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Malware: Bad for business and the environment

Capgemini

As we collectively work towards achieving targets laid out in the 2030 climate and energy framework , organizations around the world are implementing their own ambitious sustainability goals. Processing that data consumes electricity, which if not done efficiently, can cause energy consumption to skyrocket. The risks of malware.

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Guarding the gates: a look at critical infrastructure security in 2023

CIO

With 2022 now in our rearview mirror, we still reflect on a time marked by global upheavals, like the Russia – Ukraine war, to the skyrocketing energy prices and global inflation. Modern advancements like artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning and blockchain-based networks specifically have an impact in this area.

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Dragos raises $110M Series C as demand to secure industrial systems soars

TechCrunch

Dragos was founded in 2016 to detect and respond to threats facing industrial control systems (ICS), the devices critical to the continued operations of power plants, water and energy supplies, and other critical infrastructure. Lee said the company’s priority had been to work on its threat platform, and less selling it. .”

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An expanded attack surface: The cybersecurity challenges of managing a hybrid workforce

CIO

At a recent CIO New Zealand roundtable event in Auckland, supported by Palo Alto Networks and Vodafone New Zealand, senior technology executives from organisations across Aotearoa discussed the challenge of keeping security front of mind when the workforce is dispersed. The other key aspect is implementing zero trust networking.

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News in Networking: Cisco Without Chambers, CCleaner Malware & Programmable Networks

Kentik

The networking giant also announced a partnership with Viacom. And Cisco researchers found that the CCleaner malware was targeting at least 18 tech companies. CCleaner Malware Fiasco Targeted At Least 18 Specific Tech Firms (WIRED). CCleaner Malware Fiasco Targeted At Least 18 Specific Tech Firms (WIRED).

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Your old router could be a hacking group’s APT pawn

The Parallax

T o create layers of obfuscation that hide an attack’s origins, Grange says, Inception Framework then reroutes its malicious messages at least three times through the hijacked routers before ultimately sending them to their targets, or allowing the hidden malware to communicate with its control server.

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Government Advisories Warn of APT Activity Resulting from Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Tenable

The alert highlights the following sectors as key targets for the APT groups: defense industrial base, healthcare and public health, energy, telecommunications and government facilities. The advisory says that the attackers have “maintained persistent access to multiple CDC networks” with the longest being for “at least six months.”