A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
Inside a scammers’ lair: Ukraine busts 40 in fake bank call-centre raid
When someone calls you up to warn you that your bank account is under attack – it’s true, because THAT VERY PERSON is the one attacking you!
Serious Security: Vital cybersecurity lessons from the holiday season
Lessons for us all: improve cryptography, fight cybercrime, own your supply chain… and don’t steal my data and then pretend you’re sorry.
CISA Releases Three Industrial Systems Control Advisories
Bob says: CISA has been releasing a lot of ICS and SCADA advisories in the last six months or so. If you work in this type of OT environment, you should probably subscribe to CISA’s daily alerts.
Original release date: January 5, 2023
CISA released three Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on January 5, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS.
CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations:
- ICSA-23-005-01 Hitachi Energy UNEM
- ICSA-23-005-02 Hitachi Energy FOXMAN-UN
- ICSA-23-005-03 Hitachi Energy Lumada Asset Performance Management
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