spyware attacks in which each malware sample has a limited-scope and a short lifetime include industrial enterprises. Victim organizations’ SMTP services are abused to send phishing emails and collect stolen data.
23 November 2021
Threats to ICS and industrial enterprises in 2022 as they are foreseen from November 2021
In recent years, we have observed various trends in the changing threat landscape for industrial enterprises, most of which have been evolving for some time. We can say with high confidence that many of these trends will not only continue, but gain new traction in the coming year.