A utility company controlling the water, electricity and internet for a town in eastern Iowa confirmed that a January ransomware attack led to the exposure of sensitive information from nearly all local residents. Muscatine Power and Water — providing the Muscatine and Fruitland area with internet, TV, phone, water, and electric services for more than […]
Black Basta gang claims the hack of the UK water utility Southern Water Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2024 The Black Basta ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the UK water utility Southern Water, a major player in the UK water industry. Southern Water is a private utility company responsible for collecting and treating wastewater in […]
On December 20, 2023, Rosvodokanal, the Russian water utility firm, experienced a alleged cyberattack perpetrated by the Ukrainian hacker group Blackjack. Multiple undisclosed law enforcement sources confirmed the occurrence of a cyberattack on the IT infrastructure of the Russian water utility. The announcement of the Russian water utility cyberattack was followed by the cyberattack against […]
After hackers compromised an industrial control system (ICS) at a water utility in the United States, the cybersecurity agency CISA issued an alert over the exploitation of the targeted device. The target of the attack was the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in Pennsylvania, which confirmed that hackers took control of a system associated with […]
Network Flight Simulator is a lightweight utility that generates malicious network traffic and helps security teams evaluate security controls and network visibility. The tool performs tests to simulate DNS tunneling, DGA traffic, requests to known active C2 destinations, and other suspicious traffic patterns. “There’s so much snake oil within the security industry regarding threat detection […]