Category: Exploits & Attacks

Supply chain security can refer to suppliers who provide services, staffing, support, or who develop software/hardware. The supply chain is varied and different across industry segments and organizations. If you consider the development of applications or electronics, there may be a long list of companies who contribute to the final product. The longer the supply chain and the less visibility you have into (or ability to assess) each supplier, the higher the overall complexity and resulting risk to your organization.

Let’s consider the software that we use in our own organizations. There is a lot of it. Do you have a complete inventory of the software you have running on your endpoints, or supporting business processes? Having a granular software inventory and an approved enterprise application catalog is a starting point. The granular information you need includes: “Who owns and makes decisions about the application?” “Who supports and patches it?” “Who budgets for and pays for licenses?” “What is the application architecture and how does it communicate?” Having a central trusted software inventory (this may differ between desktops and servers) is a starting point. Read More

Armis has published a list of MITRE ATT&CK techniques to aid security practitioners in assessing the strength of their cyber defenses and improve their ability to protect industrial control systems (ICS). #ICS #industrialcybersecurity #OT 

Here are links to the 4 parts in the series. Read More

As power grid evolves, so must cybersecurity.

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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/04/p2p-weakness-exposes-millions-of-iot-devices/