The Colorado Information Analysis Center (CIAC) recently shared intelligence with WaterISAC regarding password attack activity targeting the SCADA networks of a water sector entity. WaterISAC is sharing this TLP:CLEAR report (attached below) for member awareness of targeted attacks in the water sector.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the following ICS security advisories, along with additional alerts, updates, and bulletins:
ICS Advisories:
Additional Alerts, Updates, and Bulletins:
Phishing remains a significant and ever-evolving cybersecurity threat, with recent data showing a 28% rise in attacks between Q1 and Q2 of 2024. This trend highlights how persistent and evolving phishing tactics continue to be, impacting a staggering 94% of cybersecurity decision-makers in 2023.
New high-severity vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), an open-source printing system widely used on Unix-like print servers (see below for a list of affected operating systems), allowing attackers to gain entry and take control of devices remotely. WaterISAC is sharing for member awareness of actively exploited critical vulnerabilities that may impact your utility and urges system admins to take swift action to mitigate this threat to help protect against remote hijacking attacks, data theft, and other serious attacks.
On Tuesday, CISA, the FBI, and the NSA joined eight international partners to publish a guide for critical infrastructure organizations called “Principles of Operational Technology Cyber Security”. The guidance is primarily for the water, energy, and transportation sectors and outlines six principles to be used in the creation of a safe and security-minded OT environment.
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
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the following ICS security advisories, along with additional alerts, updates, and bulletins:
ICS Advisories:
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
On Friday, the FBI and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), along with other federal and international partners, published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory titled “Iranian Cyber Actors Targeting Personal Accounts to Support Operations”. The advisory highlights the continued malicious cyber activity by cyber actors working on behalf of the Iranian Government’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and draws attention to a spear phishing campaign carried out by these threat actors.
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