Researchers have demonstrated that “hidden” voice commands can trick voice-activated assistants into doing things like downloading malware. Source: Sophos
Download ICS availability statistics (PDF version) Download ICS vulnerabilities statistics (PDF version) Overview Industrial control systems (ICS) surround us: they are used in electric, water and wastewater, oil and natural gas, transportation, chemical, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, food and beverage, and discrete manufacturing (e.g., automotive, aerospace, and durable goods). Smart cities, smart houses and cars, […]
What a terrible feeling we have when the blue screen of death pops up. Dotted with white letters, this uh oh screen can show up unexpectedly on any old Windows-using computer. Seeing this screen will make anyone think, did my computer just DIE? To fix the problem, the infamous screen of death reads that we should […]
Dropping Elephant (also known as “Chinastrats” and “Patchwork“) is a relatively new threat actor that is targeting a variety of high profile diplomatic and economic targets using a custom set of attack tools. Its victims are all involved with China’s foreign relations in some way, and are generally caught through spear-phishing or watering hole attacks. Overall, […]
Introduction Virtualization marches victoriously across the globe, adding to its list of champions not only individual IT-specialists and businesses, but even whole sections of the IT industry. In fact, it’s barely possible to find a data center with only physical servers on board: both electricity and physical space are far too expensive nowadays to be […]
In a recent study by Panda Security in collaboration with Nielsen, 91% of Spanish SMEs confirmed that they were victims of daily IT attacks. The viruses that wreaked havoc on their systems included Trojans (33%) and spyware (25%). The viruses entered the company systems from unsecure websites (39%), downloaded programs (23%), and email malware (19%). It is fundamental for […]
Whilst sitting and working in the South African office I receive an email from my Swedish ISP. I quickly look at it and there is something that doesn’t add up. The email states that I need to pay my invoice, but I never receive electronic invoices from this company. Like everyone else I receive a […]
