Cybersecurity

Utility regulators take steps to raise sector’s cybersecurity ‘baselines’

Dive Brief: Cybersecurity requirements and questions for vendors should be included in utilities’ procurement processes, state regulators and the U.S. Department of Energy recommended Thursday in a set of “cybersecurity baselines” aimed at improving the security of distribution systems and distributed energy resources. The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy […]

Cybersecurity

Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters

Enlarge Getty Images Incomplete information included in recent disclosures by Apple and Google reporting critical zero-day vulnerabilities under active exploitation in their products has created a “huge blindspot” that’s causing a large number of offerings from other developers to go unpatched, researchers said Thursday. Two weeks ago, Apple reported that threat actors were actively exploiting […]