When we say that attribution is always tricky, we are obviously only seeing the half of it. Apparently sometimes even the…
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Hackers try to poison Florida City’s drinking water
The FBI, the Secret Service, and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office are currently investigating an attempted poisoning of a city by…
Fintech security: the challenges and fails of a new era
“I have no idea how this app from my bank works, and I don’t trust what I don’t understand.” Josh is…
Vital infrastructure: securing our food and agriculture
I don’t expect to hear any arguments on whether the production of our food is important or not. So why do…
A week in security (July 15 – 21)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took an extensive look at Sodinokibi, one of the new ransomware strains found in the…
Compromising vital infrastructure: problems in education security continue
The educational system and many of its elements are targets for cybercriminals on a regular basis. While education is a fundamental…
Chernobyl’s lessons for critical-infrastructure cybersecurity
This story originally ran on The Parallax on April 26, 2019. CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE, Ukraine—The stray dog looking directly at me…
Compromising vital infrastructure: water management
It’s probably unnecessary to explain why water management is considered part of our vital infrastructure, but it’s a wider field than…