Summary: In a recent article, Cloudflare brings awareness to the rampant issue of reusing passwords. According to Cloudflare, based on “observed traffic between September – November 2024, 41% of successful logins across websites protected by Cloudflare involve compromised passwords.”
Summary: CISA is hosting a training course titled “Navigating the Storm - Understanding, Detecting, and Mitigating PRC LOTL Techniques in Critical Infrastructure Training Course.” The two-hour session will include presentations by CISA and the FBI and will help participants gain insights into the sophisticated methods used by PRC-actors to help them blend into legitimate network activities to avoid detection.
Summary: A new collaboration initiative called DEF CON Franklin has established a Cyber Volunteer Task Force for water that provides DEF CON technologist volunteers to critical infrastructure in need of cybersecurity help. The effort is being established between the Cyber Policy Initiative (CPI), DEF CON, and NRWA. It specifically targets water systems across the nation that are the most vulnerable and least protected from cyber threats.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current cyber threats, vulnerabilities, guidance, and other cyber-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Critical Infrastructure Resilience & OT/ICS Vulnerability Management
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the following ICS security advisories, along with additional alerts, updates, and bulletins:
ICS Advisories:
Summary: Yesterday, CISA—in partnership with the FBI and MS-ISAC—released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory, titled “#StopRansomware: Medusa Ransomware.” This advisory provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), indicators of compromise (IOCs), and detection methods associated with known Medusa ransomware activity.
Summary: In a recent report and case study, Dragos details their work helping a combined electric and water utility remediate the impact of a cyber attack from the Chinese-affiliated threat group known as Volt Typhoon.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current cyber threats, vulnerabilities, guidance, and other cyber-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Critical Infrastructure Resilience & OT/ICS Vulnerability Management
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the following ICS security advisories, along with additional alerts, updates, and bulletins:
ICS Advisories:
Summary: MS-ISAC recently released a new report titled “Strengthening Critical Infrastructure,” highlighting the growing cyber threats to critical infrastructure and the essential role of information sharing between state and local government organizations in national security. The report brings awareness to a surge of attacks by nation-state-affiliated and other criminal groups targeting state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) installations that often contribute to undermining public trust.
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